PLANNING & ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: December 6, 2023
Agenda Date: December 6, 2023
Prepared By: Stephen Noto - Planning Consultant
Through: Stockton Whitten - City Manager
Requested Action:
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Consideration of a Zoning Map Amendment for a +/- 1.002-acre portion of property located at 825 Forrest Ave., from INST (Institutional) to RU-2-15 (Multiple Family Dwelling).
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant, Ms. Hannah French of The Porchlight Foundation Inc., on behalf of the property owner, Mr. Paul Thonnard of Charity Properties, LLC., is requesting to amend the Zoning Map designation of property located at 825 Forrest Ave. The rezoning amendment is for +/- 1.002-acres of the +/- 5.88-acre Subject Property from INST, Institutional, to RU-2-15, Multiple Family Dwelling. The Brevard County Parcel ID of the Subject Property is 24-36-28-76-A. The Subject Property is located at the northwest intersection of Grimes St., and Forrest Ave., and the northeast intersection of US HWY 1 and Hillcrest Dr. On July 25, 2023, the City Council adopted Ordinance 06-2023, which amended the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designation of the Subject Property from COMM, Commercial, to HDR, High Density Residential. The purpose of the FLUM amendment was to complete the first step of regulatory amendments prior to submittal of this rezoning request. During that process, it was noted that an eventual rezoning request to RU-2-25 would occur on a portion of the project, generally stated as the "western portion" of the site. This request, however, is to rezone to RU-2-15.
The reason for the request is that the Applicant wishes to expand the existing Matthew's Hope facilities on-site to include multi-family units in the +/-1.002 acres of the +/- 5.88-acre Subject Property and to include the existing day care facility, which received Special Exception approval from the Board of Adjustment on February 1, 2023, within the partial rezoning area. The specifi...
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