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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 07 07 Other East Rural Study Area 0 1,200 2,400 4,800 Feet Approximately 1000 Acres N Property Ownership Patterns ,. CLONTS 0 1 000 2,000 4,000 Feet N Source: Seminole County Property Appraiser, & Field Verification, June 2005 Future Land Use FUTURE LAND USE ~` - Commercial ,,,,,,;~r Conservation Rural-10 Rural- 5 ~,, CC)NSV ~~ Rural- 3 ~`~`~ ~;~ ~~~ Low Density Residential ~` Suburban Estates ~ R-10 - - i _ -- , ~, ~ l ~ .~ ~ ~ a~ ~,, ~ ~i '~ ,. ~ d `,.~ COQ aV ~ ~ :' ~_ ~ - ° a CC~NSV ~ J T m ~~'~~~'' R-10 R-3 0 750 1,500 3,000 Feet Source: Seminole County, City of Winter Springs, City of Oviedo, June 2005 N Table of Comparable Future Land Use Designations _}_____-__ Density ________}__ Regulatory Agency__}_______________ Classification ______________ X7.0 dua Seminole County LDR (PUD~ -+--------------------------+------------------ -------i•------------ -------------------------------- ;4.0 dua _________________;Semmole County ;LDR ;3.85 dua________________'Oviedo ;LDR PUD .3.5 dua Oviedo .LDR-T X3.5 dua Oviedo LDR ---------- p g ------ ---- 3.5 dua _________________; Winter S rin s ;LDR Zoning ,~ _ __ A-~ o A-1 ~ I A-10 ,, , ,,, ~ ~ a ~a~ .___..~ A9 i A-5 l TABLE OF ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS - MkVIMUM WIDTH AT BU D MINIMUM HOU SETBACKS N OR TI ZONWG DISTRICT LOT SIZE IL ING UNE SE SG:E F SIDE S R ADDITIONAL I MA F ON - ST.' A ricukure A-7 1 acre 150 R N/A 50 50 10 30 STRUCTURES ACCESSORY TO THE RESIDENCE: 10 ft. side and rear setback, 50 ft. minimum Rural Zoning CAssltiea8onlRurel A-3 3 aces 150 ft N/A 50 50 10 30 front yard setback and shall not project beyond the front building line for the main residence Subdivision Standards A-S 5 aces 150 R N/A 50 50 10 30 unless a min. 100 fl. setback wn be maintained. A-70 10 saes 150 R N/A 50 50 10 30 BARNS & STRUCTURES FOR LIVESTOCK. STRUCTURES FOR AGRICULTURAL USE: 50 ft. front, side and rear setback. 100 R. from an residential structure on an ad'acent lot or arcel. Cou Homes RC-1 1 acre 120 ft. 1200 s . ft 35 35 20 35 DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING SETBACKS (not incuding RC-1 zoninat: Sinyls-Family DwaWng R-166 5 000 s . ft 50 R 700 s . ft 20 20 5 20 Accessory buildings exceeding two-hundred sq. ft. (200 sq. R.) in size and/or twelve feet (12') in R-f 6 6,700 . R 60 R 700 5 . R. 20 20 7.5 25 height shah meet all of the district setback and requirements applicable to the main residential R-7 8 40D . R 70 R 700 s . ft. 25 25 15" 7.5 30 structure located on the same parcel. R-tA 9,000 . R 75 ft 1100 s , ft. 25 25 t 5" 7.5 30 Accessory sWctures under two-hundretl sq. ft. (200 sq. R) in size antl under twelve feet (12 ft.) R-tAA 11 700 . R 90 ft. 1300 s . ft. 25 25 10 30 in height shall maintain the same side yard district requirement applicable to the main residence R-1AAA 13 500 s . R 100 R 1600 s . ft. 25 25 10 30 and a minimum 10 ft, rear yard setback. See General Requirements below for side street R-1AAAA 21,780 s . R 100 R 1600 s . ft. 25 25 10 30 setbacks applicable to comer lots. RC-1 accessory setbacks to maintain 20 ft side and rear One and TvroFamly Dwelling R-2 9,000 sq. ft. 75 R 1400 sq. R 25 25 10 30 setbacks unless abutting a street(s). for single or for Duplex, POOLS AND POOL SCREEN ENCLOSURES: (DupMz lot maybe petted to hcilitale duplex and A pool shall maintain a minimum 10 R side and rear yard setback and a pool screen encosure saparaN ownership: minJot sae shah be dweNing unit 700 sq. R shall maintain the same side yard district requirement applicable to the main residence and a 4,500 sa. R. arM 77S min. width at building single- minimum 5 ft. rear yard setback except when abutting a natural water body. When abutting a k^°•) family natural water body a pool shall maintain 30 ft. and a pool screen encosura shall maintain a 25 R setback from the mean high water line. