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Charlotte County planning commission backs amendments reducing family-lot minimums and revising lot requirements
Summary
The commission voted unanimously Nov. 21 to recommend Subdivision Ordinance changes allowing family subdivision lots of two acres in the General Agricultural district and to approve Zoning Ordinance revisions including a 200-foot minimum frontage and a 1.5-acre minimum in the Village Center district. Both recommendations will go to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
The Charlotte County Planning Commission voted unanimously Nov. 21 to recommend approval of proposed amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance that change minimum lot sizes and frontage requirements.
Staff told the commission the Subdivision Ordinance amendments (proposed changes to Sections 2-6-1 and 4-3-1) would reduce the minimum lot size for family subdivision lots in the General Agricultural Zoning District to two acres. Staff also outlined Zoning Ordinance changes that would reduce minimum lot frontage to 200 feet in the General Agricultural district, clarify setbacks and yard requirements for private roads and accessory structures, and increase the minimum lot size in the Village Center Zoning District to 1.5 acres.
Commissioner David Watkins moved to recommend approval of the Subdivision Ordinance amendments; Kerwin Kunath seconded the motion, which carried with all members present voting yes. Watkins then moved to recommend approval of the Zoning Ordinance amendments; Jim Benn seconded and that motion also carried unanimously.
During the public hearing on the subdivision change, Stefan Barnes of Red Oak spoke in favor of reducing the family-lot minimum to two acres. "I’m sorry I missed an opportunity to encourage a reduction in the minimum lot size for the entire General Agricultural District," Barnes said, and he added that he did not support raising minimum lot sizes in the Village Center District to 1.5 acres. No other members of the public spoke on these items.
The changes affect multiple sections of the county code: the subdivision family-lot provision and several zoning sections that govern frontage, setbacks and accessory-structure siting. The commission’s recommendations now go to the Charlotte County Board of Supervisors for consideration at a future meeting.
Staff also noted other land-use activity on the docket, including an application for a 140-megawatt solar project known as Taro Solar that is under staff review.
