CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: November 8, 2023
Agenda Date: November 14, 2023
Prepared By: Stacey Hopper, Community Planner
Through: Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Pass on SECOND READING Ordinance 17-2023, an Expedited State Review Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to expand the very limited geographic area by which vertical mixed-use projects may be built at 125-units per acre, to include a +/- 4.32 acre parcel of City-owned land located at 915 Florida Ave., Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County Tax Parcel ID 24-36-33-80-23).
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant, City of Cocoa, requests to amend Future Land Element Figure FLU-1 Note 9, Figure FLU-2, and Policy 1.1.2.6, Mixed-Use (MU), to expand the very limited geographic area by which vertical mixed-use projects may be built at 125-units per acre, to include a +/- 4.32 acre parcel of City-owned land located at 915 Florida Ave., Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County Tax Parcel ID 24-36-33-80-23).
Future Land Use Designation: Current: MU, Mixed-Use
Zoning District: Current: C-C, Core Commercial District
Existing Land Use: Municipally Owned Land - Vacant
Council District: District 1 - Councilmember Goins
Legal Ad Date: August 1, 2023
Overview of Surrounding Area:
Future Land Use Designations
Zoning Districts
Land Uses
North
LDR, Low Density Residential; MU, Mixed-Use
RU-2-10, Low Density Single-Family and Multiple-Family District; C-C, Core Commercial District
Vacant Residential/Single Family Residential/Utility
South
City of Rockledge Redevelopment Mixed Use
City of Rockledge RMU, Redevelopment Mixed Use
Multiple Tenant Retail Store
East
MU, Mixed-Use
C-C, Core Commercial District
Mixed Use Commercial Property/Retail Store
West
MU, Mixed-Use
C-C, Core Commercial District
Vacant Commercial Land
Background
The proposed comprehensive plan amendment has been administratively initiated by the City of Cocoa and is being presented pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 1...
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