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Planning and Zoning Commission Rural Settlement Work Session February 21, 2008

Planning and Zoning Commission Rural Settlement Work Session February 21, 2008. Presentation Outline. History Current status Issues Comprehensive plan update. Presentation Outline. History Current status Issues Comprehensive plan update. History. Rural Settlements were created to:

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Planning and Zoning Commission Rural Settlement Work Session February 21, 2008

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  1. Planning and Zoning Commission Rural Settlement Work Session February 21, 2008

  2. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

  3. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

  4. History Rural Settlements were created to: • Recognize the historic nature of some rural communities • Provide for a rural residential lifestyle • Recognize and preserve existing development patterns

  5. History • The 1991 Comprehensive Plan designated 17 rural settlements • By 2000 there were 18 (Bridlepath) • By 2005 there were 22 (Lake Avalon, Corner Lake, Lake Pickett and Rainbow Ridge)

  6. Northwest Bridlepath Rainbow Ridge North Apopka/ Wekiva Tangerine Otter Lake Zellwood Zellwood Station Paradise Heights Clarcona

  7. Southwest Gotha Tildenville West Windermere Lake Avalon

  8. Northeast Bithlo Christmas North Christmas Sunflower Trail Wedgefield Corner Lake Lake Pickett

  9. Southeast Lake Hart/ Whippoorwill Lake Mary Jane

  10. History • Criteria for establishment and expansion • Size (minimum 100 acres for a new Rural Settlement) • Existence of governmental service structures and/or civic organizations • Urban-type zoning • Existing ownership/settlement patterns not consistent with agriculture or rural zoning • Contiguity for expansions (25% contiguous to existing Rural Settlement) • Small area study required

  11. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

  12. Current Status • Size – from 70 acres (Bridlepath) to almost 6,000 acres (West Windermere) • Future Land Use – from rural (1 dwelling unit per 5 acres) to suburban transitional (2 dwelling units per acre) • Zoning – ranges from A-1 / A-2 to variations of R-CE (based on parcel’s Future Land Use designation)

  13. Current Status

  14. Current Status • Three types of settlements • Surrounded by rural area • In a transitional area (between urban and rural) • Surrounded by Urban Service Area (USA) and/or cities

  15. Current Status • Surrounded by rural area • Bithlo, Lake Pickett, Corner Lake • Christmas, North Christmas • Wedgefield • Otter Lake • Zellwood, Zellwood Station • Lake Mary Jane

  16. Current Status • In a transitional area • Sunflower Trail • Tangerine

  17. Current Status • Surrounded by USA and/or cities • Gotha, West Windermere, Tildenville, Lake Avalon • North Apopka/Wekiva, Clarcona, Paradise Heights • Lake Hart/Lake Whippoorwill

  18. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

  19. Issues • Urban Service Area expansions • Rural Settlements/Rural Service Area • Availability of utilities • Annexations • Land use compatibility

  20. Issues • Annexations in Rural Settlements (1991 to 2007) • Apopka 1,350 acres • Windermere 275 acres • Ocoee 44 acres • Winter Garden 21 acres

  21. Yellow Dog Eats Gotha 2,667 square feet Issues • Land use compatibility 1.3 acres

  22. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

  23. Comprehensive Plan Update • Current policies • Establishment and expansion • Maintain rural character • Neighborhood commercial and office • Industrial • Affordable housing • Adjacent land uses

  24. Comprehensive Plan Update • Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) completed • Re-evaluating effectiveness of existing goals, objectives and policies (GOPs)

  25. Comprehensive Plan Update • Considering establishment of rural development standards for areas experiencing urban pressures • Increased standards for creation or expansion of rural settlements • Some have been created out of need to protect an individual subdivision or property • Tend to be created in a reactive rather than proactive manner

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