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Council adopts rezoning to allow expanded outdoor storage for adjacent repair garage
Summary
Council adopted ordinance 2026‑6 to rezone about 3.57 acres from M‑1 to M‑2 to permit outdoor storage in connection with an adjoining repair garage; planning staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval and council voted 5–0.
Ocala — The City Council on Jan. 6 adopted an ordinance (2026‑6; case ZON25‑0014) to rezone roughly 3.57 acres from M‑1 (light industrial) to M‑2 (medium industrial), allowing outdoor storage as an accessory use to an existing repair garage.
Emily Johnson, senior planner with the city's Growth Management Department, told council staff found the rezoning consistent with the employment‑center future land use designation and that the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval 5–0. Johnson said utilities are available at the site and no level‑of‑service issues were identified.
An applicant representative, Fred Roberts, said the property is being acquired to expand an existing manufacturing location ("This is an acquisition for expansion") and that the new area will be immediately combined with adjoining M‑2 property. Council amended a procedural section discussed earlier in the meeting and adopted the ordinance by roll call; the vote was recorded as five "Aye" votes, with no recorded opposition.
The rezoning covers a partial parcel that staff said will keep 1.49 acres of northern property zoned M‑1 to act as a buffer to adjacent residential zoning. City staff noted outdoor manufacturing remains restricted in M‑2 and that additional development criteria may apply.
