Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Almost there. All right. Call the February 3rd, 2026 meeting of the city of Winter Haven Planning Commission to order. Jordan, if you would please take role. Kevin Tyson here. Mario Manag. Bob Lford here. Lorena Cordderero here, Wendy Venttor here, Colin Wells here, Ed Smith here, Tina Summerland here, and Craig Fuller. We have a quorum. All right, if you would please stand for the invocation and pledge.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day and for this opportunity to serve the city of Winter Haven and her residents. We ask that you be with us here today um and help us to warm things up outside. That'd be great. We ask these things in your name. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Has everybody had an opportunity to view the previous minutes? If so, we'll entertain a motion. So move. All right. We have a motion to approve the minutes. All in favor say I. I

all oppose. Same sign. All right. Minutes are approved. All right. I will move into a brief explanation of how the hearing will go. Cases will be read into the record. City staff will provide a presentation and commissioners will have an opportunity to ask questions of staff. Uh once we've commissioners have asked their questions, we will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Uh anyone from the public wishing to speak for or against a case may do so. We ask that you limit your comments to five minutes. Uh once everyone has had an opportunity to speak or ask questions, we will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing where we can ask additional questions or entertain a motion and a vote. Um if anybody thinks they may speak for or against a case, if you would please stand and Jordan will swear you in. No. All right. Moving on to new business. Case number P-26-07, request by Antonio Iraq, sorry if I butchered that, to reszone a parcel from industrial light one zoning district to multifamily residential lowdensity R3 zoning district. General location 1519th Street Southwest. The area covered by this request is48 uh plus or minus acres.

Good evening. uh Chris Young, senior planner for the record. So, here we have the property uh the 1519 uh 8th Street Southwest. It's uh outlined in the black here. Uh just uh north of Orin Avenue, west of 8th Street Southwest. You can see the the lake off to the west and the white uh trail is the se uh is the railroad tracks directly behind the property. Uh the hashtagzoning uh I'm sorry the hashtag checkers that you see is the future land use which is primary mixeduse hub and the green is the park. We switching over into the zoning we see it currently has a designation of I1 or light industrial. Uh we have light industrial to the east uh heavy industrial to the south indicated by the purple R3 to the y to the north uh and to the northeast which is represented by the yellow. And here we can see the hashtag of the property as uh designated as the R3. Uh directly north of the property we have some single family uh residential uses. Um to the east of the property we have warehousing. To the south of the property, we have uh some heavier industrial or some storage. And of course, to the west of the property, we have the railroad tracks and the lake. Uh this is looking at the property to the west. Here you can see the railroad tracks um clearly visible on the end of property. This is looking north up 8 street. So you can see some of the residential uses uh traditional housing stock as well as a few multif family uh residences in this area. This is looking south off of uh 8th Street. So we can see the industrial storage area and this is looking directly east. So we have uh storage uh uses, personal storage lockers.

The petitioner requests the city reszone the parcel from light industrial zoning district to multif family residential low density R3 dosing zoning district. The parcel contains approximately48 acres uh and is currently vacant. The petitioner intends to develop the property as a residential tuplex as the primary mixeduse hub future land use designation will remain. The maximum development potential remains unchanged. Therefore, there is no increase in the maximum potential infrastructure demands beyond what is currently allowed. Additionally, uh the development of a residential duplex will likely result in fewer demands on public infrastructure than development uh currently permitted under the I1 zoning district. Um staff uh yields the following conclusions. Reszoning the property to RZ R3 zoning district is consistent with the property's location and the development uses and the city's designation in the area and as the primary mixeduse uh future excuse me as the primary mixeduse hub future land use designation will remain. The maximum development potential is unchanged. There is no increase in potential infrastructure demands beyond what is currently allowed. Uh staff recommends approval of P2607 and is forwarding to the city commission for final action. Can I stand for any questions you may have?

Any questions?

No. All right. We will close the planning portion of the hearing and open the public portion of the hearing. Anyone from the public wishing to speak for or against this case? All right. We will close the public portion of the hearing and reopen the planning portion of the hearing. Any additional questions or a motion? No. All right. I'll go ahead and make a motion in favor of case number P-26-07. Request by Antonio Rock to reszone a parcel from industrial light I1 zoning district to multif family residential low density R3 zoning district. General location 15198 street southwest. The area covered by this request is48 plus or minus acres as presented in the fact sheet.

Second. We have a second. All those in favor say I. I. All oppose. Same sign. All right. Case is approved. Other business. Election of officers for 2026.

Yes. Um we have have to do this annually. We do it at our February meeting every year. Um looking at our bylaws, uh everybody is eligible to serve as an officer this year. There's no restrictions on term limits and um everyone served at least for a year on the planning commission. So, everyone's eligible to serve as he chair or vice chair. So, with that, I will turn it over to the uh planning commission to to make their decision choices on chair and vice chair. Anybody? I say we rolled the chairs.

I guess we'll need a motion for that. I will make a motion to keep to roll the chairs and keep them the same. Second. Second. All right, we have a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All oppose, same sign. Okay. Congratulations, vice chair. Congratulations, chair. Uh, comments from staff.

Um, not too much this evening. Um, just to let you know our January item, which was the PUD amendment out there, reszoning from a PUD to C3 out there on US 27 near Cypress Gardens Boulevard. That's going to the city commission this month and should be wrapped up by the end of the month. And that's all I have. So, okay. Comments from planning commissioners. Anything? No comments from the public? No. All right. We are journ.