Commission recommends mixed‑use designation, rezoning and master plan for AdventHealth emergency department site

The Apopka Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a small‑scale future land use amendment (Ordinance 3095) to change approximately 5.56 acres from Residential Very Low Suburban to Mixed Use, and also recommended approval of the companion change of zoning and master plan (Ordinance 3096) to KPI‑MU (Kelly Park Interchange mixed use) with a Village Center district overlay for an AdventHealth site at the southeast corner of Kelly Park Road and Plymouth Sorrento Road. The DRC recommended approval of both items; motions passed on voice votes.

Jean Sanchez of the Community Development Department said the future land use change is required by the Kelly Park interchange form‑based code and the city’s comprehensive plan (staff cited future land use element policy 20.9). The master plan shows an off‑site emergency department, medical office space and retail uses, approximately 5.56 acres in size, set aside 10% of the area as open space for a plaza, 228 off‑street parking spaces, 30‑foot right‑of‑way dedications and 12‑foot‑wide trails along Kelly Park and Plymouth Sorrento frontages. Sanchez said final site layout and access points will be reviewed at major development plan and construction site plan stages.

Commissioner Doomey moved to recommend approval of the future land use amendment (Ordinance 3095); Commissioner Mott seconded and the motion carried. For the zoning and master plan (Ordinance 3096) Commissioner Mott made the motion and Commissioner Norwood seconded; that motion also carried.

Staff and the applicant were available for questions; no members of the public spoke on these two items during the hearing. The commission’s recommendations will be forwarded to city council for final action.