Kissimmee commission unanimously approves land-use and zoning changes for 610 Buckley Drive

The Kissimmee City Commission voted unanimously to approve a future land use map amendment and a companion zoning map amendment for 610 Buckley Drive, moving roughly 5.223 acres from single-family low-density residential to industrial business and airport industrial.

Planning staff told commissioners the parcels are currently vacant or contain single-family homes and that the requested designations are consistent with the comprehensive plan and land-development code. The parcels lie inside the city's conservation overlay district, which staff said will require developers to complete conservation impact reports and analyses of potential effects on Shingle Creek.

"Before you is a recommendation of approval of a future land use map amendment to change the future land use map designation from single family low density residential to industrial business on approximately 5.223 acres of land," planning staff said.

Staff noted the development review committee recommended approval on Dec. 5 and the planning advisory board recommended approval at its Jan. 7 meeting. One resident complaint had been emailed to staff and was read into the planning advisory board record, planning staff said; no members of the public spoke on the item during the commission's public hearings.

Mayor Espinosa called for the final reading and asked for a second; the motion was seconded by Commissioner Ortiz. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote and the measure carried 5-0.

The commission's action changes the city's official land-use and zoning maps for the property. City staff said future development within the conservation overlay will need to submit required environmental analyses before site development proceeds.