BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA

1. Why do you want to change the Future Land Use Map?
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Four separate tax parcels that lie within the West Pensacola Street Sector
are the subjects of this request. Please refer to Vicinity Map, Figure 1.
Currently, all four parcels have an underlying Future land Use Map
(FLUM) designation Urban Residential (UR-2) and are zoned Medium
Density Residential (MR-1).
Two of the four parcels are currently developed as apartment complexes,
while the third is an old grocery store shopping center that is currently
used as Salvation Army thrift store, Community Garden and office. The
fourth parcel is currently vacant, although it has been developed in the
past as a site for portable classrooms and contains asphalt driving lanes
and parking areas. An older house also exists on the property and was
formerly used as a day care center. Please refer to attached Existing
Conditions Aerial Map, Figure 2.
All four parcels front on Jackson Bluff Road, with two of the parcels having
dual frontage on Ausley Road. Both roads are designated Major Collectors
and all four parcels lie within 1000' of the intersection of these two
significant corridors.
It is requested that all four parcels be re-designated University Transition
(UT) on the FLUM, with zoning also being revised to UT. This change
would allow for a higher density of multi-family residential development at
this important node, as we11 as allowing for much-needed neighborhoodscale
commercial development.
The parcels lie within the Multi-Modal Transportation District (MMTD) and
are well served by Tallahassee's mass transit system. Ausley Road has a
designated on-street bike lane and Jackson Bluff Road has wide pavement
and is shown as a "Shared ROW" for bicycles on Mobility District maps.
The Jackson Bluff/ Ausley intersection is less than one mile from Doak
Campbell Stadium and approximately a mile and a half from Tallahassee
Community College campus. However, apart from the thrift store- retail
and service businesses to serve a walking and biking populace are nonexistent
within% mile of the intersection. The nearest location for a loaf
of bread or carton of milk is nearly V2 mile to Pensacola Street at the
Circle K or 3/4 mile down Jackson Bluff to a Kangaroo gas station
convenience store. The nearest real grocery store is the Publix at Ocala
and Tennessee, a mile away on foot. There are no restaurants within a
third-mile. Although there is ample opportunity for redevelopment at this
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