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Rural Settlement Overview

Rural Settlement Overview. Board of County Commissioners January 10, 2012. Presentation Outline. Background Wekiva Policies Zoning Issues Future Direction. Background. Rural Settlements were created to: Recognize the historic nature of some rural communities (Gotha, Clarcona, etc.)

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Rural Settlement Overview

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  1. Rural SettlementOverview Board of County Commissioners January 10, 2012

  2. Presentation Outline • Background • Wekiva Policies • Zoning Issues • Future Direction

  3. Background Rural Settlements were created to: • Recognize the historic nature of some rural communities (Gotha, Clarcona, etc.) • Provide for a rural residential lifestyle • Recognize and preserve existing development patterns located outside the USA

  4. Background (cont.) Rural Settlement Expansion: • The 1991 Comprehensive Plan designated 17 rural settlements • In 2000 there were 18 (Bridlepath) • By 2005 there were 22 (Lake Avalon, Corner Lake, Lake Pickett and Rainbow Ridge) • New rural settlements and expansions were prohibited in 2009

  5. Orange County 2010-2030 Comprehensive Plan Rural Settlements

  6. Background (cont.)

  7. Background (cont.) Current Rural Settlement Policies: • Maintain rural character • Limited neighborhood commercial and office uses • Restrict industrial uses • Higher density for affordable housing • Protection from adjacent development

  8. Background (cont.) • Clustering to maintain rural character via lot layout and design • Transition use next to cities • Density limited to one DU/Acre (RS 1/1) • Specific policies for certain rural settlements (Lake Avalon, Wedgefield, Lake Hart/Whippoorwill)

  9. Wekiva Policies For Development in the Wekiva Study Area (WSA): • Pursuant to Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act • Protect groundwater and surface water resources related to the Wekiva Springshed • Limit density and intensity of new development

  10. Wekiva Policies (cont.) • Encourage or require clustering for permanent open space protection • Enhanced stormwater design and management • Open space requirements • RS 1/1 – 50% • Minimum lot size determined by availability of water and sewer

  11. Wekiva Policies (cont.) Rainbow Ridge Bridle Path Tangerine North Apopka-Wekiva Otter Lake Zellwood Zellwood Station • Wekiva Study Area Boundary Clarcona Paradise Heights Tildenville Gotha West Windermere Lake Avalon

  12. Zoning Issues Planned Development (PD) Zoning: • Purpose – allow flexible and innovative design and layout and to protect natural amenities • PD Zoning allowed in all F.L.U. designations

  13. Zoning Issues (cont.) Rural Settlement-PD Zoning Required: • For Capacity Enhancement Agreements (CEA’s) • Development of over 25 residential units or 10% of overall acreage of a rural settlement • Transition areas of over 25 acres abutting cities

  14. Zoning Issues (cont.) • Land Use Correlation Table (FLU 8.1.1.) • Rural Settlement 1/1: R-CE, R-CE Cluster, R-CE-2, R-CE-5, PD*, A-1, A-2 • Minimum one acre lot area in R-CE • R-CE cluster allows 1/3 acre lots on central water *For Development over 25 units per FLU: 6.2.3

  15. Zoning Issues (cont.) • Grassmere request is for townhomes • Per Zoning Use Table, townhomes require R-2 and R-3 zoning • Townhomes typically are designated Low Medium (LM) and are within the USA on FLUM • LM or Low Density not permitted in Rural Settlements except for affordable housing

  16. Zoning Issues (cont.) • Existing properties designated LM on the FLUM in Zellwood and Wedgefield (R-2 and R-3 zoned properties prior to 1991) • Townhomes require central utilities

  17. Future Direction For Rural Settlements in WSA: • Are attached single-family uses appropriate under certain circumstances? • Should clustering include all housing types? • Set precedent for requests for higher densities in the future?

  18. Future Direction (cont.) • Should the Comprehensive Plan include additional criteria related to attached single-family development? • Abutting land uses • Location • Existing development patterns • Availability of central utilities • Rural settlements outside of the WSA?

  19. Rural SettlementOverview Board of County Commissioners January 10, 2012

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