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City Commission Workshop on 2025-06-02 10:00 AM

Regular Meeting

North Port, FL · June 2, 2025

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4970 CITY HALL BLVD City of North Port NORTH PORT, FL 34286 Action Report City Commission Workshop CITY COMMISSIONERS Phil Stokes, Mayor Pete Emrich, Vice Mayor Barbara Langdon, Commissioner David Duval, Commissioner Demetrius Petrow, Commissioner APPOINTED OFFICIALS Jerome Fletcher, City Manager Michael Golen, Interim City Attorney Heather Faust, City Clerk Monday, June 2, 2025 10:00 AM City Commission Chambers CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ALSO PRESENT PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. PUBLIC COMMENT: 2. PRESENTATIONS: TIME LIMIT OF 15 MINUTES A. Presentation by the North Port Natural Resources Division Regarding North Port Environmental Scorecard B. Presentation by Gale West Regarding Current Status and Future of the North Port Art Center. 3. GENERAL BUSINESS: A. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Unified Land Development Code, Section 3.2.3.B. Non-Residential Uses in the Corridor Transitional (CT) and Corridor (COR) Zoning Districts (Limitation on Hours of Operation). There was consensus to direct the City Manager to bring back recommendations for adjusting the current Unified Land Development Code corridor and transitional coordinator districts to include additional educational data regarding unintentional business prevention. B. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverages, Sec. 6-4. - Sales Near City of North Port Page 1 City Commission Workshop Action Report June 2, 2025 Churches or Schools. There was consensus to direct the City Manager to prepare an agenda item for a future meeting regarding amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverages, Sec. 6-4. - Sales Near Churches or Schools to 1. Specify that the distance requirements apply only to adult oriented businesses, bars and night clubs; 2. Reduce the distance requirements between businesses selling alcoholic beverages and churches and schools to from 800-feet to 600-feet; 3. Specify that the distance requirement shall not be imposed on businesses selling alcoholic beverages when a church operating in a strip commercial center is within the established distance; and 4. Specify that school as used in these regulations means a state-accredited public or private school for children from the preschool or kindergarten level through senior high school but shall not be deemed to include any other types of schools. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT: 5. ADJOURNMENT: City of North Port Page 2

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4970 CITY HALL BLVD City of North Port NORTH PORT, FL 34286 Meeting Agenda City Commission Workshop CITY COMMISSIONERS Phil Stokes, Mayor Pete Emrich, Vice Mayor Barbara Langdon, Commissioner David Duval, Commissioner Demetrius Petrow, Commissioner APPOINTED OFFICIALS Jerome Fletcher, City Manager Michael Golen, Interim City Attorney Heather Faust, City Clerk Monday, June 2, 2025 10:00 AM City Commission Chambers PUBLIC COMMENT: Properly submitted comments will be accepted and included in the official record of the meeting pursuant to City Commission Policy No. 2020-04. Public comment may be submitted in the following ways: In Person Attendance: Submit a comment card to the City Clerk. Comment cards with completed information may be submitted until the Mayor closes Public Comment for the agenda item. Public comment is limited to three minutes per person. Online: Submit a written eComment using the eComment link at cityofnorthport.legistar.com/Calendar. The link will be available online at 8:00 a.m. the day before the meeting until one hour prior to the start of the meeting. Your public comment is limited to 2,000 characters. Voice Mail Message: Leave a voice mail message via telephone at 941-429-1032. Voice Mail messages will be accepted the day before the meeting from 8:00 a.m. until one hour prior to the start of the meeting. Please provide information as listed in the City’s outgoing message. The message must not exceed two minutes, fifteen seconds. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. PUBLIC COMMENT: (The purpose of the Public Comments Section of the Agenda is for members of the public to speak to the City Commission/District Governing Body on any subject pertaining to City Business whether or not it is on the Agenda, with the exception of Quasi-Judicial Items.) 2. PRESENTATIONS: TIME LIMIT OF 15 MINUTES A. 25-2229 Presentation by the North Port Natural Resources Division Regarding North Port Environmental Scorecard City of North Port Page 1 Printed on 5/25/2025 City Commission Workshop Meeting Agenda June 2, 2025 Attachments: Environmental Scorecard Presentation Environmental Scorecard Visual B. 25-2315 Presentation by Gale West Regarding Current Status and Future of the North Port Art Center. Attachments: Presentation 3. GENERAL BUSINESS: A. 25-2247 Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Unified Land Development Code, Section 3.2.3.B. Non-Residential Uses in the Corridor Transitional (CT) and Corridor (COR) Zoning Districts (Limitation on Hours of Operation). Attachments: Standard Zoning District Use Table Economic Development Element Economic Develoment and Growth Management Pillar 4-15-25 CEDAB Meeting Minutes B. 25-2248 Discussion and Possible Action Regarding the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Chapter 6 - Alcoholic Beverages, Sec. 6-4. - Sales Near Churches or Schools. Attachments: North Port and Surrounding Local Government Distance Regulations Economic Development Element Economic Development and Growth Management Pillar 4-15-25 CEDAB Meeting Minutes 4. PUBLIC COMMENT: (The purpose of the Public Comments Section of the Agenda is for members of the public to speak to the City Commission/District Governing Body on any subject pertaining to City Business whether or not it is on the Agenda, with the exception of Quasi-Judicial Items.) 5. ADJOURNMENT: City of North Port Page 2 Printed on 5/25/2025 City Commission Workshop Meeting Agenda June 2, 2025 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS - The Agenda is a summary of the proposed actions to be taken by the City Commission. For almost every agenda item, the City staff has prepared materials for Commission consideration and provided a staff recommendation. All of these materials are available at the City Clerk's Office, during normal business hours, for inspection and (for a fee) copying. Questions on these materials may be directed to the staff member who prepared them, or to the City Clerk's Office, who will refer you to the appropriate person. AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 - The North Port City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Special parking is available on the west side of City Hall and the building may be accessed from the parking area. Persons with hearing difficulties should contact the City Clerk to obtain a hearing device for use during meetings. NONDISCRIMINATION: The City of North Port does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, family or religious status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or physical characteristic in administration of its programs, activities or services. No stenographic record by a certified court reporter is made of these recordings. Accordingly, anyone seeking to appeal any of the decisions involving the matters herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the meeting/testimony and evidence upon which any appeal is to be based. Copies of the recordings are available (for a fee) at the City Clerk's Office. City of North Port Page 3 Printed on 5/25/2025