AGENDA REPORT
DATE: August 25, 2025
TO: City Commission
FROM: Bill McDaniel, City Manager
SUBJECT: A quasi-judicial public hearing on an ordinance to rezone 3.19? acres to allow 38 multi-family apartments. The site is located on the east side of South Walker Street, south of West Bates Street and north of West Grant Street (PB-2024-49).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 3.19? acres from R-1A to the Walker Street Apartments Planned Development District. The request proposes the development of a 38-unit apartment complex on a vacant parcel along South Walker Street. The project includes a single access driveway, internal circulation via a roundabout, and 76 parking spaces, including ADA-compliant spaces. Site improvements include sidewalks, two recreational areas, and a stormwater detention pond. The plan incorporates a landscaped buffer with native plants, a six-foot vinyl fence, and preservation of protected trees along the perimeter. Most buildings are single-story with one two-story building proposed. The project proposes a maximum height of 35 feet. The project is designed to be compatible with surrounding residential development through setbacks, landscaping, and architectural features.
On July 23, 2025, staff presented a recommendation of approval for the proposed rezoning for the South Walker Street Apartments Planned Development District to the Planning Board, based on the positives, negatives and mitigating factors presented in the attached staff report for PB-2024-49. The Planning Board subsequently voted (6-1) to recommend approval of this proposal to the City Commission. However, this motion was predicated on the inclusion of two additional notes:
1. The applicant is to widen South Walker Street to a standard width of 22 feet from Bates Street to Grant Street; and
2. The applicant is to install at least one sidewalk on the east side of South Walker Street.
The applicant has submitted a study of the cur...
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