ITEM DESCRIPTION:
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SP-2103: Request to approve major site plan for the Tamarack III Mobile Home Park allowing the creation of a 165-unit 55+ mobile home park community with accessory private uses such as boat storage and a bar generally located East of S Ridgewood Avenue and South of River Park Boulevard.
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Parcel ID#: 853801000071
Proposed use: Residential Subdivision
Staff Findings:
The applicant first filed for site plan approval back in 2021.
The subject property is bound by S Ridgewood Avenue to the West, Indian River to the East, a mobile home park to the North, and low-density single-family homes to the South.
The subject development encompasses 42.0 + acres.
The subject development has a zoning designation of Volusia County MH-1W, Mobile Home.
The subject property has a City of Edgewater future land use designation of Urban Medium Density which allows for up to 8 units per acre.
The density for this project is 3.93 units per acre well within the FLU of Urban Medium Density which allows for a maximum of 8 units per acre.
The proposed lots are 100 feet in depth by 50 feet in width and have the following setbacks:
Front = 30 feet
Side = 7.5 feet
Side Corner = 15 feet
Rear = 15 feet.
The proposed site is providing 35% open space, of which 8.69 acres are storm water retention ponds and the other 6.61 acres are forms of active and passive open space.
The application was originally planned to be heard before the Planning and Zoning a few months prior, however, after Staff received public comments and met in person with several citizens regarding inconsistencies with the site plan and the City of Edgewater's land development code. As such, staff deemed a further review was required.
The concerns by members of the public are as follows:
1. The bar is open to the public.
a. Staff requested the applicant to change the parking from 25% from the river, which would indicate that the bar was open to the public. The applicant has changed it to 25...
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