Amir, a community development project manager, summarized the third submittal for the Orlando Apopka Commerce Center plat during the Aug. 20 Development Review Committee meeting, saying the proposal has industrial future land use and planned PD zoning and that staff is available for comments.

Why it matters: Amir noted a change in state law that removes the automatic requirement for plats to go to planning commission and city council; under the change, this plat is eligible for staff-level approval. That alters the public hearing and review path the applicant follows.

The applicant told the DRC the remaining items were signatures and a few small details, and that prior review cycles had addressed substantive questions. Departmental reviewers at the meeting—community development, police, public works, fire and building—had no additional comments at the DRC meeting. No vote or formal action occurred: the item remained at the staff-review stage.

Amir clarified the post-submittal options: staff review will continue and the applicant is available to respond to any remaining comments. The DRC recorded that the submittal appears close to final pending the outstanding signature and small technical items.

No statutory citations were provided during the discussion beyond the oral reference to “state law” changes affecting the review path; the DRC did not identify a specific statute or ordinance on the record.