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Commission approves small‑scale plan change and rezoning for Archer Road outparcel
Summary
The board unanimously approved a small‑scale comprehensive‑plan amendment and rezoning request to convert a 1.26‑acre institutional parcel in the Archer Tower Activity Center to commercial and to rezone it from agricultural to BA (automotive‑oriented commercial); the church selling the parcel said the parcel is surplus to its needs.
The county commission approved a small‑scale future‑land‑use amendment and related rezoning on March 24 that will allow a 1.26‑acre parcel on Southwest Archer Road to change from institutional to commercial use.
Growth Management staff explained the parcel lies inside the Archer Tower Activity Center and that the change brings the site into consistency with activity‑center mapping in the comprehensive plan. The zoning action implements that plan change by rezoning the lot from retained agricultural to BA, a commercial district that allows a range of automotive and commercial uses subject to standards and separation restrictions (for example, certain limited uses must be separated from religious facilities).
Applicant Clay Swager said Kannapaha Presbyterian Church plans to sell the parcel because the church no longer needs it; the church and applicant said the change is compatible with surrounding commercial and health‑care uses. Planning staff and the planning commission recommended approval. Commissioners asked about potential Sunday‑period impacts for the adjacent church parking; staff said the church lot is on a separate parcel and the planned commercial use will not affect the church’s parking.
Ending: The motion to approve the comprehensive‑plan amendment and rezoning passed unanimously. Any developer proposals for the parcel will proceed through standard permitting and site‑plan review.
