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Jared Rivera of Growth Services presented the item and said the parcel currently has split zoning (part R-1, part R-4); the applicant seeks to consolidate the parcel under R-4 so the family can place a manufactured home on the larger portion and have an accessible driveway. Rivera noted the property lies in the Starland subdivision, in the Secondary Springs protection overlay and the environmentally sensitive overlay, but staff found the rezoning would be compatible with surrounding residential uses and consistent with the comprehensive plan; the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval.

Applicants Brandon and Ashley Winter told the board they were misinformed when they bought the property about its zoning and that consolidating the parcel to R-4 would permit them to site their new manufactured home behind an existing front lot and use a new driveway. \"When we first bought the property, we were told it was all R-4. When we after we bought the property, we were told it was a split property,\" Ashley Winter said. She described the location as heavily wooded and said the proposed placement would be largely out of sight from neighbors.

Rebecca (Becky) Hurrell, who said her property at 16330 Southeast 130th Court is nearby, spoke in opposition and urged caution. Hurrell described multiple older mobile homes and recreational-vehicle setups in the area and said some neighbors have used perimeter fencing to address late-night disturbance. She urged the board to consider whether approving the rezoning would exacerbate existing problems and questioned whether neighbors' email comments had been received by staff.

Rivera and Commissioner Bryant clarified that the application concerns only the single parcel before the board; it does not change zoning on other parcels, and adjacent properties retain their existing classifications. Rivera noted that many adjacent parcels already contain mobile homes and that the request is to bring the split parcel into consistency with the surrounding area. The Winters said they plan to place a new manufactured home, and one neighbor indicated an interest in buying an adjacent lot to improve the area as well.

Commissioner McLean moved to approve the rezoning; Commissioner Curry seconded. The motion passed unanimously (5-0). The board then voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance to finalize the zoning change.

The approval allows the Winters to apply for required permits and site work; the project remains subject to standard county permitting, tree, stormwater and other environmental reviews due to overlay zones.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Marion County - Board of County Commissioners Planning and Zoning on 2025-08-18 1:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The board unanimously approved a request to rezone a parcel in the Starland area from R-1/R-4 split zoning to uniform R-4 to allow placement of a manufactured home (case 250806ZC). Neighbors voiced concerns about surrounding site conditions; the applicants said they intend to improve the lot.","taxTitle","Marion County, Florida","taxId",4897,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6585783,"Commissioners deny request to rezone Ocala parcel to manufactured-housing park",471,2956000,3427000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5595997-97385f0b185b5742c84d52cac4c0976a&start=2956&end=3427","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5595997-97385f0b185b5742c84d52cac4c0976a/thumbnail_2956000.jpg","/articles/6585783/Marion-County/Florida/Commissioners-deny-request-to-rezone-Ocala-parcel-to-manufactured-housing-park","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6585783-e6493ad2244ca7833df94684f8815695/orig.mp4?Expires=1770500947&Signature=iQyIYjoclCyCxQUx13INozYuvNScOu9UPvro-1ZE97fP6gGt6E5Wow7xctrUiyLjNxG1Pa2KN4MKjI9CurDB5vcntMRjdiHK1FOpqTGh0hVGFa7xzURjoLpUh~CZvPr3BSii~uD3G1iSl-aewPvoOQRtBkx8pNGkVBZt7p5SrNJTi~pZbGbh1-lxvTlnIfBj1V3nlZJ8k1w3EDnXgGww9mrnJNOG6JNu7A5wgwGrB7Q20DYiZUvv4jwcLbuctVRnb~4Xk0AEBaE5AeS-j9PShvHbrjGcak2l9eWmqtoU4HBx0-edQnnECI1C0XQUiMspCE87fwd4Lwo8wO3v9-2qwQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Marion County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to deny an application to rezone a 2.51-acre parcel at 5727 Southeast 207th Avenue in Ocala from Mixed Residential (R-4) to Manufactured Housing Park (PMH), case 250805CC, at the Aug. 18, 2025, Planning and Zoning meeting.

Kathleen Bignoli of Growth Services presented staff's review. She said the parcel has a high-residential future land-use designation and is currently developed with multiple mobile homes; the site is served by private well and septic and is reached by a dirt access road. Bignoli noted that under current Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Health rules, sites with more than six units may require an on-site water-treatment plant; under a medium-residential designation, the parcel could be developed at densities that would allow as many as about 20 units.

