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Growth Management Report 13. 1.

BCC Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	07/02/2020
Issue: Review of Rezoning Cases Heard by the Planning Board on June 1, 2020
From:	HORACE JONES
Department:	Development Services

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning the Review of the Rezoning Cases heard by the Planning Board on June 1, 2020

That the Board take the following action concerning the rezoning cases heard by the Planning Board on June 1, 2020:

Review and either adopt, modify, or overturn the Planning Board’s recommendations for Rezoning Cases Z-2020-03 and Z-2020-04 or remand the cases back to the Planning Board; and
Authorize the Chairman to sign the Orders of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners for the rezoning cases that were reviewed.

1.	Case No.:	Z-2020-03
	Address:	5250 Blue Angel Parkway
	Property Reference No.:	36-2S-31-1007-000-000
	Property Size:	7.66 (+/-) acres
	From:	LDR, Low Density Residential district (four du/acre)
	To:	MDR, Medium Density Residential district (10 du/acre)
	FLU Category:	MU-S, Mixed-Use Suburban
	Commissioner District:	2
	Requested by:	Tom Hammond, Agent for Forrest Homes and Steele Construction Inc., Owner
	Planning Board Recommendation:	Approval
	Speakers:	Tom Hammond, Robert Michelson, Clair Sowers, Larry Downs, Jr.

2.	Case No.:	Z-2020-04
	Address:	1303 Gulf Beach Highway
	Property Reference:	35-2S-31-1000-050-166
	Property Size:	0.32 (+/-) acres
	From:	HDMU, High Density Mixed-use district (25 du/acre)
	To:	Com, Commercial district (25 du/acre)
	FLU Category:	MU-U, Mixed-Use Urban
	Commissioner District:	2
	Requested by:	William Stokes, Esq./Clark Partington, Agent for Joe Baudendistel/Home Page Services, LLC
	Planning Board Recommendation:	Applicant requested that the case be continued, PB approved request for continuance
	Speakers:	Meredith Crawford

BACKGROUND:

The above case was owner initiated and heard at the June 1, 2020, Planning Board Meeting. Under the Land Development Code (LDC) Chapter 2, Article 7, “the Board of County Commissioners, at its scheduled hearing shall adopt, modify, or reject the recommendation of the Planning Board or SRIA or return the rezoning case to the board with instructions for additional facts or clarification. The staff of the recommending board shall inform the board of all formal actions taken by the BCC on the rezoning request.

To further the County’s policy of “decreasing response time from notification of citizen needs to ultimate resolution,” the Board is acting on both the approval of the Planning Board recommended order and the LDC Map Amendment for this month’s rezoning cases. This report item addresses only the review and upholding of the Planning Board’s recommendation. The next report item will address the Public Hearing for the LDC Zoning Map Amendment.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

This action may increase the ad valorem tax base for Escambia County.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

The recommended order is the result of deliberations by the Planning Board based the applicants presentation of competent substantial evidence for each of the approval conditions, on staff analysis, public testimony, and knowledge of the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code as well as case law and Florida Statutes.

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

The Chairman will need to sign the Orders of the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners either denying or approving the rezoning request.

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

The case under review was presented to the Planning Board for collection of evidence. The Planning Board conducts a quasi-judicial public hearing and issues a recommended order to the Board of County Commissioners.

Attachments
Z-2020-03