CITY OF ARASOA NOTICE OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOP APPLICATION NO. 17-CW-07 DISCUSSION OF A REZONE AND MAJOR AND MINOR CONDITIONAL USE Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Time: 5:30 P.M. Place: City Hall Annex = SRQ Media Studio 1565 First Street Sarasota, FL 34236 Contact: Bruce Franklin, applicant' S agent: (941) 955-4800 As required by the City of Sarasota, a community meeting is being held to discuss a proposed Rezone and Major and Minor Conditional Use for the Lido Sandcastle Resort, located at 1540 Ben Franklin Drive. The 6.09 +/- acre subject parcel is zoned Residential Multiple Family 4 (RMF-4) with an existing 1761 room hotel that is considered a legal non-conforming use. The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject parcel to the Waterfront Resort (WFR) Zone District in order to construct a 110' high, 304 room resort hotel with 637 +/- parking garage spaces and approximately 20,750 sq. ft. of meeting space, a 5,000 sq. ft. restaurant and recreational facility/non-motorized watercraft rentals for hotel guests. The hotel use requires a Minor Conditional Use in the WFR Zone District, while the accessory uses of the meeting space, restaurant, and recreational facility/non-motorized watercraft rentals for hotel guests all require a Major Conditional Use. Landscape buffers, mechaniçal equipment screening and screening of vehicle spaces within the parking garage will be required. The Zoning Code (2002 Ed.) oft the City of Sarasota requires that all applicants hold a Community Workshop prior to filing a formal application with the City of Sarasota if requesting one or more of the following applications: Conditional Use; Rezone; Street/ROW Vacation; "G"Zone Waiver; Amendment to the Future Land Use Map Illustration LU-6 of the Sarasota City Plan; Amendments to the text of the Sarasota City Plan that affect a specific and limited area of the City (as determined by the Director of the Department of Neighborhood and Development Services); day care facilities with more than ten children in certain zone districts; utilization of Golden Gate Point alternative standards, and/or certain development projects within the Laurel Park Overlay District (LPOD). The meeting is to inform neighboring property owners, residents, and business owners of the nature of the proposed development, explain the site plan, ifany, solicit suggestions and identify conçers; prior to the filing ofai formal development application. This meeting will be conducted by the applicant or their representative; however, a member of the City of Sarasota's staff will be in attendance to address administrative questions. An additional Community Workshop shall be required if: an increase is proposed to the height, density or intensity of an application occurs following the previous Community Workshop; an amendment is requested that requires action by the Planning Board or City Commission; and/or an application is not filed within 12 months following the previous Community Workshop. Once a formal application is filed with the City of Sarasota, property owners and registered neighborhood associations within 500 feet of the subject site will be notified of any public hearings held as the application proceeds through the Development Review Process. Interested persons are welcome to attend the public hearings and be heard. Questions or concerns regarding the above-described proposal should be addressed to the project contact listed above. Questions regarding the Zoning and Development Review Procedures as well as questions regarding the meeting place, directions & location, and neighborhood association(s) information may be addressed to the City of Sarasota Planning Department, at (941)954-2612. CITY OF SARASOTA By: Pamela M. Nadalini, MBA, BBA, CMC City Auditor and Clerk/Chief Audit Executive Mailed on: May 2, 2017 P.O. Box 1058 Sarasota, Florida 34230 DR 1 ( a > DUR TT e E 6 3 / - - E Discussion of Proposed Rezone and Major & Minor Conditional Use Application No. 17-CW-07 N Lido Sandcastle Resort - 1540 Ben Franklin Drive subject area By: Lori Rivers Date: April 28, 2017 FOR GENERAL LOCATION INFORMATION ONLY