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ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2023-02 (THE WELLINGTON NORTH REZONING)
AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL, APPROVING A REZONING [PETITION NUMBER 2022-001-REZ] FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS EQUESTRIAN VILLAGE AND WHITE BIRCH FARMS; LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH SHORE BOULEVARD AND PIERSON ROAD TOTALING 96.29 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; TO AMEND THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT/EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT (PUD/EOZD) TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD); TO REMOVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES FROM SUBAREA D OF THE EOZD LOCATED ON PAGE 2 OF THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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PUBLIC HEARING: YES QUASI-JUDICIAL: YES
EXPLANATION: The agent, Don Hearing, Cotleur and Hearing, on behalf of the applicant, Wellington Commercial Holdings, is requesting multiple applications 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; the rezoning is Ordinance No. 2023-02:
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) (No Action Required by EPC); 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.
The staff report for all three items is provided in the backup material for Ordinance No. 2023-01.
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 amend Wellington’s Official Zoning Map to amend the zoning designation of Equestrian Village and White Birth Farms from EOZD/PUD to PUD and to remove the properties from Subarea D of the EOZD.