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City staff seeks to rezone Tropicana Park parcel to single-family residential to match park use
Summary
Cape Coral City planning staff recommended rezoning a 2.54-acre Tropicana Park parcel from Mixed-Use Seven Islands (MX7) to R-1 single-family residential to reflect its use as parkland; P&Z recommended the companion future-land-use amendment, and no public testimony was offered.
City planning staff told the hearing examiner that a small-scale, city-initiated rezoning will align the Tropicana Park parcel’s zoning with its park use.
"The request specifically is to amend the zoning from the mixed-use seven islands zoning district to the single-family residential zoning district," the presenting planner recorded in the hearing record.
The clerk described RZN 26-000003 as a request to rezone a 2.54-acre Tropicana Park site on the south side of Tropicana Parkway, west of Old Burnt Store Road, from MX7 (Mixed-Use Seven Islands) to R-1. Staff said the parcel is developed as parkland and recently opened to the public; the MX7 designation originated when public-private partnership options were considered for the area, staff said.
A companion future-land-use map amendment (FLUM 26-00003; ordinance 36-26) to assign a parks-and-recreation (PK) designation is running concurrently; planning staff said the Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously recommended the amendment. Staff reviewed the six land-development-code criteria and concluded R-1 would better reflect the property’s role as a neighborhood park and would be compatible with surrounding single-family residential areas.
No members of the public spoke at the hearing. The hearing examiner recommended approval and closure of the hearing record; the rezoning will proceed to City Council alongside the companion FLUM for final action.
Speakers quoted or cited in this report: City planning presenter (recorded as 'Wyldetree'); Hearing Examiner.
