Development Brief: RV Parking Lot 11374 SW Hwy 484

Also, “The land use change proposed is not located at a commercial intersection, within a commercial node, or in a mixed use area. The surrounding land uses are, for the most part, Rural and Preservation with the exception of the electrical substation and fire station which are needed to support the agriculture and large lot residential uses on Agriculture property in the area. Approving this change in land use would constitute as isolated commercial development in an area rural in nature. This application is not consistent with FLUE Policy 1.1.7.”

Also, “Recent research in to vacant land within the UGB done by Growth Services staff for Planned Service Area’s (PSA’s) found that within the UGB, there are approximately 1500 acres of vacant commercial land available; this is the area commercial development is directed and, based on the amount of land available for this use, there is no need for the proposed land use amendment. This application is not consistent with FLUE Policy 2.1.1.”

“Staff finds the proposed amendment is located outside the UGB, promotes, allows, or designates significant amounts of urban development to occur in rural areas at substantial distances from existing urban areas while not using undeveloped lands that are available and suitable for development, fails to adequately protect an on-site floodplain as well as adjacent preserved Greenway spaces, fails to adequately protect adjacent agriculture areas, and fails to provide a clear separation between rural and urban areas. Staff finds the application encourages urban sprawl, and based on this finding, the proposed amendment is not consistent with F.S. Section 163.3177(6)(a)9a.”

Horse Farms Forever noted in a recent position paper that On Top of the World had recently purchased parcels of about 134 acres surrounding this land and posit that this project is a trial balloon to start the change to commercial land use and zoning heading west on CR 484. Its position paper questions if OTOW wants to add a new entrance on 484 for westward expansion.