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Board backs small-scale future land use amendment on South Myrtle Avenue (CPA-1-25)
Summary
The board recommended approval (5–0) of CPA‑1‑25, changing a ~0.59-acre parcel from industrial mixed use to industrial future land use to reduce allowable density and FAR; the applicant offered restrictive covenants to limit high‑impact industrial uses.
The Planning & Zoning Board voted unanimously to recommend the city commission approve CPA‑1‑25, a proposed small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment to change roughly 0.59 acres at the southeast corner of South Myrtle Avenue and West 7th Street from industrial mixed use to industrial future land use.
City planning staff explained that the change would keep the property zoned I‑1 (light industrial) while reducing allowable density and lowering the floor‑area‑ratio cap compared with the industrial‑mixed‑use designation. Applicant representative Glenn Storch argued the parcel is a remnant that never fit the larger mixed‑use vision tied to adjacent railroad property and offered to record restrictive covenants similar to nearby approvals to bar high‑impact uses (for example, adult entertainment establishments, animal hospitals with kennels, automobile repair, and recycling centers).
One applicant representative gave a conceptual plan describing a single‑story building of about 9,000 square feet divided into several small light‑industrial units (roughly 1,000–2,000 sq ft each). Nearby residents raised concerns about traffic and flooding during public comment, and staff clarified the requested change reduces potential density compared with the industrial‑mixed‑use category. The board asked for the restrictive covenants to be recorded and voted 5–0 to recommend approval to the city commission.
Provenance: staff report SEG 674–803; applicant presentation SEG 821–916; motion and roll call SEG 1124–1151.
