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Commissioners approve technical deviation to raise allowed floor-area ratio at Sierra Meadows for assisted- and independent-living campus
Summary
The board granted a deviation raising the floor-area ratio for two lots in the Sierra Meadows PUD from 0.45 to 0.6 so an existing assisted/independent living campus can stand independent of a small adjacent commercial lot; action unanimous.
The Collier County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment on April 22 to allow a higher floor-area ratio (FAR) for an existing assisted- and independent-living facility in the Sierra Meadows planned unit development.
Francesca Passadoumo, attorney for the applicant Morgan Companies, explained the PUD originally set a 0.45 FAR in 1999 and an assisted-living facility subsequently used an adjoining small lot (Lot 6) in the project's FAR calculation when it obtained its site-development plan. "The purpose of this PUD amendment is to allow a FAR standard of 0.6, in lieu of the 0.45 through the deviation process," Passadoumo said. Planner Patrick Venas told the commission 0.6 is the standard typically approved for assisted-living facilities by deviation and that granting the deviation would free Lot 6 for the commercial uses previously intended in the PUD.
Mike Bozzier, zoning director, told the board the request was reviewed by staff and unanimously recommended by the Collier County Planning Commission; staff advised that the deviation would be applied only to Lots 8 and 9 where the assisted/independent living facility (Discovery Village) is located, preserving commercial acreage for Lot 6 and the broader PUD commercial cap of 260,000 square feet.
Commissioners voted to approve the deviation; the motion was approved unanimously.
