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ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2025-27 (14833 50TH STREET REZONING)
AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL, APPROVING A REZONING (PETITION NUMBER 2025-0004-REZ) TO MODIFY WELLINGTON’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS 14833 50TH STREET SOUTH (FKA LITTLEWOOD EQUESTRIAN CENTER) FROM EQUESTRIAN RESIDENTIAL TO EQUESTRIAN COMMERCIAL RECREATION, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 49.273-ACRES, MORE OR LESS; LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 50TH STREET SOUTH AND OUSLEY FARMS ROAD, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
REQUEST: Approval of Ordinance No. 2025-27 to rezone a 47.9-acre portion of the site that has a FLUM designation of ECR from ER/EOZD to ECR/EOZD to make the zoning designation consistent with the FLUM designation.
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EXPLANATION: Jordan Sperling, Schmidt Nichols, agent, on behalf of Matthew Bellissimo, applicant is seeking amendments to remove the list of limited uses adopted as part of the original Future Land Use Map amendment, designating the property as Commercial Recreation and to rezone the property to be consistent with the Future Land Use designation. The specific amendments/requests are provided below:
Ordinance No. 2025-26 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Petition 2025-0003-DOA): To eliminate the site-specific conditions of the Future Land Use Map approval associated with Ordinance No. 2005-19 under Section 2 and to update the legal description referenced in said ordinance.
Ordinance No. 2025-27 - Rezoning (Petition 2025-0004-REZ): Rezone a 47.9-acre portion of the site that has a FLUM designation of ECR from ER/EOZD to ECR/EOZD to make the zoning designation consistent with the FLUM designation.
At the November 5, 2025, Equestrian Preserve Committee (EPC) meeting, the EPC unanimously recommended approval (4-0) of Ordinance No 2025-27.
At the December 17, 2025, Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board (PZAB), the PZAB unanimously recommended approval (6-0) of Ordinance No. 2025-27.
At the April 14, 2026, Village Council meeting, the Council approved (3-2) the first reading of Ordinance No. 2025-27 to rezone a 49.273-acre portion of the site from ER/EOZD to ECR/EOZD to be consistent with the FLUM designation of ECR.
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: NO
PUBLIC HEARING: YES QUASI-JUDICIAL: YES
FIRST READING: SECOND READING: YES
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: YES
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
WELLINGTON FUNDAMENTAL: Responsive Government
RECOMMENDATION: All required application documentation has been reviewed by the Development Review Manager and Wellington Departments to determine compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and LDR.
Findings of Fact are provided in the Staff Report that support the approval of the Rezoning request. These findings are subject to other competent substantial evidence presented at the quasi-judicial public hearing.