Item Coversheet
ITEM 2.
PUBLIC HEARING - 5:00 PM

AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:January  21, 2020 
DEPARTMENT:County Attorney
REQUESTER:Amanda Swindle 
TITLE:1st Public Hearing: Ordinance Amending LDC Chapters 30 & 34 

I.MOTION REQUESTED
 Conduct first public hearing regarding an ordinance amending the Lee County Land Development Code Chapters 30 and 34; direct the proposed ordinance to a Second Public Hearing on February 18, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission Chambers.
II.ITEM SUMMARY
 Hold first public hearing to amend Chapter 30 to expand the area where electronic message centers on College Parkway are allowed to include the one small area on the south side of the road between McGregor Boulevard and US 41 that is currently excluded, and amending Chapter 34 to allow commercial uses and to redact specific accessory uses and allowed structures of planned development districts.
III.BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION
 A)Board Action and Other History
  Satisfies the Board policy to hold two public hearings to amend the LDC Chapters 30 & 34.

A limited amendment to Chapter 30 of the Land Development Code will allow electronic message centers (EMCs) on College Parkway for the full length between McGregor Boulevard and U.S. 41. EMCs are currently allowed for all of this section of College Parkway with the exception of 0.4 miles on the south side between Winkler Road and Florida Southwestern State College. The amendment will allow for the equitable treatment of properties along the College Parkway corridor as it relates to signage and will supersede the future land use-based restrictions on EMCs currently established in the LDC only for College Parkway. This amendment was directed by the Board at its meeting on November 19, 2019.

Amendments to Chapter 34 will expand the permissible uses to allow commercial use within a Private Recreational Facility Planned Development if specifically included in the adopted zoning resolution and the general location of commercial uses are shown on an adopted master concept plan. Additionally, the amendments will remove certain accessory uses that were previously allowed when specifically included in the adopted zoning resolution. This amendment was directed by the Board as part of CPA2018-10008 (Old Corkscrew Commercial) on May 22, 2019.
 B)Policy Issues
  
 C)BoCC Goals
  
 D)Analysis
  
 E)Options
  
IV.FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
 A)Current year dollar amount of item:
No funding required.
 B)Is this item approved in the current budget?N/A
 C)Is this a revenue or expense item?N/A
 D)Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?N/A   
 E)Will this item impact future budgets?
If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
No
 F)Fund: N/A
Program: N/A
Project: N/A
Account Strings: N/A  
 G) Fund Type?   
 H)Comments:
 
V.RECOMMENDATION
 Approve  
VI.TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION
 
VII.FOLLOW UP
 2nd Public Hearing – February 18, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.
ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateType
FAIS 12/16/2019Cover Memo
Ordinance12/16/2019Cover Memo
REVIEWERS:
DepartmentReviewerActionDate
County Attorney Wesch, Richard Wm. Approved12/16/2019 - 4:29 PM
Budget ServicesHenkel, Anne Approved12/17/2019 - 7:20 AM
Budget ServicesWinton, PeterApproved1/6/2020 - 11:57 AM
County AttorneySwindle, AmandaApproved1/7/2020 - 4:43 PM
County ManagerWinton, PeterApproved1/10/2020 - 8:27 AM