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Board backs small‑scale comp‑plan amendment to industrial for 1.43‑acre parcel near SR‑44
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the board voted 5‑0 to recommend changing a 1.43±‑acre parcel from industrial mixed use to industrial (CPA‑3‑24), with restrictive covenants to limit certain I‑1 uses because of adjacent residences and an assisted‑living facility.
The Planning & Zoning Board unanimously recommended that the City Commission approve CPA‑3‑24, a small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment to change the future‑land‑use designation of a 1.43±‑acre parcel north of State Road 44 from industrial mixed use to industrial.
Staff told the board the change would lower allowable density and floor‑area ratio (FAR) for the parcel and that the applicant has offered restrictive covenants to permanently bar certain industrial uses deemed incompatible with adjacent residential and assisted‑living properties. The change would not rezone the property—zoning (I‑1) would remain the same—but would remove the requirement for a PUD that mixed‑use development would otherwise trigger.
Applicant representative Glenn Storch described the parcel as an ‘orphan’ piece of former railroad (FEC) property and said a low‑intensity warehouse/flex‑space project would be appropriate. Storch said the applicant will escrow and record restrictive covenants limiting uses and that the proposed single‑story, ~20,000‑sq‑ft concept falls well under the new FAR cap.
Board members asked whether site plan review, stormwater, and access will be handled through the standard review process; staff confirmed that site‑plan, engineering, fire, and utility reviews remain required and that projects under 25,000 sq ft would not return to the board. The board voted 5‑0 to forward a positive recommendation to the commission, with the recommended covenants and map notes.
