AGENDA MEMORANDUM

MEETING DATE:   June 12, 2006

FROM:                       Laura McElhanon, AICP

Community Development Director

SUBJECT:                  Rezoning: RB-3 Associates, ET. AL

Staff Recommendation: 

The Planning staff and Planning Commission recommend approval of the proposed rezoning for the subject property from County A (Agriculture) to City R-1A (Single Family Residential).

Analysis:

The project site is approximately 4.18 acres.  The property is generally located three miles southwest of the Ronald Reagan Turnpike on the west side of C.R. 48, as shown on the attached General Location Map. The present zoning for this property is County A (Agriculture). Currently, the property is partially undeveloped and has a dilapidated single-family residence. The proposed use of the site is single-family residences incorporated into the adjacent PUD for Benderson Development (Secret Promise). The surrounding zoning designations are County A (Agriculture) to the east and City R-2 (Medium Density Residential) to the north and west.

The proposed zoning district of City R-1A (Single Family Residential) is compatible with adjacent and nearby properties in the area and with the proposed City future land use designation of City Estate Density Residential.

The existing land uses surrounding the property are single-family residential and agricultural uses. 

Development of the parcel shall require connection to City utilities at the owner’s expense.

By a vote of 6 to 0, the Planning Commission recommended approval.

Options:        

1.     Approve the proposed rezoning to City R-1A (Single Family Residential), thereby allowing consistent zoning and development standards for the area.

2.  Disapprove the proposed rezoning.

3.  Other such action as the Commission may deem appropriate.

Fiscal Impact:

There is no fiscal impact to the City.

Submission Date and Time:    6/12/06 12:56 PM6/7/06 3:16 PM6/6/06 11:51 AM6/1/06 5:14 PM____

Department: Community  Development Prepared by: Bill Wiley, AICP Attachments:  Yes__X__   No ______ Advertised:   ____Not Required ______ Dates:   __________________________                      Newspapers: _________________________________                                                     _________________________________             Revised 6/10/04

Reviewed by: Dept. Head ________ Finance  Dept. __________________                                    Deputy C.M. ___________________                                          Submitted by: City Manager _______RS____________

Account No. _________________ Project No. ___________________ WF No. ______________________ Budget  ______________________ Available _____________________

ORDINANCE NO. ______

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, REZONING APPROXIMATELY 4.18 ACRES GENERALLY LOCATED THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE RONALD REAGAN TURNPIKE ON THE WEST SIDE OF C.R. 48, LYING IN SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM COUNTY AGRICULTURE TO CITY R-1A (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL); AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, that:

Section 1. 

Based upon the petition of Randall Benderson, Partner, RB-3 Associates, ET AL, the owner of the property hereinafter described, which petition has heretofore been approved by the City Commission of the City of Leesburg Florida, pursuant to the provisions of the Laws of Florida, the said property located in Lake County, Florida, is hereby rezoned from County A (Agriculture) to R-1A (Single Family Residential), to-wit:

(See attached Legal Exhibit A)

Alternate Key Number 1296609

Section 2.   

This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and adoption, according to law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at the regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, held on the  day of , 2006.

THE CITY OF LEESBURG

By:______________________________________

            Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk