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Zoning commission recommends rezoning for Walmart Neighborhood Market site after applicant addresses traffic and maintenance concerns
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning about 8 acres at Military Trail and Coconut Lane to a MUPD to allow an additional retail building at an existing shopping center, after staff found traffic impacts acceptable and the applicant proposed driveway and delineator improvements; a nearby resident raised concerns about landscaping and safety at the driveway.
The Zoning Commission recommended approval of a zoning map amendment to rezone roughly eight acres at the northeast corner of Military Trail and Coconut Lane to a Multiple Use Planned Development, enabling a retail building where a bank pad had been approved.
Bradley Miller, a land planner with Urban Design Studio representing the applicant, said the vacant outparcel (Parcel D) would be changed from an approved bank pad to retail use and that the overall increase in building area would remain under the site’s circulation and drainage configurations. He told commissioners the site is slightly over 50,000 square feet after the change and therefore required rezoning to an MUPD. Bradley said the proposal adds about 6,900 sq ft to the site and that the project includes driveway improvements and delineators to address illegal left-turn movements at the Coconut Lane entrance.
Bradley cited a traffic count showing an additional 392 daily trips generated by the new use but said the AM and PM peak increases were small (roughly one extra trip every few minutes) and that the project meets adopted level-of-service standards after the proposed improvements.
During public comment, resident Jeff Smart of Oak Run Court said he lives adjacent to the Walmart and opposed the new retail pad, citing poor maintenance of existing landscaping by the Walmart site and safety concerns at the existing entrance. Jeff said the entrance is “very dangerous” and that drivers routinely ignore the right-in/right-out layout.
Applicant representatives and staff responded: the applicant said it will follow up with the property owner (the owner is responsible for site maintenance, the applicant said) and staff said code enforcement had no current open actions but would review the resident’s complaints. The applicant described driveway modifications (delineators and redistributed driveway access) intended to reduce problematic movements.
Commissioner discussion focused on the possibility of a freestanding emergency department use (the planner said that use could be allowed administratively under medical office rules but would require additional review if 24/7 operations or proximity waivers were necessary). The commission moved to recommend approval; the transcript notes the motion passed with no detailed roll-call tally recorded.
Next steps include BCC review for any matters requiring county commission action and coordination on code enforcement or landscaping follow-up as appropriate.
