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Montverde LPA adopts amendment allowing low-density Planned Unit Development
Summary
The Town of Montverde's Local Planning Agency on Dec. 13, 2016 adopted Ordinance 2016-19, a comprehensive plan amendment that permits low‑density Planned Unit Developments (PUDs); the vote was 4–1 with Vice President Glenn Burns recording the lone opposition.
The Local Planning Agency of the Town of Montverde, sitting as the Town Council, adopted Ordinance 2016‑19 amending the town’s Comprehensive Plan at a special meeting on Dec. 13, 2016.
Town Planner Sean Parks said the proposal shifts the town away from a strict one‑acre lot‑size requirement toward allowing a low‑density Planned Unit Development, and that the future land use map would be changed to accommodate the PUD. "A PUD does not have all these specifics but concentrates more on design standards, side walk plans, trails, open space and water star certification," Parks said.
Attorney Anita Geraci‑Carver read the ordinance title for the record and explained the Local Planning Agency’s role in reviewing comprehensive plan amendments. After a brief exchange in which Councilman Jim Peacock asked Parks to clarify the PUD approach, Councilman Jim Ley moved to adopt the ordinance; Judy Smith seconded. The motion carried 4–1. The council recorded votes in favor from President Billy Bates, Ley, Jim Peacock and Smith; Vice President Glenn Burns voted against the ordinance.
The record states the applicant had submitted the materials required for the amendment and that staff found the request consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The ordinance text and any associated developer agreement—identified in the meeting as the mechanism to enforce design standards such as sidewalks, trails and open space—were not read in full at the meeting and no effective date was specified in the minutes.
The meeting lasted roughly 17 minutes and adjourned at 7:17 p.m.
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