The applicant has requested the voluntary annexation of the properties located at 4809, 4829, 4989, 4839, 4985, 4920, 4940, and 4979 Hoffner Avenue. The subject properties are generally located north and south of Hoffner Avenue; east of Conway Road; south of Simmons Road, and west of S. Semoran Blvd., and consisting of ±29.288 acres.

The site currently has several vacant lots, offices, a single family home and a church. The applicant has also requested a Growth Management Plan (GMP) amendment to designate the properties as Office Low Intensity (OFFICE-LOW), Residential Low Intensity (RES-LOW) and Industrial (INDUST); and an Initial Zoning of Low Intensity Office–Residential with the Aircraft Noise and Conway Road Special Plan overlay districts (O-1/AN/SP), Residential Low Development (R-3A/AN), and Industrial Park (I-P/AN and I-P/AN/SP) to allow the residential development of 166 townhomes on 4 of the lots north of Hoffner Ave. No redevelopment is proposed on the remainder of the lots.

The Municipal Planning Board (MPB) recommended approval of the associated cases (ANX2021-10004; GMP21-10003 and ZON21-10001) on September 21, 2021, with Council subsequently approving the meeting minutes on October 25, 2021. The ordinance adoption is tentatively scheduled for the January 10, 2022, City Council meeting.

No fiscal impact.

Approving Ordinance No. 2022-2 on first reading and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to bring the ordinance forward at the next available City Council meeting for second reading, hearing and adoption.