City of Apopka City Commission: September 2, 2026 (Agenda)

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting Location: Apopka Community Center; 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 1: 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, AICP
Status: Scheduled

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 (owner: 5N Holdings, LLC)
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 (owner: 5N Holdings, LLC)
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. 3098, Small-Scale Future Land Use Amendment, 2501 Rock Springs Road

Type: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Small-Scale Future Land Use; first reading)
Case Number: Ordinance No. 3098
Location: 2501 Rock Springs Road
Applicant: Elisabeth Crane (owner: BSC-Rock Springs East LLC)
Request: Small-Scale Future Land Use Amendment; density 2 DU/A; 18 single-family detached houses
Project Manager: Jun Sohn, Ph.D. (presented by Jun Sohn, Planner)
Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearing 6: Ordinance No. 3099, Change of Zoning, 2501 Rock Springs Road

Type: Rezoning (first reading)
Case Number: Ordinance No. 3099
Location: 2501 Rock Springs Road
Applicant: Elisabeth Crane (owner: BSC-Rock Springs East LLC)
Request: Change of Zoning; density 2 DU/AC; 18 single-family detached houses proposed
Acreage: +/- 9.63 acres
Project Manager: Jun Sohn, Ph.D. (presented by Jun Sohn, Planner)
Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearing 7: Ordinance No. 3173, Annexation of Fudge Road from Kitt Avenue to S.R. 429 / Connector Road

Type: Annexation (first reading)
Case Number: Ordinance No. 3173
Location: Fudge Road from Kitt Avenue to S.R. 429 / Connector Road
Presented by: Vladimir Simonovski, Public Works Director
Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearing 8: Ordinance No. 3164, Future Land Use Amendment, Kelly Park Road Commercial

Type: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Future Land Use; legislative; first reading)
Case Number: Ordinance No. 3164
Location: East of Effie Drive and North of Kelly Park Road
Parcel IDs: 12-20-27-0000-00-016, 12-20-27-0000-00-017 and 12-20-27-0000-00-018
Applicant: Luke Classon, P.E. (owner: Effie Road Holdings, LLC)
Request: Change Future Land Use from County Rural to Mixed-Use
Current Zoning: County A-1 (Citrus Rural); existing use vacant
Proposed Density/Intensity: Minimum 0.1, maximum 0.75 (1.0 with a bonus) Floor Area Ratio; maximum 10 dwelling units per acre (15 with bonus)
Acreage: 3.48 +/- acres
Presented by: Jean Sanchez, Senior Planner
Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearing 9: Ordinance No. 3170, Future Land Use Amendment, Twin Fountains Commercial

Type: Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Future Land Use; legislative; first reading)
Case Number: Ordinance No. 3170
Location: East of Plymouth Sorrento Road and south of Kelly Park Road
Parcel ID: 18-20-28-0000-00-065
Applicant: Luke Classon, P.E. (owner: Effie Road Holdings, LLC)
Request: Change Future Land Use from Residential Very Low Suburban to Mixed-Use
Current Zoning: AG (Agriculture); existing use vacant
Proposed Density/Intensity: Minimum 0.15 Floor Area Ratio; minimum 7.5, maximum 20 dwelling units per acre (25 with bonus)
Acreage: 5.09 +/- acres
Presented by: Jean Sanchez, Senior Planner
Status: Scheduled (first reading)

Public Hearings Summary

Twelve public hearings, ordinances and resolutions are listed; seven are land-use ordinances (3098, 3099, 3158, 3159, 3164, 3170 and 3173). 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

Twin Fountains Commercial carries a density floor as well as a ceiling. Ordinance No. 3170 would move 5.09 +/- acres east of Plymouth Sorrento Road and south of Kelly Park Road, now zoned AG (Agriculture), from Residential Very Low Suburban to Mixed-Use at a minimum 0.15 Floor Area Ratio and a minimum 7.5 and maximum 20 dwelling units per acre, 25 with a bonus.
Kelly Park Road Commercial starts from county designations. Ordinance No. 3164 would move 3.48 +/- acres east of Effie Drive and north of Kelly Park Road from County Rural to Mixed-Use, with a floor area ratio of 0.1 to 0.75 (1.0 with a bonus) and up to 10 dwelling units per acre (15 with bonus).
2501 Rock Springs Road opens with 18 houses at 2 units an acre. Ordinances No. 3098 and 3099 cover +/- 9.63 acres for 18 single-family detached houses at a density of 2 DU/A.
The Floridian Town Center hotel returns after its requested continuance. The August 19, 2026 agenda recorded the applicant's request to continue the 137 room hotel's Major Development Plan to this meeting (2026-08-agenda-CC.md).

Raw Notes

Routine items: approval of the August 19, 2026 regular meeting minutes; a certificate presentation to the Deputy City Clerk; consent items (Resolution No. 2026-38 on public participation policies and procedures, a policy for appointing the Mayor and Commissioners to additional boards, a facility needs assessment contract for a law enforcement training facility, general contracting and piggyback contracts, surplus property, a Justice Assistance Grant of $25,259, an emergency utility repair designation, and three event street closures); Ordinances No. 3167 and 3168 on second reading (appointment procedures for the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Planning Commission); Resolutions No. 2026-35 (water, wastewater and reclaimed water rates), 2026-36 (sanitation rates) and 2026-37 (fiscal year 2026 budget amendment); the FY2026 budget-to-actual report for ten months ending July 31, 2026.
Ordinances No. 3158 and 3159 are labelled "First Reading" on both the August 19 and September 2 agendas. The September 16 agenda lists both on second reading (2026-09-agenda-CC-2nd.md).
The rezoning agenda entry for 2501 Rock Springs Road gives the acreage (+/- 9.63 acres); the Future Land Use entry states density and units without an acreage or the existing and proposed designations.
The Planning Commission's August 11, 2026 agenda listed Ordinances No. 3164 and 3170 (2026-08-agenda-PC.md).
Source: agenda PDF, CivicClerk apopkafl, event 1494.

Apopka City Commission, September 2, 2026 agenda