PLANNING & ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: October 28, 2024
Agenda Date: November 6, 2024
Prepared By: Jennifer Webster - Planner, City of Cocoa
Through: Stockton Whitten - City Manager
Requested Action:
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Consideration of a City-initiated ordinance amending the official Zoning Map designation of sixteen (16) parcels of real property, totaling 8.36 acres, more or less, from Brevard County Single-Family Residential (RU-1-9), General Retail Commercial (BU-1), and Retail, Warehousing & Wholesale Commercial (BU-2) to City of Cocoa General Commercial (C-G).
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BACKGROUND:
The Subject Parcels are generally located adjacent to State Road 520 near the intersections of Virginia Avenue, Ruth Street, and Aurora Street, in Cocoa, Florida, more particularly depicted and described on Exhibit "A".
These parcels are located in the City of Cocoa taxing jurisdiction. Fifteen (15) of these properties were annexed into the City in 2004 from Brevard County (County), by Ordinance 11-2004, (Exhibit 'D') as part of a larger, 26-acre annexation of portions of the Pine Grove Park Subdivision and portions of the Pine Acres Plat. One (1) parcel was later annexed by Ordinance 03-2006 (Exhibit 'E'). These properties were assigned a Future Land Use (FLU) of Commercial. However, a zoning category was not assigned at the time of the annexations. This makes future development challenging with the absence of a City zoning designation.
Upon analysis, Planning and Zoning staff is recommending these (16) parcels, totaling approximately 8.36 acres, be rezoned to City of Cocoa General Commercial (C-G).
STATISTICS
Future Land Use Designation: Current: Commercial
Zoning District: Prior (Brevard County):
Single-Family Residential (RU-1-9)
General Retail Commercial (BU-1)
Retail, Warehousing & Wholesale Commercial (BU-2)
Proposed: City of Cocoa General Commercial (C-G)
Existing Land Use: Various - Light industrial, mis...
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