What were the most significant items on the Winter Garden Planning and Zoning Board agenda for January 2026?

Q: What were the most significant items on the Winter Garden Planning and Zoning Board agenda for January 2026?

· **Center for Digestive Health is a 1600 Daniels Road two-story medical office variance — Daniels Road is the SR-429 / Plant Street corridor connector.** Daniels Road runs between Plant Street (SR-50) and SR-429 in central Winter Garden. A two-story medical office at 12 ft front-yard setback indicates the corridor's medical-office expansion direction along the SR-429 / Plant Street axis. The case parallels the broader SR-429 corridor's medical-and-healthcare absorption (Olympus health campus in Wellness Way; Advent Health Minneola; Ocoee Health Central). Winter Garden is positioned as the Daniels Road / Plant Street medical-office node within this corridor cluster. · **Legacy Homes Headquarters renovation at 34 W Story Road** signals operating-builder presence within Winter Garden's downtown core area. Story Road runs along the railroad corridor adjacent to Plant Street (the historic core). A residential builder renovating its headquarters in the downtown adjacent zone reinforces the city's commercial-and-employer mix near the historic district. · **The 6-minute meeting is the corpus's shortest substantive meeting.** Two unopposed variance items + minutes approval + adjournment. The procedural efficiency reflects Winter Garden's docket volume distribution: substantive code amendments and PCD rezonings cluster in alternate months (September 2025 SB 180 ordinance; November 2025 SB 954 + impact fees + E. Crown Point PCD; March 2026 multi-rezoning). Other months operate through brief variance-only dockets.

Meeting Reading

Winter Garden Planning and Zoning Board

January 5, 2026

3 items on the agenda

**Center for Digestive Health is a 1600 Daniels Road two-story medical office variance — Daniels Road is the SR-429 / Plant Street corridor connector.** Daniels Road runs between Plant Street (SR-50) and SR-429 in central Winter Garden. A two-story medical office at 12 ft front-yard setback indicates the corridor's medical-office expansion direction along the SR-429 / Plant Street axis. The case parallels the broader SR-429 corridor's medical-and-healthcare absorption (Olympus health campus in Wellness Way; Advent Health Minneola; Ocoee Health Central). Winter Garden is positioned as the Daniels Road / Plant Street medical-office node within this corridor cluster.
**Legacy Homes Headquarters renovation at 34 W Story Road** signals operating-builder presence within Winter Garden's downtown core area. Story Road runs along the railroad corridor adjacent to Plant Street (the historic core). A residential builder renovating its headquarters in the downtown adjacent zone reinforces the city's commercial-and-employer mix near the historic district.
**The 6-minute meeting is the corpus's shortest substantive meeting.** Two unopposed variance items + minutes approval + adjournment. The procedural efficiency reflects Winter Garden's docket volume distribution: substantive code amendments and PCD rezonings cluster in alternate months (September 2025 SB 180 ordinance; November 2025 SB 954 + impact fees + E. Crown Point PCD; March 2026 multi-rezoning). Other months operate through brief variance-only dockets.

On January 5, 2026, City of Winter Garden's Planning and Zoning Board considered 3 agenda items. **Center for Digestive Health is a 1600 Daniels Road two-story medical office variance — Daniels Road is the SR-429 / Plant Street corridor connector.** Daniels Road runs between Plant Street (SR-50) and SR-429 in central Winter Garden. A two-story medical office at 12 ft front-yard setback indicates the corridor's medical-office expansion direction along the SR-429 / Plant Street axis. The case parallels the broader SR-429 corridor's medical-and-healthcare absorption (Olympus health campus in Wellness Way; Advent Health Minneola; Ocoee Health Central). Winter Garden is positioned as the Daniels Road / Plant Street medical-office node within this corridor cluster. **Legacy Homes Headquarters renovation at 34 W Story Road** signals operating-builder presence within Winter Garden's downtown core area. Story Road runs along the railroad corridor adjacent to Plant Street (the historic core). A residential builder renovating its headquarters in the downtown adjacent zone reinforces the city's commercial-and-employer mix near the historic district. **The 6-minute meeting is the corpus's shortest substantive meeting.** Two unopposed variance items + minutes approval + adjournment. The procedural efficiency reflects Winter Garden's docket volume distribution: substantive code amendments and PCD rezonings cluster in alternate months (September 2025 SB 180 ordinance; November 2025 SB 954 + impact fees + E. Crown Point PCD; March 2026 multi-rezoning). Other months operate through brief variance-only dockets.

