Planning board recommends annexation, land-use and rezoning for 900 Kim Lane

The Town of Lady Lake Planning & Zoning Board on Monday recommended approval of three related measures to bring a 0.2-acre lot at 900 Kim Lane into town limits, change its future land use and rezone the parcel so it can be built on.

Planning staff member Rebecca told the board the applicant, Joanne Hall, applied to annex the vacant lot because Lake County’s 50-foot setback from the ordinary high water line makes the site effectively unbuildable there, while the town’s 25-foot setback and a town requirement that finished floors be 1.5 feet above base flood elevation would allow development. “Staff does recommend approval of this ordinance,” Rebecca said.

The three items handled together were an annexation (Ordinance 2026-02), a future-land-use change to Lady Lake "manufactured home high density" (Ordinance 2026-03) and a rezoning to Lady Lake Mixed Residential medium density (MX-8) (Ordinance 2026-04). Rebecca said the proposed future land use limits density to a maximum of nine units per acre; the MX-8 zoning permits up to eight dwelling units per acre and allows single-family and mobile homes.

There was no written public correspondence in the record and no members of the public spoke against the applications at the planning board meeting. Board members asked procedural questions about notice and scheduling; Rebecca confirmed the local planning agency will hear the future-land-use amendment at 5:30 p.m. April 6 and the Town Commission is scheduled to hear the items at 6 p.m. April 6, with second and final readings set for April 20 at 6 p.m.

The planning board moved and voted to recommend approval of the annexation, future-land-use amendment and rezoning to the Town Commission. The recommendations will now go to the Town Commission for its hearings and final votes.