HomeMy WebLinkAboutSTRAUSS LAKES DEVELOPMENT - ANNEXATION & ZONING - 47-02 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITY HALLTroy Jones Citizen Question on Strau; akes Annexation
From:
Troy Jones
To:
Gregory Byrne; Patty Storm
Date:
3/11 /03 12:18PM
Subject:
Citizen Question on Strauss Lakes Annexation
Patty,
Here's my response to the letter
Troy
Mr. Stephen Binder,
This letter is in response to your March 4, 2003 e-mail to the City Manager's Office regarding the Strauss
Lakes Development Annexation.
Your first question was with regard to what time will the first reading of this annexation application be
heard on March 18th. The date of the first reading of this annexation application has been postponed
from March 18, 2003 to April 1, 2003. The agenda for the April 1, 2003 City Council has not been finalized
as of yet, but the meeting itself starts at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at 300 Laporte Avenue. It will
also be televised on cable channel 27.
Your second paragraph was a comment with regard to the list of permitted uses that would be allowed on
the site of if the proposed zoning were to be approved. The concern you had seemed to be that many of
the uses that would be allowed on that property would not be compatible with the existing adjacent
neighborhood. This is an application to annex. An annexation, in a nut shell, primarily just a change in
jurisdiction of property from the County to the City. Upon any annexation, the Land Use Code specifies
that a zone district must be assigned to the area. In accordance with the City's Structure Plan Map, which
is the graphic representation of our Comprehensive Plan (otherwise known as City Plan, adopted in 1997),
the property is identified as Low Density Mixed Use Residential. The proposed zoning of the property,
upon annexation, is the (LMN) Low Density Mixed Use Neighborhood district. The uses that you quoted
are in fact permitted uses in the LMN zone district, but I'd like to clarify for you that the non-residential
uses on that list have specific limitations to when they can be used. The fundamental question, however,
is to what degree should land uses be mixed, and to what degree should they be homogeneous with
adjacent uses. The LMN zone district assumes that land uses should be somewhat homogeneous, but
should also include some mixture of land uses. I would encourage you to read the description and
specific standards of the LMN zone district to clarify how this balance is applied. The Land Use Code is
available to view on the internet at www.fcoov.com/cityclerk/codes.ohp.
The last paragraph of your e-mail asked for our Planning Department to require more information about
the development, so that it can be ensured that the proposal fits into the surrounding neighborhood. In
order for the development to proceed to it's next step, they will need to submit detailed plans of what is
proposed. Our Land Use Code does not, however, allow us to review development applications for
properties under which we do not have jurisdiction. Until it's annexed, and subsequently assigned a zone
district, we cannot review the details of a development application. I'd like to assure you, however, that we
will be reviewing the application if the property owner does apply to develop the property, however the
application is not a request for development at this time, it's only a request to annex.
Sincerely,
Troy Jones
City Planner
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