Special Commission Meeting Agenda Item

The applicant, Ryan Solstice of LPG Urban and Regional Planners, LLC, has submitted a Conceptual Plan for the consideration of the Town Commission on behalf of Sribalaji Properties, LLC, in an effort to obtain comments and a consensus to proceed with filing a rezoning application for property located at the northwest intersection of Highway 466 and Clay Avenue.

The property is currently zoned Residential Professional (RP) with a future land use designation of Professional Services (PS). The applicant would like to file a rezoning application with the Town of Lady Lake to amend the zoning designation to Light Commercial (LC). The property is approximately 4.42 acres and would be accessed via Clay Avenue at a location that aligns with West Lemon Street, as well as from Highway 466 by means of a limited right-in, right-out driveway connection.

The conceptual plan proposes two buildings; one building being 10,000 square feet that would be used as medical office, while the other would be built at 15,000 square feet and would be the site of a pharmacy. The applicant feels that the proposed use is consistent with other uses in the area, as the property directly across Highway 466 is zoned Light Commercial as well. Further, many of the properties along the Highway 466 corridor in close proximity have undergone changes to commercial and medical uses over the past ten to fifteen years.

The applicant contends that the property is an ideal location in that the pharmacy could serve the residents of the adjacent multi-family development to the west, as well as the neighborhood to the east of Clay Avenue, by providing pedestrian access to medicines, food and drink, and various sundries.

Following the Conceptual Workshop, Mr. Solstice would like to file a formal application to rezone the property based upon the direction of the Town Commission to proceed with or without modifications.