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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: Misty Servia
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Ordinance / County Initiated LDR Amendment / LDR-0009-2024
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REQUESTED MOTION:
A motion to approve the ordinance amending the Land Development Regulation, Section 20-135 and Section 20-137 adding mini warehouse/self-storage facility as a permitted use.
SUMMARY:
The following are proposed amendments to the DeSoto County Land Development Regulation related to existing non-residential zoned properties within the Low Density Residential Future Land Use Map category. These proposed amendments are to provide clarity to the County and property owners of what can be developed on these sites. This amendment is accompanied by a text amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.
These proposed amendments will have the following schedule:
* November 7, 2024 - Public hearing by the Planning Commission
* November 19, 2024 - First reading public hearing with the Board of County Commissioners
* December 17, 2024 - Final public hearing with the Board of County Commissioners
In the County's Comprehensive Plan and on the Future Land Use Map therein, the Low Density Residential designated area fronts many miles of thoroughfare (collector / arterial) roadways in DeSoto County with existing CG (which also includes CN) and ROI (Retail, Office, Institutional) zoning. This includes significant portions of Kings Highway, CR 761, and US 17 in SW County, CR 760 A in S Central County, and a small portion of the county along I-75. Most development does not come in the form of 1,000 dwelling unit master planned PUD-zoned communities. They come in smaller major and minor subdivisions and site plans.
The Comprehensive Plan is silent on what non-residential development and at what scale is permitted to occur in these existing zoned areas. To provide clarity for the County and p...
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