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Ordinance 2021-18 — Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment — Gelcorp, Inc. — Change the Future Land Use Designation from Lake County Urban Medium Density to Lady Lake Commercial General – Retail Sales and Services (RET) for Property Owned by A. Papish, Inc. and Connie Hecht; being Approximately 26.77 Acres; Referenced by Alternate Key Numbers 3337956, 1698626, 1279712, and 1279640, within Lake County, Florida

Department

Growth Management

Staff recommends approval of Ordinance 2021-18.

Summary

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, applications were filed with the Town of Lady Lake by Scott Miller with Gelcorp, Inc., on behalf of property owners A. Papish Inc. and Connie Hecht to amend the Future Land Use designation of 26.77 acres into the Town’s Comprehensive Plan Map. The request is to change the property from Lake County Urban Medium Density to Lady Lake Commercial General - Retail Sales and Services (RET). The subject parcels consist of four vacant lots located almost half a mile west of the intersection of Rolling Acres Road and Highway 466, just east of the La Zamora Gate, identified by alternate key numbers 3337956, 1698626, 1279712, and 1279640. The lots are addressed as: 525 County Road 466.

The subject property is in Section 18, Township 18 South, Range 24 East, in Lake County, Florida. The appropriate legal description, a location map, and a sketch of the property was included with the submitted application.

FUTURE LAND USE

Existing Future Land Use designation is Lake County Medium Urban Density. It provides a range of residential development at a maximum density of seven dwelling units per one net buildable acre, in addition to civic, commercial, and office uses at an appropriate scale and intensity to serve this category. Limited light industrial uses may only be allowed as a conditional use, unless permitted as an Economic Development Overlay District use. May serve as a transition between more intense and less intense urban land uses.

Proposed Future Land Use designation is Lady Lake Commercial General – Retail Sales or Services (RET). This land use category is limited to retail sales and services which is an establishment engaged in the selling of products and services to the public for personal or household consumption, including but not limited to beauty/barber shop, laundry and dry-cleaning store, newsstand/bookstore, clothing stores, drug stores, home electronic equipment, food/grocery stores, hotel/motel, religious uses, professional services and sporting goods. The intensity standard for this land use category is limited to a maximum of 80% impervious surface ratio per parcel (which includes building coverage) and a maximum building height of 35 feet unless fire protection is adequately provided. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall be limited to a maximum of 0.50 for the Commercial General category.

STATEMENT OF NEED

The applicant stated that the luxury garages condominium with Motor Vehicle and Boat Storage is a better product for that part of Town as it facilitates the logistic of the users and residents who would like to own their own personal storage facility to house a variety of personal property, all indoors, such as RV’s, classic cars collections, motorcycle collections, etc. The applicant stated that they have deliberately proposed building a smaller, scaled-down project to ensure harmonious fit with neighborhood by maintaining over 300 linear feet of open space area between the property line and the closes building. The project will be upscaled to attract the most successful businesses while preserving to the best practicable extent mature trees on the property.

EXISTING CONDITIONS

Three of the four vacant parcels are heavily wooded and are designated as upland forests with a combination of some most common upland forest trees are such as oaks, maples, birches, pines, spruce, etc. The parcel to the north is wooded with some significant open pasture areas and rangeland characteristics. Heavy mature landscaping buffers border the southern, eastern, and western perimeters of the parcel. One structure can be found in the middle parcel.

Properties adjacent to 525 County Road 466:

Future Land Use Designation of Adjacent Properties

Direction Future Land Use Designation
North Lady Lake Mixed Residential Medium Density (MR-MD)
East

Recreation (P), Lady Lake Commercial General – Retail Sales and Services (RE)

South Hwy 466 ROW/Lady Lake Commercial General – Retail Sales and Services (RE),Lady Lake Other Institutional Facilities (OIF), Lake County Urban Low Density.
West Lady Lake Mixed Residential Medium Density (MR-MD)

Environmental

An environmental ecological site assessment will need to be performed at the time of site plan review to identify the impact on any endangered species such as Gopher Tortoises and/or Sand Skinks. According to the Soil Survey for Lake County, Florida, the site includes both Candler Sand (0 to 5 percent slopes) and Tavares Sand(0 to 5 percent slopes), gently sloping and excessively drained soils.

