Subject:
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Cocoa Town Center, LLC requests a change of zoning classification from BU-1 to RU-2-15. (26Z00010) (Tax Accounts 2407572 and 2407578) (District 2)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Planning and Zoning Board conduct a public hearing to consider a request for change of zoning from BU-1 (General Retail Commercial) to RU-2-15 (Medium-Density Multifamily Residential.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicant is requesting a change of zoning classification from BU-1 (General Retail Commercial) to RU-2-15 (Medium-Density Multifamily Residential) on 13.57-acres. The overall subject property is vacant and is comprised of 0.19 and 13.38 acres combined under one deed recorded on February 13, 2026, in OR Book 10553, Page 177. The applicant has a companion Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment application, 26SS00003, requesting a FLUM change from Community Commercial (CC) to Residential 15 (RES 15).
A maximum potential density of up to 200 multifamily units is permitted under the current proposal. The applicant has supplied a non-binding concept plan to develop a 144-unit apartment complex that has not been reviewed for land development regulation compliance.
The existing zoning designation of BU-1 was established with zoning action 23Z00003 changing the zoning from GU (General Use) and IU-1 (Heavy Industrial) to BU-1 on April 6, 2023. The subject property was originally zoned GU and was rezoned to BU-2 on September 8, 1960, as zoning action Z-396. The property was rezoned from BU-2 to TR-3 on November 8, 1962, as zoning action Z-858 and then reverted back to GU on July 8, 1963, as referenced in zoning file Z-858. A 12- acre portion of the subject property was rezoned from GU to IU-1 on June 5, 1975, as zoning action Z-3892.
The proposed RU-2-15 zoning is a medium-density multiple-family residential zoning classification encompassing lands devoted to mu...
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