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Commission approves multiple site plans and final plat; discussion on density for Lakeview Village Estates
Summary
The Winter Garden City Commission unanimously approved three industrial/commercial site plans and a final plat for Lakeview Village Estates, a 7.25-acre residential subdivision with 26 single-family lots and 14 townhome lots; a commissioner questioned whether the resulting density aligns with the city's low-density designation.
Winter Garden commissioners unanimously approved site plans for new buildings at 630 Garden Commerce Parkway, 740 Garden Commerce Parkway and 12565 West Colonial Drive, and granted final plat approval for Lakeview Village Estates, a 7.25-acre subdivision that will include 26 single-family lots and 14 townhome lots.
Planning staff presented the applications and recommended approval of each site plan "subject to the conditions outlined in the staff report." The project at 630 Garden Commerce Parkway was described as a single-story office–warehouse on a two-acre property and will connect to an adjacent building at 620 Garden Commerce Parkway. The 740 Garden Commerce Parkway site plan, for an 11.2-acre property, includes an office maintenance building, outdoor RV storage screened by landscaping and a 6-foot precast wall. The 12565 West Colonial Drive proposal is for an RV sales office and showroom on a 5.15-acre parcel; staff said the project includes a connection of Garden Commerce Parkway South to West Colonial Drive and complies with the West State Road 50 overlay requirements.
Commissioners moved and seconded motions to approve each site plan with staff conditions; all carried unanimously.
On the Lakeview Village Estates final plat, staff described the subdivision as 7.25 acres on the west side of South Lakeview Avenue and said the final plat matches the previously approved preliminary plat and the property's low-density residential future land-use designation and PUD zoning. The final plat will create 26 single-family lots and 14 townhome lots with common areas and easements. During the discussion a commissioner asked about density, noting that the 40 units on roughly 7.2 acres equate to "just a little under 6" units per acre and saying, "to me low density residential is 3, you know, per acre, not 6." The commission nevertheless approved the final plat, with one commissioner describing their vote as "reluctant" but voting aye.
All approvals were granted subject to the conditions in the staff reports, and staff said they will provide follow-up information requested by commissioners, including tree-mitigation numbers for the 740 Garden Commerce Parkway site.
The approvals allow the applicants to proceed to the next development stages under site-plan and plat conditions set by staff and the commission.