IMPACT ON TOWN SERVICES

Potable Water: The projected demand on the Water System for this project is 7,033 gpd for the Garage Condominiums/Office/Warehouse project. Total impact to the potable water system will be determined at time of site plan but is estimated not to exceed 28 ERUs or 7,033 gpd. Based upon the proposed uses, there is adequate capacity at the present time. Consumptive Use Permit No. 50049 issued by St. Johns to the Town provides allocation of 1.188 million gpd. Last year’s average consumption per day was 739,169 gallons per day. There is approximately 448,831 gallons of available capacity under current CUP.

Sewer: Based upon the proposed uses, there is adequate capacity at the present time. Town’s Central Sewer Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility System allocation is 1.0 million gpd. The average Town’s sewer system usage is 611,000 gpd and currently has a capacity of 389,000 gpd. The projected demand on the Wastewater System for this project is 7,033 gpd for the apartment units. Total impact to the wastewater system will be determined at time of site plan but is estimated not to exceed 28 ERUs or 7,033 gpd.

Schools: N/A. This is a Commercial project and there is no impact to the school capacity.

Transportation: There will be an increase of 17 PM Peak Hour Trips for Warehousing, 45 PM Peak Hour Trips for Office, and 2 PM Peak Hour Trips for Mini-Warehouse. A total of 514 daily trips will be generated for the project as proposed.

Parks And Recreation: The small-scale future land use amendment is not expected to impact the Parks and Recreation Level of Service. No recreation amenities are needed for Commercial projects.

Stormwater: Project will be required to adhere to St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) guidelines and any Special Flood Hazard areas.

Flood: The subject properties does not contain Special Flood Hazard Areas as per FEMA Firm Map 12060C0165E effective 12/18/12.

Staff mailed notices to inform the surrounding property owners within 150 feet on Monday, August 30, 2021. The property was also posted on Monday, August 30, 2021. To date, staff has received some phone calls inquiring about the application.

PAST ACTIONS

The Technical Review Committee found that Ordinance 2021-18 was ready for transmittal to the Planning and Zoning Board.

At the September 13, 2021 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Board voted 3 to 0 to forward Ordinance 2021-18 to the Town Commission with the recommendation of approval.

Fiscal Impact

Not applicable.

Source of Funding

Not applicable.

Funding Account

Not applicable.

Public Hearings

The Town Commission is scheduled to consider Ordinance 2021-18 on Monday, October 4, 2021 at 6 p.m. The second and final reading is scheduled for Monday, October 18, 2021 at 6 p.m.

TC/ns

Draft Ordinance 2021-18

AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN THE TOWN OF LADY LAKE, FLORIDA; AMENDING THE TOWN OF LADY LAKE ORDINANCE 81-8-(83), WHICH ESTABLISHED THE TOWN OF LADY LAKE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR A SMALL-SCALE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Be it ordained and enacted by the Town Commission of the Town of Lady Lake, in Lake County, Florida, as follows:

Section 1. Legislative Findings, Purpose, and Intent.

a. On February 2, 1981, the Town Commission of the Town of Lady Lake adopted a Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Florida Statute 163.3184, known as the “Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act” (“Act”), which sets forth the procedures and requirements for a local government in the State of Florida to adopt a Comprehensive Plan and amendments (to a Comprehensive Plan).

b. The Town Commission adopted Lady Lake Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance 81-8(83), and amended said Ordinance by Ordinance 91-21, approved December 2, 1991, and Ordinance. 94-16, approved on October 12, 1994.

c. The Town’s Local Planning Agency reviewed a proposed amendment to the Future Land Use Map Series of the Town of Lady Lake Comprehensive Plan on October 4, 2021 and recommended to the Town Commission that said amendment be adopted by the Town Commission.

d. The Town Commission has held public hearings on the proposed amendment to the Future Land Use Map Series of the Comprehensive Plan and received comments from the general public and the Local Planning Agency.

e. The Town of Lady Lake has complied with the requirements of the Act for amending the Comprehensive Plan.

