Board recommends rezoning to T‑3.5 for SR‑200 parcel consistent with plan

The board recommended approval of rezoning R26‑007 and associated draft ordinance 2026‑053 to rezone roughly 8.5 acres from Commercial Intensive to Transect‑based Urban Transitional Zone T‑3.5. Planner Willa Bridal presented the request as the companion to the CPA26‑007 future‑land‑use amendment earlier in the meeting and recommended approval based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and land‑development code.

Bridal said permitted uses in T‑3.5 include single‑family and multifamily housing, townhouses, hotels, mixed‑use development and neighborhood‑serving retail; the district includes minimum residential density and a goal of avoiding strip commercial development along SR‑200. The board recorded a motion to recommend approval and the clerk recorded seven ayes, zero nays.

As with the earlier items, board members and staff stressed that rezoning does not replace technical reviews: site engineering, drainage, buffering and William Burgess overlay standards will be reviewed through DRC and site‑plan processes before any building permits are issued.