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Commission recommends commercial rezoning for Columbia Boulevard site amid environmental questions
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended a future land use change and rezoning for a vacant 3.14‑acre site on Columbia Boulevard to allow commercial development, while public commenters pressed for additional environmental review.
The Titusville Planning and Zoning Commission on March 5 recommended approval of a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning that would allow commercial use on a vacant 3.14‑acre parcel on Columbia Boulevard south‑east of Cheney Highway.
Staff explained the application (SSA 11-2024) seeks to change the property's future land use from low-density residential to commercial high intensity and to rezone the site from single-family medium density R-1B to community commercial (CC). The property has frontage on Columbia Boulevard, an arterial roadway, and staff said commercial development in the surrounding area and access limitations for single-family use make commercial zoning consistent with nearby parcels. Staff noted an earlier applicant withdrew a prior request for a regional commercial designation because the site did not meet locational criteria for regional commercial.
John Abian (Florida Engineering Group),…
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