Section 2. Authority. This ordinance is adopted in compliance with and pursuant to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, Sections 163.3161 – 163.3243, Florida Statutes, as amended.

Section 3. Small Scale Amendment to the Future Land Use Element Map Series. The Comprehensive Plan is hereby further amended as per the Future Land Use Map Series with the small-scale amendment as indicated below:

Applicant/Owner: Gelcorp, Inc. on behalf A Papish Inc. and Connie Hetch

General Location: Located almost half a mile west of the Intersection of Rolling Acres Road and Highway 466, identified by Alternate Key Numbers 3337956, 1698626, 1279712, and 1279640

Acres:   Approximately 26.77 acres

Future Land Use Change from Lake County Urban Medium to Lady Lake Commercial General – Retail Sales & Services (RET)

Graphic representation of this Small-Scale Future Land Use Element Map Amendment is shown in the attached “Exhibit A”.

Section 4. Severability.

The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be separable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Ordinance, but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.

Section 5. Effective Date.

This ordinance shall become effective as provided in Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.

PASSED AND ORDAINED this 18th day of October, 2021 in the regular session of the Town Commission of the Town of Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, upon Second and Final Reading.

Town of Lady Lake, Florida

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Ruth Kussard, Mayor

Attest:

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Nancy Slaton, Town Clerk

Approved as to form:

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Derek Schroth, Town Attorney

EXHIBIT A — Legal Description and Map

PARCEL ID 18-18-24-0004-000-02700

Section 18, Township 18 South, Range 24 East

FROM SW COR OF GOV LOT 7 RUN E ALONG S LINE OF GOV LOT 7 A DIST OF 247.32 FT, N 40 FT TO N'LY R/W OF SR 466 & POB, RUN N 0-23-19 W 624.03 FT TO N LINE OF S 1/4 OF GOV LOT 7, S 89-41-19 W 248.05 FT, S 66-37-14 E 161.77 FT, S 0-23-19 E 559.03 FT TO N R/W OF SR 466, E'LY ALONG SAID N'LY R/W 100 FT TO POB--LESS FROM SW COR OF SW 1/4 RUN S 89-51-17 E ALONG CENTERLINE OF CR 466 A DIST OF 2895.95 FT, N 0-08-43 E 40 FT TO N R/W LINE OF CR 466, S 89-51-17 E ALONG SAID N R/W LINE 12.41 FT FOR POB, RUN N 0-08-43 E 2.75 FT, S 89-51-17 E ALONG A LINE BEING 42.75 FT N OF & PARALLEL WITH, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES, THE CENTERLINE OF SAID CR 466 A DIST OF 35.47 FT, S 0-08-43 W 2.75 FT TO N R/W LINE OF CR 466, N 89-51-17 W ALONG SAID N R/W LINE 35.47 FT TO POB FOR RD R/W--ORB 5468 PG 2062.

Being approximately 1.48 acres of land

PARCEL ID 18-18-24-0004-000-01400

Section 18, Township 18 South, Range 24 East

BEG AT SE COR OF GOV LOT 7, RUN W ALONG S LINE OF GOV LOT 7, 732.01 FT, N 0DEG 23MIN 19SEC W 40 FT TO N R/W OF HWY FOR POB, N 0DEG 23MIN 19SEC W 624.04 FT, S 89DEG 41MIN 19SEC W 349.05 FT, S 0DEG 23MIN 19SEC E 624.03 FT TO N R/W OF HWY, E'LY ALONG SAID R/W 349.05 TO POB ORB 5468 PG 2062

Being approximately 5.00 acres of land

PARCEL ID 18-18-24-0004-000-00900

Section 18, Township 18 South, Range 24 East

S 1/2 OF N 1/2 OF S 1/2 OF GOV LOT 7 ORB 5468 PG 2062

Being approximately 10.16 acres of land

PARCEL ID 18-18-24-0004-000-00900

Section 18, Township 18 South, Range 24 East

N 1/4 OF S 1/2 OF GOV LOT 7

Being approximately 10.13 acres of land.

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