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ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2023-01 (THE WELLINGTON NORTH 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 2022-002-CPA] TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY MODIFYING THE EQUESTRIAN PRESERVE AREA BOUNDARY TO REMOVE THE 96.29 ACRES COMPRISED OF EQUESTRIAN VILLAGE AND WHITE BIRCH FARMS;TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS COACH HOUSE FROM RESIDENTIAL F (5 DU/AC TO 12 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE (DU/AC)) TO RESIDENTIAL E (3 DU/AC TO 8 DU/AC), LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH SHORE BOULEVARD AND GREENVIEW SHORES BOULEVARD, TOTALING 5.58 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS EQUESTRIAN VILLAGE FROM EQUESTRIAN COMMERCIAL RECREATION (ECR) TO RESIDENTIAL E (3 DU/AC TO 8 DU/AC), LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH SHORE BOULEVARD AND PIERSON ROAD, TOTALING 59.55 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS WHITE BIRCH FARMS FROM EQUESTRIAN COMMERCIAL RECREATION (ECR) TO RESIDENTIAL E (3 DU/AC TO 8 DU/AC), LOCATED ON PIERSON ROAD APPROXIMATELY ½-MILE EAST OF SOUTH SHORE BOULVARD, TOTALING 36.74 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; TO MODIFY THE MOBILITY ELEMENT MAPS INCLUDING THE BRIDLE PATH MAP, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY NETWORK MAP, MULTI-MODAL PATHWAYS MAP, AND THE BICYCLE LANES MAP BY REMOVING EQUESTRIAN VILLAGE AS A VENUE; 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 application in order to develop the 101.87-acre Coach House, Equestrian Village, and White Birch Farms properties into a 300-dwelling unit residential project with 22 single family and 278 multi-family units and recreational amenities. The applicant requires the following approvals:
Ordinance No. 2023-01 - Comprehensive Plan Amendments (Petition 2022-0002-CPA):
• To amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) to remove Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms, totaling 96.29 acres, from the Equestrian Preserve; and
• To amend the Bridle Path Map, Pedestrian Pathway Network Map, the Multi-Modal Pathways Map, and the Bicycle Lanes Map within the Comprehensive Plan by deleting the Equestrian Village property identification as “venue” and amending the Equestrian Preserve Area boundary; and
• To amend the FLUM Designation of the Coach House, totaling 5.58 acres, from Residential F (5.01 du/ac - 12.0 du/ac to Residential E (3.01 du - 8.0 du/ac); and
• To amend the FLUM Designation of Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms, totaling 96.29 acres, from Equestrian Commercial Recreation to Residential E (3.01 du - 8.0 du/ac).
Ordinance No. 2023-02 - Rezoning (Petition 2022-0001-REZ) - Action must be consistent with Comprehensive Plan:
• To amend Wellington’s Official Zoning Map to amend the zoning designation of Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms, totaling 96.29 acres, from EOZD/PUD to PUD and modify the boundary of the EOZD consistent with the Equestrian Preserve Area; and
• To remove Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms from Subarea D of the EOZD.
Resolution No. 2023-01 - Master Plan Amendment (Petition 2022-0004-MPA):
• To amend the Wellington PUD Master Plan to:
o To combine Pods 30C, Pods 30C-2, and Pods 30C-4 into Pod 30C (101.87 acres); and
o To assign 300 dwelling units (22 single family and 278 multi-family) to Pod 30C; and
o To approve The Wellington North at Equestrian Village Project Standards Manual.
At the June 7, 2023 Equestrian Preserve Committee (EPC) meeting, the committee was tasked only with providing a recommendation to the modification of the EPA boundary by removing the Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms properties (Ordinance No. 2023-01) and the rezoning of the properties from EOZD/PUD to PUD (Ordinance No. 2023-02). The committee unanimously recommended denial (7-0) of both Ordinances.
SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to modify the EPA boundary by removing the Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms properties, totaling 96.29, from the EPA; to amend the Bridle Path Map, Pedestrian Pathway Network Map, the Multi-Modal Pathways Map, and the Bicycle Lanes Map within the Comprehensive Plan by deleting the Equestrian Village property identification as “venue” and amending the Equestrian Preserve Area boundary; to amend the FLUM Designation of the Coach House, totaling 5.58 acres, from Residential F (5.01 du/ac - 12.0 du/ac to Residential E (3.01 du - 8.0 du/ac); and to amend the FLUM Designation of Equestrian Village and White Birch Farms, totaling 96.29 acres, from Equestrian Commercial Recreation to Residential E (3.01 du - 8.0 du/ac).