Rural SettlementOverview

Board of County Commissioners

January 10, 2012

•Background

•Wekiva Policies

•Zoning Issues

• Future Direction

Presentation Outline

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

Background

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

Background (cont.)

Orange County2010-2030 Comprehensive Plan

Rural Settlements

Background (cont.)

Rural Settlement Acreage

West Windermere 5,835

Bithlo 5,097

Clarcona 4,050

Tangerine 3,160

North Apopka / Wekiva 2,261

Lake Avalon 2,258

Lake Pickett 2,220

Zellwood RS 1,488

Gotha RS 1,258

Corner Lake 1,244

Lake Hart/Lake Whippoorwill 1,236

Rural Settlement Acreage

Sunflower Trail 951

Zellwood Station 918

Wedgefield 655

Christmas 553

Lake Mary Jane 524

Otter Lake 392

Paradise Heights 255

Rainbow Ridge 210

North Christmas 114

Tildenville 74

Bridlepath 71

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

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)

Background (cont.)

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

Wekiva Policies

• 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

Wekiva Policies (cont.)

Wekiva Policies (cont.)

•Wekiva Study Area Boundary

•Tangerine

•Lake Avalon

•West Windermere

•Gotha•Tildenville

•Paradise Heights

•Clarcona

•Otter Lake

•Zellwood•Zellwood Station

•Rainbow Ridge

•Bridle Path

•North Apopka-Wekiva

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

Zoning Issues

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

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

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

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

Zoning Issues (cont.)

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?

Future Direction

• 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?

Future Direction (cont.)

Rural SettlementOverview

Board of County Commissioners

January 10, 2012