Bignoli said the same request was brought before the board in 1998 and was denied by planning and zoning and by the board then. Staff recommended denial on the basis that the rezoning would introduce a higher intensity land use dissimilar to surrounding single-family and agricultural properties, raise infrastructure concerns (lack of paved roads, water and sewer), and conflict with comprehensive-plan provisions and the county's land-development code.

No applicant representative appeared at the meeting. Commissioner Zalick moved to deny the application; Commissioner McLean seconded. Commissioners cited the record, staff findings, and lack of evidence presented by the applicant to support changing the zoning. The board voted 5-0 to deny the application.

The denial preserves the property's current zoning and leaves infrastructure requirements in place; any future change would require new evidence demonstrating compatibility and feasible infrastructure solutions.","The board voted 5-0 to deny an application to change a 2.51-acre Ocala parcel from Mixed Residential (R-4) to Manufactured Housing Park (PMH) — case 250805CC — citing incompatibility with surrounding uses and lack of infrastructure.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6585788,"Commissioners approve rezoning for 301-area convenience store and gas station after buffer, lighting and traffic discussion",1512,1425000,2937000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5595997-97385f0b185b5742c84d52cac4c0976a&start=1425&end=2937","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5595997-97385f0b185b5742c84d52cac4c0976a/thumbnail_1425000.jpg","/articles/6585788/Marion-County/Florida/Commissioners-approve-rezoning-for-301-area-convenience-store-and-gas-station-after-buffer-lighting-and-traffic-discussion","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6585788-cb42bfa918b3d973f3eb43fdd1d5259b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770500947&Signature=hJxYYdm3oNhCsAAvEGWrdYWBn-UEqXC9~aDb1RlGhxkYeNSMy8IFHuX9ZFND78vc7NxkL-XEhbtDk5Ktjdsm0xyEys0b2PkMs90-BMJzGtHmrgG97kFPlQuBoE0PwUndSlXs7DhP-oWKY-uNluAzY5dRrrIboBKyNZiBXo9RUwttG1C626H7kIc6zzZvMvD6tTe4j6FyuTE-PRN1sSWVYHUDU068xQ0n~cZMZzhgEBec5ubSgZn6c67nPQ0KendV5Pbx-~3ETrq9PFXLDz80z1JOWfV9ETOLv8LFWNp0JtZyp4anKXXdzic2jrV5qUckINWZxcqxuNZUEUKJt5H6Ig__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Marion County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a rezoning request for a 1.59-acre site along U.S. 301 to B-2 commercial at its Aug. 18, 2025, Planning and Zoning meeting, allowing a proposed convenience store with fuel sales and a small quick-service restaurant (case 250604ZC).

Eric (last name on file), a planner with Marion County Growth Services, told the board the subject property is currently zoned A-1 and has a commercial future land-use designation; staff concluded the proposed B-2 zoning is compatible with the comprehensive plan and surrounding uses. The site is in the Secondary Springs protection overlay and within an urban-growth boundary area near Bellevue. Staff described the site as approximately 1.59 acres and said conceptual materials show a roughly 6,500-square-foot convenience store with an 800–1,000-square-foot quick-service restaurant.

Herb Green, representing the applicant (Cadjaz LLC/Cajaz Engineering), said the applicant paused the earlier review cycle to meet with the adjacent neighbor about buffers. \"We reached out to him a number of times, have not heard back to date,\" Green said, and added that the design attempts to preserve existing trees and place a dry pond in the low spot to provide additional buffering. \"We agree with staff and ask for approval from this commission today,\" Green told the board.

Adjacent landowner Jason Yates, who lives at 13163 Southeast 50th Avenue Road, spoke in opposition and raised three concerns: buffer type and placement, lighting, and traffic. \"My biggest concern was the type of buffer that they're going to use,\" Yates said, adding that the existing tree canopy is important to his property and that, if trees are removed, \"all that lighting from that gas station is gonna be in my front yard.\" He also described existing congestion at nearby intersections during peak periods.

