PLANNING & ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: July 2, 2024
Agenda Date: July 11, 2024
Prepared By: Jennifer Webster - Planner, City of Cocoa
Through: Stockton Whitten - City Manager
Requested Action:
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Consideration of Ordinance 08-2024, a City-initiated Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Amendment consistent with Florida Statute Chapter 163, of (20) parcels of real property totaling approximately 3.36 acres from City of Cocoa "Commercial" to City of Cocoa "Neighborhood Commercial.""End
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BACKGROUND:
The Subject Parcels for this FLUM amendment are comprised of a grouping of (20) contiguous parcels totaling approximately 3.36 acres. The parcels are located along Cocoa Place, west of the intersection of Cocoa Place and North Cocoa Boulevard. A map depicting the location of the Subject Parcels is attached as Exhibit "A", also described as:
106 - 139 Cocoa Place, 863 N Cocoa Blvd and 865 N Cocoa Blvd.
Staff determined that the current Zoning and current Future Land Use of the Subject Parcels are inconsistent. All of the parcels currently have the Future Land Use designation of Commercial, as shown in Exhibit "B". However, the current zoning district of (18) of these parcels is RU-1-7 (Single-Family Residential), and R-P (Residential Professional) for (2) parcels. Neither RU-1-7 nor R-P are allowable zoning districts within the Commercial future land use designation. This incompatibility between the FLU and current zoning designations prevents the property owners from any expansion of current use or redevelopment should it be necessary due to loss of property or voluntarily.
This FLUM request is in combination with the request to rezone (18) of the parcels to the C-N (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning district (See Ord. 09-2024). The two R-P parcels at the intersection of Cocoa Place and N Cocoa Blvd will remain zoned R-P, as both R-P and C-N are applicable zoning districts under the Neighborhood Commercial FLU category.
The request...
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