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: Accessory structures shall not project beyond the established front building line of the main residence. Comer lots are wnsidered to have two front yards. See Land Development Code for accesso buildin setbacks for structures to house horses, livestodk or fowl. MWtlpN-Family DwNNng 1-Story Building: When abutting a Residentially Zoned District or Residential Land Use designation on the County's R-3 Max. Densi 13 du/ac with BCC a royal 25' F, S & R Comprehensive Plan, see the Land Development Code, Active/Passive buffer requirements, for 2-3 Story Building: the required setbacks. RJA Max. Densi 70 dWac with BCC a royal 35' F, S 8 R R~ Max. dens' varies with BCC a val. 25 25 25 25 In the R~ District, increase the setback by 1D ft. for each story over one. Sin ami Mobtle Home RM-1 7,000 . R 70 R WA 20 20 10 20 See the Code for the buffer and setback requirements around the perimeter of the RM-1 or RM-2 Sin ami MobNa Home Park RM-2 5000 . R 50 R. WA 20 20 10 15 Zoned property. Trawl TreNsr Park i Grrtp:ihs RM~ See Land Dewbpment WA No setbacks for the individual spaces. A 25 R. setback is required around the perimeter of the Code entire ark See Land Develo merit Code for details. Planrtsd ComrrorcW Dawlopmera PCD Site Plan Required 25 25 0 10 When abutting a Residentially Zoned District or Residential Land Use designa8on on the Countys Comprehensive Plan, see the Land Development Code, ActivelPassive buffer requirements, for the required setbacks. NOTE: The Board of County Commissioners may impose more resficOve standards when necessa Planned Ural Development PUD Master Plan Required Setbadks are established with the Final Master Plan. Public Lands and Institutions PU 25 25 25 25 See Cha ter 40, Land bevel. Code for additional setback buffer re uirements. ResidsMlal Professional RP See Land Development Code for Minimum 25 25 10 30 Development of vacant property for office use shall comply with the requirements of the OP, requirements Office Professional Zoning District. When abutting a Residentially Zoned District or Residential Land Use designation on the County's Comprehensive Plan, see the Land Development Code, Active/Passive buffer re uirements, for the re wired setbacks. OHiea OP 15 000 . R 100 ft. See LDC 25 25 0 10 When abuting a Residentially Zoned District or Residential Land Use designation on the County/s RetaN Corrwrrsrclal C-1 25 25 0 10 Comprehensive Plan, see the Land Development Code, Active/Passive buffer requirements, for C-2 25 25 0 10 the required setbacks. Gortswl Commercial i Whoksak CJ 25 25 0 10 ConwnMttuComnercW CS 50 50 0 tD Restricted Nei hborhood Corrtrnaroial CN 50 50 0 10 Va Mlndusirial frF1A 50 50 10 10 Mdushial M-1 50 50 10 1D NOTE: In the M-1A, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts, the front yard setback for lots internal to an et-Gerwgl Industrial M-2 50 50 10 10 industrial park may be 25 ft. minimum. Uniwre Corttmun UC See the Land Develo merit Code for the setback and buildin re uirements. Affordable Hotuing DwoNing R-All SF-3600 s .fl. 40 ft. See the Land Development Code for the setback requirements. Subdivision Standards Duplex-7,200 80 ft. 700 sq. R s . R, for each Duplex, or none unit Triplex on a sin le bl Srde street Sem8Ca5 snag ce me same az 11th tram yam setiwcxs unress o[nerwsse notes. "aloe street sekoaak mr me main resoence may rte reaucea to i ~ reek wmr apprvvai uy ure aemmae k,ounry i ramc cngmeer. NOTE: e a parcel or bt is Iorate0 vrithin an Oveday District surlt as the Lake Mary Cortidor. SR~6 Cortidor, Markham Rd., Longwood Markham Rd., Lake Markham Rtl. Cortidor or Scenic Cortidor District, the setback