The Industrial Park at Avonlea Industrial Planned Unit Development (IPUD) was granted by the City Commission by Ordinance 1994-04 and amended by Ordinance 2061-05. The original rezoning Ordinance and the amendment adopting the site plan are both attached.
The property is 9.2 acres in size and located at the Savannah Road and State Road 707 intersection and several of the warehouse buildings have been built or under construction. The two buildings that face SR 707 and Savannah Road, however, have not yet been constructed.
Condition 10 of Ordinance 2061-05, states that the "final design of the buildings, with the exception of the buildings facing Savanna Road may be modified subject to the review and approval of the Planning and Development Department. If staff and the developer are unable to reach a consensus on a building design a minor PUD amendment shall be required..." The original elevations approved for the two buildings facing Savannah Road is within Ordinance 2061-05 and attached to this agenda item. The applicant argues that the original architecture is no longer practical, cost effective, and not in keeping with the elevations approved and built for existing commercial buildings and anticipated new development.
Staff notes that the proposed changes to the elevations are not the same as what was approved in Ordinance 2061-05, and the condition does not allow staff to consider the facades facing the right of way at all and therefore, staff recommended a Minor PUD amendment to reflect changes to the elevations and modify the text of the condition to allow staff the ability to review the architecture of the facades in light of minor changes.
This Minor PUD will not only accept a new elevation for the two facades facing the right of way, but will also amend the condition to refer to the new elevations, and eliminate the words "with the exception of the buildings facing Savanna Road". This would allow staff to make an interpretation of elevations that are substantially in keeping with the architecture approved for the IPUD.
These changes to the architecture of the two buildings facing the right of way are the only changes recommended by Ordinance 2429-2020.