Planning and Zoning Commission Rural Settlement Work Session February 21, 2008

1. Planning and Zoning Commission Rural Settlement Work Session February 21, 2008

2. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

3. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

4. History Rural Settlements were created to: • Recognize the historic nature of some rural communities • Provide for a rural residential lifestyle • Recognize and preserve existing development patterns

5. History • The 1991 Comprehensive Plan designated 17 rural settlements • By 2000 there were 18 (Bridlepath) • By 2005 there were 22 (Lake Avalon, Corner Lake, Lake Pickett and Rainbow Ridge)

7. Northwest Bridlepath Rainbow Ridge North Apopka/ Wekiva Tangerine Otter Lake Zellwood Zellwood Station Paradise Heights Clarcona

8. Southwest Gotha Tildenville West Windermere Lake Avalon

9. Northeast Bithlo Christmas North Christmas Sunflower Trail Wedgefield Corner Lake Lake Pickett

10. Southeast Lake Hart/ Whippoorwill Lake Mary Jane

11. History • Criteria for establishment and expansion • Size (minimum 100 acres for a new Rural Settlement) • Existence of governmental service structures and/or civic organizations • Urban-type zoning • Existing ownership/settlement patterns not consistent with agriculture or rural zoning • Contiguity for expansions (25% contiguous to existing Rural Settlement) • Small area study required

12. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

13. Current Status • Size – from 70 acres (Bridlepath) to almost 6,000 acres (West Windermere) • Future Land Use – from rural (1 dwelling unit per 5 acres) to suburban transitional (2 dwelling units per acre) • Zoning – ranges from A-1 / A-2 to variations of R-CE (based on parcel’s Future Land Use designation)

14. Current Status

15. Current Status • Three types of settlements • Surrounded by rural area • In a transitional area (between urban and rural) • Surrounded by Urban Service Area (USA) and/or cities

16. Current Status • Surrounded by rural area • Bithlo, Lake Pickett, Corner Lake • Christmas, North Christmas • Wedgefield • Otter Lake • Zellwood, Zellwood Station • Lake Mary Jane

17. Current Status • In a transitional area • Sunflower Trail • Tangerine

18. Current Status • Surrounded by USA and/or cities • Gotha, West Windermere, Tildenville, Lake Avalon • North Apopka/Wekiva, Clarcona, Paradise Heights • Lake Hart/Lake Whippoorwill

19. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

20. Issues • Urban Service Area expansions • Rural Settlements/Rural Service Area • Availability of utilities • Annexations • Land use compatibility

21. Issues • Annexations in Rural Settlements (1991 to 2007) • Apopka 1,350 acres • Windermere 275 acres • Ocoee 44 acres • Winter Garden 21 acres

22. Yellow Dog Eats Gotha 2,667 square feet Issues • Land use compatibility 1.3 acres

23. PresentationOutline • History • Current status • Issues • Comprehensive plan update

24. Comprehensive Plan Update • Current policies • Establishment and expansion • Maintain rural character • Neighborhood commercial and office • Industrial • Affordable housing • Adjacent land uses

25. Comprehensive Plan Update • Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) completed • Re-evaluating effectiveness of existing goals, objectives and policies (GOPs)

26. Comprehensive Plan Update • Considering establishment of rural development standards for areas experiencing urban pressures • Increased standards for creation or expansion of rural settlements • Some have been created out of need to protect an individual subdivision or property • Tend to be created in a reactive rather than proactive manner