requirements may be more restrictive. MEASUREMENT OF SpiGLEfAM0.Y ANO DUPLEX DWELLING SETBACKS: FrorN and Side Yartf: measured perpendiwlar to the property line to the first vertical plane which intersects any portion of the structure other than a nominal roof overhang. An open, unroofed pomp or paved terrace may project into a required front yard for a distance not to exceed ten (10) feet. For double homage through bts, see the Land Development Code for the rear yard setback. Rear Yard: measured paraNel wah the side of the dweMinO unit such that wherever the kne strikes the closest property line shill be me point at which the rear yard setbadk is meazured. NArenaver a bt abuts an allay, ono-haa of the alley width may be considered as a portion of the requiretl rear yard. Wafer hunt Yard: a watertront yard is a yard requimd on waterfront property wkh depth measured from mean-hgh-wafer Nne. Irreaulx Shaoad Lats: the bt width /or irtegular shaped lots, such as at the end of a w4de-sac, may be reduced l0 75% of the Dishicl reprinmerd, providing aY required bWg. setbacks are met. Feuer Cbsed fences or walls in excess of 3 fl, in hegN shall maintain the same front or side street setback district requirement applicable to the main OweOing sW cture. H Z ' W !~ Q W ~ i` ~ w m r~ >z~a V^ o~~°-~ V ~ Z ~ ~ ~ r. Q~titi G~ ~~~o a Z Z Q ~ ZZwO ~," ZZ~LL w= oZ aa~raif 0 E o m h tQ a FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND ALLOWABLE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS Notes Concerning Future Land Use Designations And Allowable Zoning Classifications See Policy FLU 1.7 and Objective FLU 14 for all parcels locazed within the Wekiva River Protection Area. See Policy FLU 1.8 for all parcels located within the Ewnlockharchce River Protection Area. =See Future Land Use Element Policies, future land use definitions and Land Development Code provisions for more specific land use definitions and requirements. ~ Net residential density is the number of dwelling units per net buildable acre. Net buildable acreage is the number of acres within the boundary of a development excluding areas devoted to road rights-of--way, Vansmission power line easements, lakes and wetland or flood prone areas. Floor Area Ratio is determined by dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot by the area of that lot. ~ Existing sites (as of Sept 11, 1991) are permitted per Polity FLU 10 4. No new sites within Suburban Estates will be permitted. s The Comprehensive Plan sets forth the long range potential uses of property in the content of a lawful planning horizon and provides for a wide array of potential zoning classifications within each land use designation The Allowable Zoning Classifications indicated for each land use designation may be allowed, but are not guaranteed. The appropriateness of a requested zoning classification within a land use designation will be determined based on availability of public facilities and services, impacts on natural resources, compatibility with surrounding zonings and uses and requirements of the Land Development Code. Other generally acceptable planing issues may also affect the appropriateness of assigning a particular zoning classification or approving a particular land use with regard to a particular parcel of property. See Polity FLU 12.5. s Rezoning to PUD, PCD, OP, RP, R-4, R-3, R3A, RM-3 and RM-2 require an accompanying master/site plan. A mixed use concept plan must be submitted as part of any applicant rezoning to MRO, MROC or MROCI. 