CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: September 5, 2023
Agenda Date: September 12, 2023
Prepared By: Charlene Neuterman, Community Services Director
Through: Stockton Whitten, City Manager
Requested Action:
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Adopt on Second and Final Reading Ordinance 18-2023, a Zoning Text Amendment to Appendix A, Article XI, Section 22 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cocoa to allow Large Scale Commercial/Mixed-Use Buildings on certain properties within the Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District and to amend the list of permitted and special exception uses in the South End Subdistrict of the Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District.
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant, City of Cocoa, is requesting an amendment to Land Development Code Amendment to Appendix A, Article XI, Section 22 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cocoa to allow Large Scale Commercial/Mixed-Use Buildings on certain properties within the Cocoa Waterfront Overlay District. The parcel proposed to be added has the following Brevard County Parcel ID number 24-36-33-80-23 (915 Florida Ave.). In addition, the proposed ordinance would add permitted and special exception uses in the South End Subdistrict with Core Commercial underlying zoning.
Background:
The proposed LDC amendment has been administratively initiated by the City of Cocoa. The Planning and Zoning Board is required to make recommendations to the City Council regarding the proposed LDC amendments based on the criteria set forth below.
Over the last several years, the City of Cocoa has created multiple policies to ensure that redevelopment opportunities within the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) are available. The City created the MU, Mixed Use, Future Land Use (FLU) Designation. The FLU Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan states that the Mixed-Use land use category (MU FLU) is intended to provide a mixture of residential, commercial, office, recreational and institutional uses along the major transportation corridors. The maj...
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