Council approves land-swap and related land‑use and zoning changes for Silver Springs Boulevard area; abrogation, land‑use amendment, PD and rezoning passed

Ocala City Council voted to approve a package of related land‑use and zoning applications affecting parcels near Silver Springs Boulevard and the Mojos/Lowe’s shopping center area. The items were presented together by Growth Management staff because they are interdependent and involve a land swap between two property owners.

Growth Management Director Jess Rautam and other staff explained there are five linked applications: the abrogation ABR23-45418 to remove a small portion of Northeast 47th Court right-of-way between two parcels; a land‑use amendment LUC23-45427 to change two parcels from “neighborhood” to “low intensity”; a PD rezoning PD23-45431 to create a unified planned development of roughly 6.83 acres with distinct commercial and residential allocation; an updated PD standards book; and a zoning change ZON23-45419 for a 0.59-acre parcel to B-2 Community Business to allow parking expansion for the Mojo’s property.

Staff described the changes as a property swap to consolidate a single unified planned…