'Commeraal: Commercial land use designations tttay be developed as mixed commerciaUresidrntial planed developments per Policy FLU 51. "Conservation: The exact bondary of Conservation areas is determined at time of development order or permit approval. All development must wmply with_Conservation Land Use, W-I and FP-1 Zoning Classification requirements which take precedrnce over the underlying land use. (Sce DeSnitions Of Future Land Uu Designations in FLU Elemrnt regarding allowed uses and special provisions of development. •Higber IatemiW Phoned Devdooment: Policies FLU 5 6 through FLU 5.15 and the definitions of future land use in this Plan establishes the uses and special provisions for development with this future land use designation. H~-Core minimum intensities are based on the ability to phase into the standards per Policy FLU 5.7. Limitations relating to height and noise contours may restrict maximum densities within the HII'-Airport area "Lmv Density Raideatial: See Policy FLU 10.1 Affordable Housing Density Bonuses. Rezonings within this future land use designatin are subject to the muhod for de[emining residrntid zoning compatibility required by the Land Development Code of Seminole Conty. "Mixed Devdoomeat: Policy FLU 5.16 and the defmitons of future land ux m this Plan establishes the uses and special provisions for development with this future land use designation. "ORnrx: See Definitions of Future Land Use Designations action of Future Land Use Element for details on architectural wmpatibility. 'Planned Devdooment: Planed Developmrnt (PD) land use designations are made through applicant requested amendmrnu to the Future Land Use Map. Plan amendments to PD must be accompanied by a rezoning application including preliminary master/site plan _Sce Definitions of Future Land Use Designations section of Future Land Use Element for details on architectural compazibility. "Recreaton: The PUD, A-3, A-5, and A-!0 zoning classifications provide for properties designated for recreation/prexrvation tise to be amended to the Recreation futtue land rise designation without the need to undergo rezoning. The purpose of permitting these zoning classifications on the properties assigned the Recreation land use designation is to recognize existing zoning classification assignments and not to perrntit development within publicly owned property assigned the Recreation land use designation. 'Rural 1. Run45 and RnnL10: PUD zoning is permitted only within the Econlockhatchee River Basin where a Vansfer of density is to be used in accordance with the provisions of the Econlockhazchee River Protection Overlay Standards Classification. Source: Srminolr County Visron 1010 Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Element, Exhibits Section - 4/19/2002 IIPI) CSBISYSIImlprojeclsladhoc~odehandovulFLU&Zoning.doc 2000marTABLE OF ZONING aSTRICT REGUlAT10NS.0x NET-RESiDEN[IAL DEh51 Il' ~iDwetHnp l.Tl6 Pertri,:~l,n. n, r1 n' „sn.i ALLOlYA6LL LCNlIIVG IUTURE LAND USE" artd FLWRARIA RAIIOS.pnu.' CLASSII I(Al10NS"~" lonservation' Overlay land use designation mnsisfing of protected wetland and Oood prone areas A-1 Rural-10' Maximum 1 DU/1 OAC or 1 DU/SAC if units are PLI, PUD, A-10 sited specifically on 1 acre lots Rural-5' Maximum 1 DU/SAC PLI, PUD, A-5, A-10 Rural-3' Maximum 1 DU/3AC PLI, PUD, A-3, A-5, A-10 Suburban Estates Maximum 1 DU/AC A-1, RC-1, PLI, PUD, RM-3° R-1, R-1 A, R-IAA, R-tAAA, R-1 AAAA, A-1, Low Density Residential' Maximum 4 DU/AC RC-1, PLI, PUD Maximum 7 DV/AC (Affoniak.~~.Housingonly) i PUD. It-.