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Commission backs rezoning in Crescent City so owner can build single-family home
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended that a 2.8-acre parcel at 130 Smith Lane in Crescent City be rezoned from Commercial Neighborhood (C-1) to Residential-2 (R-2) to allow a single-family home; staff said the change is consistent with the comprehensive plan and the item will go before the BOCC on May 27.
The Putnam County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve a zoning map amendment for a 2.8-acre parcel at 130 Smith Lane in Crescent City, changing the zoning from Commercial Neighborhood (C-1) to Residential-2 (R-2) to allow construction of a single-family home.
Planning staff presented the request from Robert and Margaret Mara and told commissioners that the parcel currently displays a mix of FEMA flood zones — X, X 500 and AE — on county GIS and that the National Wetlands Inventory does not show jurisdictional wetlands on the site. Staff recommended approval, saying the proposed R-2 zoning is consistent with the county comprehensive plan and meets locational requirements of the Residential-2 district in the land development code.
Staff also said the county had waived an application fee for this rezone because the applicant had submitted two prior rezone applications that were denied; staff indicated it has authority to waive fees when appropriate.
During public discussion the county’s counsel read a portion of the land development code relevant to repeat applications. The code language cited — Land Development Code section 45-1071 subsection (k) — states that if a PUD application is denied by final BOCC action, another application that is “basically the same proposal” on the same property cannot be filed until 12 months after the denied application. County counsel and staff said the current request is for residential use and is not the same proposal as the prior denied PUD, so the application may proceed within the year.
An applicant representative thanked the commission for its prior unanimous decision on a different PUD application and described the current request as lower intensity: “This time around, we're just looking for approval so we can get something started,” the speaker said.
A commissioner made a motion to approve REZ25-00004; it was seconded, and the commission voted unanimously to recommend approval to the BOCC. Staff stated the item will go before the Board of County Commissioners on May 27 at 9 a.m.
If the BOCC approves the rezoning, the property owner would become eligible to apply for building and site-work permits for a single-family residence subject to standard permitting reviews.
