Subject:
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Courtenay FL, Inc. requests a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation from RES 1:2.5 to RES 1. (20Z00018) (Tax Account 2317060) (District 2)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the North Merritt Island Dependent Special District Board conduct a public hearing to consider a request for a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use designation from RES 1:2.5 (Residential 1:2.5) to RES 1 (Residential 1).
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The applicant requests to amend the FLU (Future Land Use) designation from RES 1:2.5 to RES 1 on a 1.50 acre parcel located east of North Tropical Trail, approximately 257 feet south of Church Road. The subject property is currently developed with one single-family residence that was built in 1967 and served as an on-site residence for the abutting property to the west which has been operated as a church. The subject parcel is a smaller portion of the overall 7.06 acre parcel which is located on both sides of North Tropical Trail.
The subject property has retained the FLU designation of RES 1:2.5 since the 2009 adoption of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment implemented from the recommendations of the North-North Tropical Trail Small Area Study. Amendment 2009-1.9 resulted in the designation of over 505 acres within the study area as RES 1:2.5. The subject parcel originally retained a FLU designation of RES 2 at the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in 1988.
A companion rezoning application was submitted accompanying this FLU amendment requesting to change the zoning classification of the 1.50-acre subject parcel from IN(L) (Institutional Use - Low intensity) to RR-1 (Rural Residential). The applicant wants to make the subject parcel conforming, so it can be sold as a stand-alone single-family lot.
To the north of the subject pr...
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