~H RM-1, KM-Z. K-Z, K3-A, K-78, K-186, KP, all Medium Density Residential Maximum 70 DU/AC Low Density Residential zonings R-3, R-4, all Medium Density Residential High Density Residential Greater than 10 DU/AC zonings Mixed Development' Maximum residential density - 20 DU/AC PUD, PCO, PLI, MRO, MROC, MROCI, and zoning in place at time Mixed Maximum FAR - 0.35 (Commercial and IndustriaU Development designation is assigned Maximum FAR - 1.0 (Office) Planned Development' Determined at time of Plan amendment PUD, PCD Higher Intensity Planned Minimum residential density- 20 DU/AC PUD, PCD, PLI, Development -Core' Maximum residential density - 50 DU/AC Minimum FAR - 0.5 Maximum FAR - 1.0 Higher Intensity Planned Maximum residential density - 20 DU/AC PUD, PCD, PLI, Development -Transitional' Maximum FAR - 0.35 Higher Intensity Planned Abutting residential area - 20 DU/AC PUD, PCD, PLI, TI Development -Target Industry' All other areas - 50 DU/AC FAR aMrtting residential area - 0.35 FAR all other areas - 7.0 Higher Intensity Planned Maximum residential density - 50 DU/AC PUD, PCO, PLI, TI, MRO, MROC, MROCI Development -Airport' Maximum FAR - 1.0 Office Maximum FAR - 0.35 OP, RP, A-1, PUD, PLI CN, CS, C-1, C-2, A-1, PUD, PCD, PLI, OP, Commercial' (Conventional) Maximum FAR - 0.35 RP (Mixed Use) Medium to high density residential uses C-3, C-2, C4, M-1 A, M-1, M-2, A-1, OP, Industrial Maximum 0.65 FAR PUD, PCD, PLI Public, Quasi-Public Density/intensity established at the time of PLI, A-7 development approval Recreation' Density/intensity esablished at the time of PLI, A-7, PUD, A-3, A-5, A-70 development approval l ____ Table of Comparable Zoning Distric_t_s________________ __ ------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ -------------------------- ----------------------------y-------------------------J----------------------------------------------J-------------------+---------------------------------- __---Minimum Lot Size--~- Regulatory Agency-~- Zonin District ~ Min Lot Width ~ Min. Front Bldg Setback ----------------= =- --------~------------------------ ---9------------------------~-------------- - - ------------- I I I I ____________________________~----____---------__-_-_--J--------------------------------------~_------J-------------------1------------------------__--.--__- __ 10 Acre ________________ ;Seminole County ~A-10 Rural Zoning Classification ~ 150' ~ 50' ----- ------ - 150' _ 50 __ _ 5 Acre__________________ ;Seminole County _____ ;A-5 Rural Zoning Classification ; ' - ------ ---- ---- -- --------- ------------- T-----------°---- r - - r-------------°---~-------°°--- 3 Acre__________________ Seminole Coun_ _ IA-3 Rural Zonin Classification I ' ---------- ~ -----~------------------~ -------------------------~------ 1 50 -------+---------------------------------- __ 2 Acre Oviedo IA t 100' t 35' ------------------1-------------------------J----------------------------------~~---.......J--~~~--------------1------------_~~-~~-----------~~~-- __ 43,560 SF (1_Acre~ Winter Springs ________ ~ RC-1 Single Family Dwelling District ___ ~ 120' ~ 50' ---~---------- -i------------ ~-------------------{---------------------------------- __ 43,560 SF (1_Acre~ ___ ;Seminole County ----- ; RC-1_ Country Homes____________________ ; 120 35 T_ - --- ~~~ - ---- T - ---- --~ T------------------1------------_--------------------- __ 43,560 SF (1 Acre) Seminole County ----- A_1- A~riculture ___________________________~______ 150_______y_______________ 35 ------------------------ ---- -------------- __ 43,560 SF (1 Acres I Oviedo I R-3 I 100' I ' __43,560 SF (1_Acre) Oviedo •R-CE ~ 100 ------ ~ ~ 25' ---~------------------- J----------------------------------------------J-------------------1------_~_______--_____---___------ 21,780 SF Seminole County ~R-1AAAA Single Family Dwelling ~ 100' ~ 25' -- ---ir------------------ ------~----------------- ---- - -- --- -- --~-------------------~---------------------------------- ------------------------ - - -- -- --- -- - 20,000 SF ;Winter S rin_s ;R-1AAA One-Famil Dwellin Districts ; p Y_-------- ~----------- 100' , ---------------------------- --- g --------- nC ------------- T--------- - T---------------------- T----------~-------'--------~~~~~---26' - 20,000 SF _____________ ;Oviedo ; R-1 AAA ; 90 , 15 000 SF I Oviedo . R-P I 