Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: June 5, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Nicolas Thalmueller, AICP, DRC Chairman
PHONE: (407) 836-5523
DIVISION: Development Review Committee
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Termination and Release of Dedication of Development Rights for Lot 4 of Subdivision Plat for West Orange Plaza Planned Development. District 6. (Development Review Committee)
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PROJECT: Termination and Release of Dedication of Development Rights for Lot 4 of Subdivision Plat for West Orange Plaza Planned Development (PD).
PURPOSE: The subject property for this request is Lot 4 of the Subdivision Plat for West Orange Plaza PD. The West Orange Plaza PD is located south of West Colonial Drive between Dorscher Road and Hiawassee Road.
Through this request, the Lot 4 owner is seeking approval of a Termination and Release of a Dedication of Development Rights. The Dedication was recorded on October 12, 1988 pursuant to a Condition of Approval for the "West Orange Plaza PD - Development Plan for Lots 3, 4, and 7 and Development Plan Amendment for Lot 3" to ensure that the PD met open space requirements under County Code.
After the recording of the Dedication, the West Orange Plaza PD was amended in 1993 to expand the size of the PD to include the large open space area to the south. This area expansion caused the Dedication to no longer be necessary for compliance with the County's open space requirements. In addition, the 1993 PD amendment repaved Lot 4 as a parking lot, which is how the lot exists today. The Lot 4 owner has submitted an application, CDR-25-01-025, to construct a 510 square foot drive-thru coffee shop on the subject lot and has reached out to the County about removing the Dedication before proceeding with this development.
The County Attorney's Office has reviewed the docume...
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