Staff and the applicant described the mitigation proposed in writing and at the podium. County staff said the land-development code requires a minimum 15-foot landscape strip at the shared property line, with three accent/understory trees and two shade trees per 100 feet, plus ground cover. The required D-type buffer to the adjacent agricultural/residential property will include a six-foot masonry wall placed interior to the landscape strip so the trees and shrubs face the neighboring property. On lighting, the applicant said proposed fixtures will meet the county's dark-sky and shielding requirements: \"It's a 0.0 light line. It's 0. So foot candle 0 at the property line,\" Green said, adding that any spillover must be shielded.

Staff also summarized traffic-level-of-service (LOS) data: US-301 segments currently operate at LOS C with an adopted LOS of D, and nearby Southeast 132 Street Road operates at LOS C with an adopted LOS of E; staff said county transportation planning has considered raising certain standards to LOS D for long-term capacity planning. Staff noted a required Type C buffer adjacent to the right-of-way and no buffer where existing commercial use abuts the subject property.

Commissioner McLean moved to approve application 250604ZC; Commissioner Curry seconded. The motion passed unanimously (5-0).

The approval is a zoning change; the site will proceed to standard site-plan and permitting review, where final tree surveys, lighting plans, traffic mitigation and required permits will be evaluated and enforced by county staff.","The Marion County Board approved rezoning of a 1.59-acre site to B-2 to permit a convenience store with fuel sales and a quick-service restaurant (case 250604ZC). Staff and the applicant described required buffers, a masonry wall and lighting controls; a nearby property owner raised concerns about trees, lighting and traffic.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6585792,"Marion County commissioners approve two small-scale land-use map corrections",211,1189000,1400000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5595997-97385f0b185b5742c84d52cac4c0976a&start=1189&end=1400","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5595997-97385f0b185b5742c84d52cac4c0976a/thumbnail_1189000.jpg","/articles/6585792/Marion-County/Florida/Marion-County-commissioners-approve-two-small-scale-land-use-map-corrections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6585792-b40dbc1d9da747d871ddc1a25e10b18a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770500948&Signature=MnUw46dAfL62Kf~e8d61sLnH7IxKY5ShFk3aUD2HcGnGcqwu0I1KjUAWomuFooOqTWXxPw9xKOritFlvu8SFHxpZiX-4l-DsxRta3ni4OAXk~FH~IIEb6N70X0F6kH037TNEY5t83i--k7VSRGAx6iMjg4EEHBMeUH9ufMGqplTETcI-y70QP35FLPR5FYYNwoEuqVUtp-c4LQBTM6xJAhWhkSrnkpn8b-DqzdrMgUcGK2uAUAKw0Mu0QdBu6lj9uQ-xjxS4wIy0w5MVuIZ2NoKOClvfRHjNO4ETkXWp6mnjzdYHg4ndj9exNQRYQPBXgiHVvt-71Bh~aZvOxnC-8g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Marion County Board of County Commissioners approved two small-scale land-use amendments on the planning and zoning consent agenda at its Aug. 18, 2025, meeting in Ocala.

The board voted unanimously to approve case 25S10, a request by Oak Run and Associates Ltd. to change roughly 9.13 acres from high residential to commercial within the Oak Run Development of Regional Impact, and case 25S11, a request by Jennifer Ehlenberg to change 3.85 acres from high residential to medium residential. Commissioner McLean moved to approve the planning-and-zoning consent items; Commissioner Curry seconded, and the motion passed 5-0.

Staff presented both items as small-scale plan amendments on the consent agenda. Chuck Verriden, director of Growth Services, said the Oak Run item corrects an error on the county map dating to about 2013–2014 so the map will reflect the correct land-use designation. For the Ehlenberg parcel, staff said the change lowers an existing high-residential designation to medium residential because there are currently no utilities available at the site and the owner anticipates development at roughly 1.3 dwelling units per acre.

Both parcels were read into the record during the consent portion of the meeting. The legal advertisement for the hearing (legal ad number 11531191) was published in the Star Banner on Aug. 4, 2025. No member of the public pulled either consent item for separate consideration.

The consent vote clears the two map changes without additional public hearings. The board moved on to individually considered zoning items after the consent agenda.","The Marion County Board of County Commissioners approved two small-scale comprehensive-plan amendments on the planning and zoning consent agenda on Aug. 18, 2025: a 9.13-acre change to commercial for Oak Run and Associates and a 3.85-acre change from high to medium residential for Jennifer Ehlenberg.","actionData","errors"]

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