CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: December 30, 2019
Agenda Date: January 22, 2020
Prepared By: Dodie Selig, Planning & Zoning Manager
Through: Nancy A. Bunt, Community Services Director
Requested Action:
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Ordinance No. 25-2019/ 2nd Reading: Approval of a ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT consistent with Appendix A, Zoning, Article XXI, amending Appendix A, Article XI, Section 22 of the zoning ordinance of the City of Cocoa to allow the Single Story Commercial building type on a certain property within the Waterfront Sub-district of the Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District and amending the maximum lot depth from 300 feet to 400 feet for properties eligible for the Single Story Commercial building type.
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BACKGROUND:
I. Zoning Ordinance Amendment Analysis
In accordance with Section 1(G)(2), Article XXII, Appendix A (Zoning), of the Code of the City of Cocoa, the Planning and Zoning Board shall consider and study the following when an amendment to the zoning code is proposed:
a. The need and justification for the change.
b. The relationship of the proposed amendment to the purposes and objectives of the comprehensive planning programs and to the comprehensive plan, with appropriate consideration as to whether the proposed changes will further the purposes of [the] zoning code and other codes, regulations, and actions designed to implement the comprehensive plan.
Need and justification for change
The ordinance proposes a text amendment to the City's Zoning Code, Article XI, Section 22, Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District (CWOD), which would make two changes. These two changes will be addressed in turn below.
Single Story Commercial building type:
The first change to the Regulating Plan of the CWOD would allow the Single Story Commercial building type for a certain property in the Waterfront Sub-district. The current owner of the subject property has requested that the City examine the rationale behind a prior change to the Regulating Plan and its appli...
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