City of Apopka City Commission: August 19, 2026 (Agenda)

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting Location: Apopka City Hall Commission Chambers; live-streamed on the City of Apopka YouTube channel

Records note: This record carries the published agenda. Outcomes, votes and speaker counts belong to the minutes, which sit outside this reading; every item below is scheduled.

Agenda Items

Business Item 5: Floridian Town Center Hotel, Major Development Plan

• Type: Site Plan (Major Development Plan; quasi-judicial)
• Location: Lot 5, Floridian Town Center PD (Planned Development)
• Parcel ID: 06-21-28-7172-16-042
• Applicant: Jason W. Searl, Esq. (owners: Florence Hotel Company LLC, 73% interest; Apopka Acquisition Company LLC, 27% interest)
• Request: Major Development Plan for a 137 room hotel
• Current Zoning: PD (Planned Development); Future Land Use Commercial; existing use vacant
• Acreage: 2.91 +/- acres
• Project Manager: Bobby Howell
• Status: Scheduled. The agenda heading reads "Applicant requesting continuance to the September 2, 2026 meeting."

Public Hearing 3: Ordinance No. 3158, Small-Scale Future Land Use Amendment, 4410 and 4420 Chandler Road

• Type: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Small-Scale Future Land Use; legislative; first reading)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 3158
• Location: 4410 Chandler Road, 4420 Chandler Road
• Parcel IDs: 18-20-28-0000-00-030, 18-20-28-0000-00-063
• Applicant: Camila Neira
• Request: Change Future Land Use from Residential Very Low Suburban to Office; proposed use child care facility
• Current Zoning: RSF-1A (Residential Single-Family-Estate); existing use residential
• Proposed Zoning: O (Office), by companion Ordinance No. 3159
• Acreage: 5.12 +/- acres
• Project Manager: Jun Sohn, Ph.D.
• Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearing 4: Ordinance No. 3159, Change of Zoning, 4410 and 4420 Chandler Road

• Type: Rezoning (quasi-judicial; first reading)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 3159
• Location: 4410 Chandler Road, 4420 Chandler Road
• Parcel IDs: 18-20-28-0000-00-030, 18-20-28-0000-00-063
• Applicant: Camila Neira
• Request: Rezone from RSF-1A (Residential Single-Family-Estate) to O (Office); proposed use child care facility
• Current Zoning: RSF-1A (Residential Single-Family-Estate)
• Proposed Zoning: O (Office)
• Acreage: 5.12 +/- acres
• Project Manager: Jun Sohn, Ph.D.
• Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearing 5: Ordinance No. 3160, Small-Scale Future Land Use Amendment, E. Keene Road

• Type: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Small-Scale Future Land Use; legislative; second reading)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 3160
• Location: E. Keene Road
• Parcel ID: 22-21-28-0000-00-206
• Applicant: Michael Rankin (owner: HCH Development LLC)
• Request: Change Future Land Use from Commercial to Industrial; proposed use warehouse storage (enclosed car storage)
• Current Zoning: C-C (Community Commercial); existing use vacant
• Proposed Zoning: I-L (Light Industrial), by companion Ordinance No. 3161
• Acreage: 5.23 +/- acres
• Project Manager: Jun Sohn, Ph.D.
• Status: Scheduled (second reading)

Public Hearing 6: Ordinance No. 3161, Change of Zoning, E. Keene Road

• Type: Rezoning (quasi-judicial; second reading)
• Case Number: Ordinance No. 3161
• Location: E. Keene Road
• Parcel ID: 22-21-28-0000-00-206
• Applicant: Michael Rankin (owner: HCH Development LLC)
• Request: Rezone from C-C (Community Commercial) to I-L (Light Industrial); proposed use warehouse storage (enclosed car storage)
• Current Zoning: C-C (Community Commercial)
• Proposed Zoning: I-L (Light Industrial)
• Acreage: 5.23 +/- acres
• Project Manager: Jun Sohn, Ph.D.
• Status: Scheduled (second reading)

Public Hearings Summary

Six public hearings are listed; four are land-use ordinances (3158 through 3161). Speakers on a hearing item file a white Intent to Speak form and receive three minutes each under Resolution No. 2025-19. Speaker counts and positions belong to the minutes.

Key Signals

• E. Keene Road reaches second reading as a commercial to industrial conversion. Ordinances No. 3160 and 3161 move 5.23 +/- acres from Commercial to Industrial future land use and from C-C (Community Commercial) to I-L (Light Industrial) zoning for warehouse storage (enclosed car storage). The Planning Commission recommended approval of both unanimously on July 14, 2026 (2026-07-meeting-PC.md).
• Land moves toward industrial designations in three other areas in the same weeks. Groveland's City Council approved Ordinance 2026-13 and Ordinance 2026-14 on second reading on September 8, 2026, taking Sampey Road Parcel 2 (15.41 +/- acres) from Established Neighborhood, Agriculture, and Conservation to Employment Center and Conservation future land use, and from Agriculture, Light Industrial, and Conservation to Light Industrial and Conservation zoning. Minneola's Planning & Zoning agenda for September 14, 2026 carries Ordinance 2026-20, rezoning 14.52+ acres east of US Highway 27 and south of Citrus Grove Road from PUD-C to PUD-I. Davenport's City Commission agenda for August 17, 2026 lists Ordinance No. 1456, moving 220 Davenport Boulevard from City Commerce Activity (CAC) to City Manufacturing Warehouse (MW).
• Chandler Road comes to the Commission after the Planning Commission recommended denial of both ordinances. The Planning Commission recommended denial of Ordinances No. 3158 and 3159 unanimously on June 9, 2026 (2026-06-meeting-PC.md). The child care proposal for 5.12 +/- acres now opens its City Commission first reading.

Raw Notes

• Routine items: approval of the July 30, 2026 special meeting minutes and the August 5, 2026 regular meeting minutes; consent item "Utility Upsizing Agreement - Everly Ondich"; business items on City Commission rules and order of business, review of Resolution No. 2025-19 (public participation), a policy for appointing the Mayor and Commissioners to additional boards, and a City investment portfolio update; Ordinance No. 3167 (first reading, procedures for Community Redevelopment Agency member appointments) and Ordinance No. 3168 (first reading, procedures for Planning Commission member appointments); the July 2026 disbursement report.
• The Floridian Town Center hotel returns on the September 2, 2026 agenda as Business Item 1 (2026-09-agenda-CC.md). The Planning Commission recommended approval unanimously on June 9, 2026 (2026-06-meeting-PC.md).
• The August 19 agenda lists an individual as owner of the Chandler Road parcels; the September 2 and September 16 agendas list 5N Holdings, LLC.
• Source: agenda PDF, CivicClerk apopkafl, event 1505.