ITEM DESCRIPTION:
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RZ-2305: To approve the rezoning from City of Edgewater B-4, Tourist Commercial to City of Edgewater, R-1, Single-Family Residential.
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OWNER: Paul Hampton
Parcel ID#: 840237010080
Proposed use: Single-Family Home
Staff Findings:
The applicant is requesting to rezone the property to construct a single-family home. The existing use of the property is a single-family home in the B-4, Tourist Commercial zoning district. The use of the house is currently non-conforming. The applicant has recently purchased the property and intends to apply for a demolition permit and subsequently build a new single-family home.
The subject property despite having a B-4, Tourist Commercial zoning designation has a future land use designation of low density residential which allows up to 4 units per acre.
It appears at one point the City initiated a rezoning of several properties in the immediate vicinity near 205 Boston Road to B-4, Tourist Commercial to spur commercial development along the riverfront. However, a concurrent small-scale comprehensive plan amendment was not processed changing the future land use from low density residential to commercial. As such, the subject properties surrounding 205 Boston Road have been subject to a designation of non-conforming uses and structures.
Low density residential future land use solely allows residential development. The request to rezone the property from B-4, Tourist Commercial to R-1 is compatible and appropriate for the subject properties future land use designation of low density residential.
The subject property is .51 + acres.
The applicant has requested the R-2 zoning district. Staff feels the most appropriate zoning designation is the R-1 zoning district. The subject properties along the Indian River all have the R-1 zoning designation:
Table V-1 from Article V of the Land Development Code is shown below:
The greatest differences between the R-1 and R-2 zoning designations are the minim...
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