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ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2023-04 (THE WELLINGTON SOUTH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT)
AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL, APPROVING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO WELLINGTON’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP [PETITION NUMBER 2022-003-CPA] TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS POD F PHASE V, PHASE VI, AND A PORTION OF PHASE VII OF THE WELLINGTON COUNTRYPLACE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) FROM RESIDENTIAL B (0.1 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE(DU/AC) TO 1.0 DU/AC) TO EQUESTRIAN COMMERCIAL RECREATION (ECR), LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GRACIDA STREET AND GENE MISCHE WAY, TOTALING 114.65 ACRES, MORE OR LESS;; TO AMEND THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE COMMERCIAL POD OF THE WELLINGTON COUNTRYPLACE PUD FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL B (0.1DU/AC - 1.0 DU/AC), LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH SHORE BOULEVARD AND GRACIDA STREET TOTALING 5.8 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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PUBLIC HEARING: YES QUASI-JUDICIAL: NO
EXPLANATION: The agent, Don Hearing, Cotleur and Hearing, on behalf of the applicant, Wellington Commercial Holdings, is requesting multiple applications to develop Pod E, Pod G, a portion of Pod F Phase VII, and the commercial site into 148 single family units with an amenity site, and Pod F Phase V - VII as Equestrian Commercial. The applicant requires the following approvals:
Ordinance No. 2023-04 - Comprehensive Plan Amendments (Petition 2022-0003-CPA):
• To amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designation for Pod F - Phases V, VI, and a portion of VII, totaling 114.65 acres, from Residential B (0.1 to 1.0 dwelling units per acre) to Equestrian Commercial Recreation (ECR); this amendment will require an affirmative vote of four Village Council member;
• To amend the FLUM designation of a portion of Pod E, totaling 5.798 acres, from Commercial to Residential B.
Resolution No. R2023-02 - Master Plan Amendment (Petition 2022-0005-MPA) to amend the Wellington CountryPlace PUD as following:
• Consolidate Pods E, G, and 18.6 acres of Pod F into the newly formed Pod E;
• Transfer 11 dwelling units from Pod F (Phases V-VII) to the newly formed Pod E for a combined total of 148 dwelling units with an amenity site and to forfeit the remaining 51 dwelling units in Pod F (Phase V-VII);
• Reconfigure the internal circulation of Pods E and F;
• Reduce the overall unit count for the PUD from 442 to 391 units;
• Label the Preserve Area in Pod E as an “Preserve/Amenity Site”;
• Label Pod F as “Equestrian Commercial Venue”;
• Modify several existing Conditions of Approval and add new conditions, including a Project Standards Manual for the new Pod E that includes development standards.
• To add an access point along South Shore Boulevard to Pod E to access the proposed farm lots; and
• To add two (2) access points along Gracida Street to access Pod F “Equestrian Commercial Venue”.
At the June 8, 2023 Equestrian Preserve Committee (EPC) meeting, the EPC unanimously (7-0) recommended denial of both the CPA and MPA.
On June 14, 2023, the applicant amended their request by:
• Comprehensive Plan Amendment: Modifying the FLUM designation of only the Commercial property to Residential B, not the originally requested Residential C, maintaining the Residential B designation for Pod E, and withdrawing request to amend the land use for Pod E to Residential C.
• Master Plan Amendment: Reducing the dwelling units in the newly formed Pod E from 197 units to 148, forfeiting the remaining units instead of banking them, and reducing the overall dwelling units for the PUD from 442 to 391 units.
SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to amend to the Future Land Use Map Designations for Pod F - Phases V, VI, and a portion of VII, totaling 114.65 acres, from Residential B to ECR and for of a portion of Pod E, totaling 5.798 acres, from Commercial to Residential B.