SUBJECT:
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25-S01 - 8640 SE 73 LLC., Small-Scale Land Use Change from Low Residential (LR) to Employment Center (EC), 4.42 Acres, Parcel Account Number 3564-023-000, Site Address 8640 SW 73rd Avenue, Ocala, FL 34476 (APPLICANT REQUESTS CONTINUATION)
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Kenneth Weyrauch, Deputy Director Growth Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
Paolo Mastroserio, P.E., Mastroserio Engineering, Inc., on behalf of 8640 SE 73, LLC, filed an application for a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment for a Future Land Use Designation Change from Low Residential (LR) to Employment Center (EC). The Property Identification Number(s) associated with the property is 3564-023-000, the street address is 8640 SW 73rd Avenue, Ocala, on Lot 23 in the Green Turf Acres Unrecorded Subdivision. The subject property is in the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), in the Silver Springs Secondary Springs Protection Overlay Zone (SSPOZ), and in Marion County Utilities’ Southwest Utilities Service Area, but is not within the Farmland Preservation Area (FPA). A concurrent Rezoning Application (Case Number 250109ZC) has also been filed for this subject property, and that Rezoning Application is dependent upon approval of this Amendment Application.
The site is the subject of a now closed Code Enforcement Case for improper storage/parking of manufactured homes on the site. That case was closed when the manufactured homes were removed; however, the site and that code case appear to be related to ongoing code cases for the site to the east, across SW 73rd Avenue, that is the subject of a comparable parallel Small-Scale Amendment Application and concurrent Rezoning Application, similar to this site (25-S02 and 250110ZC, respectively).
No letters of opposition or support have been received to date; staff notes that parties in opposition to the request appeared and spoke at the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing held on December 30, 2024.
Staff recommends DENIAL of the request because it is not consistent with Land Development Code Section 2.3.3.B, which requires amendments comply and be consistent with the Marion County Comprehensive Plan as well as the provisions of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, be compatible with the surrounding uses, and not adversely affect the public interest.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Staff recommends denial. Planning and Zoning recommends denial.
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