CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: August 21, 2020
Agenda Date: September 9, 2020
Prepared By: Dodie Selig, Planning & Zoning Manager
Through: Nancy A. Bunt, Community Services Director
Requested Action:
title
APPROVAL OF A LARGE SCALE FUTURE LAND USE MAP (FLUM) AMENDMENT consistent with Florida Statute Chapter 163 for Applicant and City initiated requests to change the Future Land Use Map designation of fifty-nine (59) parcels from Brevard County "Residential 2 Units Per Acre - R2" to City of Cocoa "Low Density Residential - LDR" with conditions.
End
body
BACKGROUND:
On January 8, 2020, Ordinance 24-2019 was approved by the City Council, annexing fifty-nine (59) parcels of real property into the City of Cocoa. The subject property for this Future Land Use Map amendment is comprised of the 59 individual parcels previously annexed, consisting of approximately 139.23 acres of undeveloped land. Of the total subject site area, 43 parcels, containing 122.58 acres, are owned by three companies represented by the Applicant, Cantwell & Goldman, P.A. The remaining 16 parcels, containing 16.65 acres, are owned by other individuals. The property owners the Applicant represents wish to develop single-family homes on their property. Accordingly, the Applicant has petitioned the City for the application of a Future Land Use designation. The City is also considered an applicant for a city-initiated Future Land Use amendment for those properties (16 parcels) not represented by Cantwell & Goldman, P.A. This will allow those individual property owners to develop their parcels at some future date as well as ensuring that the FLU designations of all parcels are compatible with each other. Hereinafter, the use of "Applicant" refers to both Cantwell & Goldman, P.A. and the City of Cocoa. A map depicting the subject parcels is attached as Exhibit A.
The subject property is located primarily north of the intersection of State Road 524 and State Road 520, bounded on the...
Click here for full text