CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: January 30, 2024
Agenda Date: April 4, 2024
Prepared By: Stephen Noto, AICP - Planning Consultant
Through: Stockton Whitten - City Manager
Requested Action:
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Request to Postpone Consideration of a Zoning Map Amendment consistent with Appendix A, Zoning, Article XXI, to change the Zoning Map designation of eleven parcels totaling 1.39 acres, with the address 301 S. Cocoa Blvd., from C-P, Commercial Parkway, to C-N, Neighborhood Commercial to the May 14, 2024 City Council Meeting.
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant, Ms. Mary D. Solik, Esq., on behalf of the property owner, Biscaya Holdings, LLC., is requesting to amend the Zoning Map designation of eleven parcels totaling 1.39 acres, with the address 301 S. Cocoa Blvd., from C-P, Commercial Parkway, to C-N, Neighborhood Commercial. The eleven parcel ID numbers that encompass the Subject Property, as part of the Laphams Subdivision as recorded in 1912, are as follows:
* 24-36-33-31-A-5
* 24-36-33-31-C-1
* 24-36-33-31-D-11
* 24-36-33-31-D-12
* 24-36-33-31-D-13
* 24-36-33-31-C-2
* 24-36-33-31-*-R.1
* 24-36-33-31-*-R.2
* 24-36-33-31-*-R.3
* 24-36-33-31-*-R.4
* 24-36-33-31-*-R.5
The reason for the requested change is the applicant has identified that the existing zoning district of C-P is not an applicable zoning district with the current Future Land Use (FLU) designation of MU, Mixed Use, per Figure FLU-1 of the Future Land Use Element. The applicant is planning to redevelop the property in the future but is pursuing this step prior to the formal site plan submittal. While not made part of this submittal package, based on recent discussions with the application, the desire is to develop a "retail automotive gasoline/fuel sales as an accessory use to convenience store", which would be a special exception use subject to certain conditions in the C-N if the rezoning were approved. However, the applicant has not identified an intended use of the property in the rezon...
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