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THE READINGmeeting record

City of Winter Garden Planning and Zoning Board — January 5, 2026

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting Quorum: Yes (6 of 7 members present) Duration: 6 minutes (called 6:31 PM, adjourned 6:37 PM)

Attendance

Present: Chairman Will Hawthorne, Co-Chairman Steve Ambielli, Linda Bennett, Jimmy Dunn, Jeff Ewing, TJ Ryan
Absent: Myron Brown (excused)
Staff Present: City Attorney Kurt Ardaman; Planning Director Kelly Carson; Planning Supervisor Shane Friedman; Senior Planner Yvonne Conatser; Planner II Amber McDonald; Recording Secretary Ellen King
Attendees: Nicholas Burden of Legacy Homes

Agenda Items

Item 2: Approval of Minutes — December 1, 2025

Action: Approved
Vote: Unanimous 6-0 (motion by Bennett, second by Ewing)

Item 3.A: 1600 Daniels Road (Center for Digestive Health) — Variance

Type: Variance
Location: 1600 Daniels Road (Parcel ID 26-22-27-1989-03-000)
Request: 12 ft front-yard setback and 21.81 ft corner-yard setback for a two-story medical office building
Staff Recommendation: Approve subject to conditions
Action: Approved
Vote: Unanimous 6-0 (motion by Dunn, second by Bennett)
Notable Discussion: Building will be aligned with other buildings directly to the south.

Item 3.B: 34 W Story Road (Legacy Homes Headquarters) — Variance

Type: Variance
Location: 34 W Story Road (Parcel ID 23-22-27-3992-00-140)
Applicant: Nicholas Burden (Legacy Homes)
Request: 8 ft side-yard setback for covered patio
Action: Approved
Vote: Unanimous 6-0 (motion by Hawthorne, second by Ewing)
Notable Discussion: Setback already existed; variance is for extension of the roof line. Entire building will be renovated with a new roof.

Public Hearings Summary

Number of speakers: 0
General sentiment: No public engagement
Key concerns: None

Key Signals

Center for Digestive Health is a 1600 Daniels Road two-story medical office variance — Daniels Road is the SR-429 / Plant Street corridor connector. Daniels Road runs between Plant Street (SR-50) and SR-429 in central Winter Garden. A two-story medical office at 12 ft front-yard setback indicates the corridor's medical-office expansion direction along the SR-429 / Plant Street axis. The case parallels the broader SR-429 corridor's medical-and-healthcare absorption (Olympus health campus in Wellness Way; Advent Health Minneola; Ocoee Health Central). Winter Garden is positioned as the Daniels Road / Plant Street medical-office node within this corridor cluster.
Legacy Homes Headquarters renovation at 34 W Story Road signals operating-builder presence within Winter Garden's downtown core area. Story Road runs along the railroad corridor adjacent to Plant Street (the historic core). A residential builder renovating its headquarters in the downtown adjacent zone reinforces the city's commercial-and-employer mix near the historic district.
The 6-minute meeting is the corpus's shortest substantive meeting. Two unopposed variance items + minutes approval + adjournment. The procedural efficiency reflects Winter Garden's docket volume distribution: substantive code amendments and PCD rezonings cluster in alternate months (September 2025 SB 180 ordinance; November 2025 SB 954 + impact fees + E. Crown Point PCD; March 2026 multi-rezoning). Other months operate through brief variance-only dockets.

Raw Notes

Source: Winter Garden CivicClerk tenant wintergardenfl, agenda ID 152 (event 456). Minutes file is text-extractable (79 lines). Full board (6 of 7) attendance with the briefest meeting in the cycle indicates good participation cadence around routine variance work.