This public hearing is for a voluntary annexation of seven (7) properties on Kentucky Avenue, measuring approximately 1.1 acres total. These properties are being voluntarily annexed into the City by the property owners.
The Kentucky Avenue properties are all interconnected and consolidated in ownership with the adjacent properties that front on West Fairbanks Avenue. This annexation will allow for commercial redevelopment of the properties from Fairbanks Avenue back to Kentucky Avenue. This annexation provides a more uniform city limit line. The City already provides the potable water and sanitary sewer to these properties. Any future development will go through the regular Winter Park development approval process. The property owner realizes that it would be extremely cumbersome for them to get permits for new building projects on a site that is one-half in the City and one-half in the County.
Ultimately, annexing these properties and having the entire Fairbanks/Kentucky tract of land within one jurisdiction will allow for better coordination of the development of these parcels and gives Winter Park better control of how these properties will be developed.
Once these properties are annexed the city staff will come back with Ordinances to establish the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use and Zoning designations. However, that cannot be done until the property is officially annexed and must have a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Board. Thus, those will be on a future Commission agenda.