Subject:
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Sami & Violette Salib (Carmine Ferraro) request a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (26S.05), to change the Future Land Use designation from NC and RES 2 to CC. (26SS00005) (Tax Accounts 2000371 and 2000352) (District 1)
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Fiscal Impact:
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Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Local Planning Agency conduct a public hearing to consider a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (26S.05), to change the Future Lande Use designation from NC (Neighborhood Commercial) and RES 2 (Residential 2) to CC (Community Commercial).
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicant is requesting a change in Future Land Use (FLU) designation from NC (Neighborhood Commercial) and RES 2 (Residential, 2 units per acre) to CC (Community Commercial) on two parcels totaling 7.05 acres. The FLU amendment is intended to facilitate a companion rezoning request from AU (Agricultural Residential) to BU-1 (General Retail Commercial), under rezoning application 26Z00015, to allow for future commercial development and/or sale of the subject property.
The subject property is currently undeveloped and located on the east side of U.S. Highway 1 at the northeast corner of Lionel Road, approximately 0.2 miles north of Gloria Avenue. The applicant states that the owners intend to join both properties and develop the entire site as a commercial development consistent with the existing commercial development at this intersection.
The subject property remains in its original configuration. The western property was established with a recorded deed in OR Book 229, Page 336 on August 25, 1959, and the eastern property was established with a recorded deed in OR Book 882, Page 92 on June 18, 1966.
The subject parcels retain the two original FLU designations of RES 2 and NC that were established in 1988 by the Brevard County Comprehensive Plan.
The proposed CC FLU designation is established in the area to the north and south of the subject properties and is primarily located along the U.S. Highway 1 corridor. The requested FLU designation embodies activities which are intended to serve several neighborhoods, sub-regional and regional areas, and provides an array of retail, personal, and professional uses.
The current RES 2 land use designation on the east property permits lower density residential development with a maximum density of up to two (2) units per acre, except as otherwise provided for within the FLU element.
The current NC development activities are intended to have low impact in nature and serve the needs of the immediate residential area. Intrusion of these land uses into surrounding residential areas shall be limited. Existing BU-1-A uses, which were established as of the adoption date of this provision, shall be considered consistent with this policy.
The subject property contains mapped National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) wetlands. This property contains aquifer recharge soils. The mapped topographic elevations show that the property falls within a Type 2 and/or Type 3 Aquifer Recharge areas, areas that are subject to impervious area restrictions. The applicant is hereby notified of the development and impervious restrictions within Conservation Element Policy 10.2 and the Aquifer Protection Ordinance.
Four parcels abut the subject properties to the north. The westernmost parcel is 0.76 acres developed with a single-family residence and designated with NC FLU with AU zoning. The three adjoining parcels to the east are each 1.05 acres, developed with single-family residences, and designated RES 2 FLU with RR-1 zoning. There are two parcels located south of the subject properties across Lionel Road. The property located on the southeast corner of Lionel Road and U.S. Hwy. 1 is 1.48 acres, developed with a retail store (Dollar General), with BU-1 zoning classification and CC FLU. The second parcel is 15 acres, developed by the Brevard County School Board as Pinewood Elementary School, zoned GML(I) (Government Managed Lands) with RES 2 FLU. East of the subject properties is a 3.33-acre parcel, developed with residential related amenities (built in 2025), AU(L) zoning classification, and RES 2 FLU. West of the subject properties is U.S. Highway 1, a four lane, state-maintained roadway. A 10-unit motel on property zoned BU-2 with a CC (Community Commercial) FLU is located directly across U.S. Highway 1 from the subject properties.
The board may wish to consider if the request is consistent and compatible with the surrounding area.
The Board of County Commissioners will consider the request on Thursday, August 06, 2026, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Brevard County Government Center, 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Building C, Commission Room, Viera, Florida.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
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