VENICE — The City Council will revisit the issue of amending a planned unit development next week, when it will hear a presentation by special counsel Alison Yurko and Planning and Zoning Director Roger Clark.
Yurko was hired to suggest options for a PUD amendment process because the land-use rules the city adopted two years ago didn’t have one.
The issue became a point of dispute during consideration of a rezoning in North Venice sought by developer Pat Neal in order to build a shopping center.
Yurko’s recommendation is to classify proposed amendments as either major or minor. The stage of development at which the amendment request is made would determine what’s required to show unified control to have the authority to apply for it.
Other businessAlso on Tuesday the Council is scheduled to:
Consider adopting an amended cybersecurity policy.Hear first reading of an ordinance amending code provisions regarding naming or renaming a city-owned facility or park.Consider designating the 500 to 700 blocks of West Venice Avenue as a canopy road.Hear a presentation on the Gulf View Historic Structures Report.Vote on the city’s centennial logo.Discuss a provision of the land development code that allows the Planning and Zoning director to approve alternative parking plans.Consider approving the addition of $3.6 million in park impact fees to the Northeast Venice Park budget to cover the now $6.35 million construction cost.Proclaim October “Domestic Violence Awareness Month.”Proclaim Oct. 6-12 “Fire Prevention Week.”Proclaim October “Florida Native Plant Month.”Recognize the retirement of Bob Moroni, Solid Waste and Recycling superintendent.