TO: Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr.
FROM: Cindy Thurman, Senior Planner, Long Range Planning
DATE: April 22, 2025
SUBJECT: 7750 Oslo Road, LLC's Request to Rezone Approximately +/- 3.73 Acres
from A-1, Agricultural District to CH, Heavy Commercial District
(2001080114-97736) [Quasi-Judicial]
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BACKGROUND
The subject property is situated on the north side of Oslo Road, just east of I-95, and approximately 2,000 feet west of 74th Avenue SW. The area to be rezoned consists of ±3.73 acres and is only a portion of the overall 17.31 acre parcel. The overall parcel has split zoning with IL, Light Industrial zoning along the Oslo Road frontage and A-1 in the rear where the property is mostly undeveloped.
The 3.73 acres is identified as the area where the IL zoning boundary district ends and the A-1 district boundary begins. The CH heavy commercial zoning would extend north for a depth of 300 feet. This area includes an existing building that the proposed business (Aluma Tower) will occupy. The proposed business uses aluminum tubing to create telescoping radio towers for both civilian (news vans) and military uses. This business activity is akin to a welding or machine shop, which are permitted uses in the CH and IL zoning districts.
The requested zoning district CH, Heavy Commercial, is a step down zoning classification from the IL, Light Industrial district so that there is not such an abrupt change and there is an increased buffer. This will soften the transition between the A-1agricultural zoning located north of the property and the IL, Light Industrial zoning.
The property, being just east of the new I-95/Oslo Road interchange, is an existing commercial/industrial node. The requested CH zoning classification would allow Aluma Tower to utilize all of the existing buildings. Anticipated changes to the Oslo Road corridor in ...
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