BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA

PCM130104 Timberlane Road near the Market District
5. The parcels are mostly impervious due to existing development, and therefore
redevelopment could not significantly increase impervious area and runoff into the Lake
Jackson basin.
6. The proposed amendment is not anticipated to have adverse effects on public facilities.
C. APPLICANT’S REASON FOR THE AMENDMENT:
The existing Lake Preservation (LP) land use designation for the original subject
property is inconsistent with the use of the property. This property, as well as 33
additional, similar parcels immediately on the north side of Timberlane Road, is part
of a set of commercial offices and small businesses along the north side of
Timberlane Road and east of the Market Square commercial area that was developed
in 1983 prior to the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan in 1990. Despite its use,
during the process of creating the Comprehensive Plan, this property was designated
Lake Protection with a Lake Protection zoning designation. This land use designation
therefore makes the current use legally non-conforming, which prohibits both new
commercial and office uses and the expansion of existing, legally non-conforming
land uses. This is also true for the remainder of the developed LP properties in this
immediate area.
While this status may continue without the requested change, the non-conforming
status limits the property owner’s ability to expand and/or obtain financing for
repairs and improvements. It also limits the owner’s ability to sell or lease the
property for other redevelopment for other uses. The lack of the ability to redevelop
these properties and/or change their uses limits the incentive or requirement to
address drainage issues that may impact Lake Jackson.
D. STAFF ANALYSIS
The original subject property, located at 1234 Timberlane Road, was previously utilized as a
toxicology laboratory. It was purchased in early 2012 by the applicant to be renovated as a dental
office so that he could relocate and expand his existing practice at 1280 Timberlane Road, four
properties east of the subject property. Although the use of the subject property as a medical
facility (dental office) is technically not allowable, the City’s Growth Management Department
allowed the requested use to move forward if all concurrency and other land development
requirements were met. While not normal practice, this flexibility was granted based on two
factors. One, the proposed use is functionally very similar to the prior use, and two, there are
several similar historically non-conforming properties in this area north of Timberlane Road.
Following a determination by the Growth Management Department that the property owner was
willing to and could fulfill the City’s compliance requirements, including stormwater, parking,
number of trips, and other stipulations, an agreement was prepared by the City Growth
Management Department, Planning Department, and City Attorney’s Office. The agreement
would allow the property owner to use the subject property for a dental office under specific
conditions intended to ensure no additional impacts to the local transportation network or to Lake
Jackson would occur (Agreement included as Attachment #2.) These conditions include limiting
the square footage of the property as a dental office, limiting the available parking, and
submitting an application to change the future land use category and zoning of the subject
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