Title of Item:
AMENDMENT TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO CREATE URBAN PUD AND EAST STUART PUD ZONING DESIGNATIONS (QUASI-JUDICIAL)(RC):
ORDINANCE No. 2401-2019; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE EXISTING SECTION OF CHAPTER II ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRCTS USES ALLOWED, DENSITY, INTENSITY” AND CREATING ADDITIONAL ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS OF URBAN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND EAST STUART PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Summary Explanation/Background Information on Agenda Request:
The intent of the comprehensive plan and the community redevelopment area (CRA) is to promote a compact urban form and development pattern. This code amendment addresses three issues related to promoting that intent:
1. The existing land development code does not provide adequate direction in terms of the form and design of proposed development within the 2016 expanded area of the CRA.
2. The option for a planned unit development within the CRA does not provide an approach to redevelopment that is consistent with the aims of the CRA or the comprehensive plan.
3. The option for a planned unit development within the East Stuart Code District does not provide an approach to development that is consistent with the aims of the East Stuart Code or the comprehensive plan.
Therefore, this proposed land development code text amendment allows for the designation of Planned Unit Development (PUD) that conforms to either the Urban District Code or to the East Stuart Code, depending upon location. Included in the amendments are code changes that ensure compliance with the City's comprehensive plan and clarify the land development code and its application.
The amendments do not amend the allowed density, which is determined by the comprehensive plan.
The proposed amendments do not amend the underlying future land uses or zoning designations but allow for a Planned Unit Development zoning designation as part of a formal rezoning process. Moreover, the area of the expanded CRA boundary retains the existing underlying future land use.
Funding Source:
N/A
Recommended Action:
Move to approve Ordinance 2104-2019 on first reading. | | |