Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: November 20, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Franklin Santos, Manager, Fiscal and Operational Support Division
PHONE: (407) 836-5645
DIVISION: Fiscal and Operational Support Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Paradiso Grande Developer's Agreement by and between Orange County, Florida and Park Square Enterprises, LLC addressing impact fee and capital charges for short term rental units. District 1. (Fiscal and Operational Support Division)
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PROJECT: Developer's Agreement - Paradiso Grande
PURPOSE: The Paradiso Grande project originated in 2014 through a Change Determination Request (CDR-14-05-128) to convert a former golf course within the Orangewood N-2 Planned Development into a residential subdivision. Subsequent approvals, including a Capacity Enhancement Agreement (CEA) with Orange County Public Schools and multiple Change Determination Requests, modified the project's land use, density, and permitted unit types. In 2019, a major amendment (CDR-18-07-230) reclassified a portion of the project involving single-family and townhome units for short-term rental use. However, for a variety of reasons, impact fees and utilities capital charges continued to be assessed at traditional residential rates. Following a joint review, the County and the Developer determined that certain impact fees and utilities capital charges had been miscalculated and misapplied. This oversight resulted in overpayments of School and Parks Impact Fees and underpayments of Utilities Capital Charges and Transportation Impact Fees. As a result, the County and the Developer have worked to resolve those discrepancies for past and open permits, and establish consistent impact fee and capital charge assessment practices for future permits related to the short term rental use. The Paradiso Gran...
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