70' ' ----------------------------.L~------------~~~----_----•L--------~~--~~~~-------~----------------~~-~~1~~-~-~~-----------1-------~~~~---~~~~~--------------- 15 000 SF Oviedo ~ R-1 AA ~ 90' ~ 25' -----=----------------------$--------------------------i------------------------------------------------V~------------------i---------------------------------- -_ 13 _500 SF ________-___ ;Seminole County _____ ;R-1AAA Single Fami~ Dwelling_______-_ ; ______ 100' ; ______________ 25' T-----~~----------- - T----------~--- T ------7- ~~~~---------- - - - 90' 5' __ 11,700 SF _____________ Seminole County ;R-1AA Single Family Dwelling __________~___________ ' ------•-------------- ,-------~----------------25; -------------- 10,890 SF_____________ Oviedo IR-1A t 85 10,500 SF _____________ Oviedo ~ PUD riwithin LDR-T) ~ 85' ~ __-100'_eerimeter setback ___ --------------- -----------------y------ --------------------------------------~-------------------~- 10,000 SF Winter Sprin~s________ ~R-1AA One-Fami~ Dwellin~_Districts_ ~ 90' ~ 35' ----------------------------~---------- - ~--------------------- - --~-------------------f---------------------------------- 9 000 SF ;Seminole Coun _____ ;R-2 One and Two-Famil Dwellin ~ ______________ 25_______________ ----------x --------~ 75' T------------------ T T----------~-------7- 25, ----=----------------------- ~ ------------------ ------ 75 ~ _ __ 9_000 SF--------------- Seminole County _____ R=1A Single Family Dwelling_---_-______~__________________i________________25 ---- ---- 8,500 SF (Oviedo IR-1 I 80' I ' 8 400 SF Seminole County _____~R_ 1 Single Famil~r Dwellin______________ ~ 70' __ ~ 25' ----'-----------------------~; ------------------ - , - --- --- -;-----------;----- i------------------ ; -------------- __ 8,000 SF Winter S rin s________ ;R-1A One-Famil Dwellin Districts ____ I ______75_ ~ 25 --------------- ' -p---~ - Y --------~ ---------- -------~---------------------------------- T-------- r------------------- r- ' -------------- 25, __ 7,875 SF______________ TOviedo , R-1 B 75 , ~-- -----------------------------------------r------------------Y- - ------------_- ----------------- --- 7,500 SF ;Oviedo IR-16B I 75' ; ' ----------------------------~--------------------------~----------------------------------------------~------------------•----------------- 5 --------------- 7,500 SF Oviedo ~ R-2 ~ 75 ----------------------------1-------------------------1-----~~~----_--------------------~~~~~~------J-------------------1-------------~~--~~~~------------- 6 700 SF ~ W inter Springs ________ ~ R-1 B ~ 60' ~ 20' ----=----------------------- ---------------- ------- -------------- ~---------- -i------------------------------ ----------- -------------------- 6,600 SF ;Winter Springs ;R-1 One-Family Dwelling Districts 60' 25' Drainage & Hydrology 0 1,250 2,500 5,000 Feet Source: Seminole County GIS Data, June 2005 N Soils, Septic Tanks & Wells Source: Seminole County GIS Data, June 2005 0 1,350 2,700 5,400 Feet N Florida Land Use and Land Cover Map- 2000 ° (7 ,~ ~~',; ;',; ~,<~~.; 410 Land Use Cover Description "~ '~""~ ,. .._ , j 1100: Residential, Low Density < 2 dua ,..':~ 1200: Residential, Med. Density 2-5 dua 6410 ~ 1400: Commercial mfl 2110, 2120, 2130: Pa5200 ~.,...._..._. 640 ~ ~ i 2140, 2150, 2160: Crops t_._._.__.._A j/ ~~ 2210: Citrus Groves ~ ~ ~ ~ 2540: Aquaculture ~9up~ "~ ti ~ _~~ 2610: Fallow Cropland ~~~~''~~ ~~~~"~~, '~ ` 3100, 3200: Herbaceous & Brushland ~, fi4G0 ~ ~ 4340, 4410: Pine 1 Hardwood Forests (7'1 70 ~~ ' ~~~ ~~~~~'u~ x'~~~~~ . 6170, 6300: Wetland Forest ~'i ~ .. 6410: Freshwater Marshes , , ~ ~ 6460: Wetland Scrub ~~ ~ 1 r ,V '~ ~, /1 i '~ 110 ~ 0 3200 y `641© ~ ` , ,. ;1100 ;. ~ 1'1 1 \ ~ t '1 11 ~ N 1100 ~ ', '!~( 2210 i 1 BLACK .~ , r'; MMOC 1100 61 /0 2150 H ,w ,,~;~w^~ '~` 1. 2540 1(i(1 &17O 4340 2150 6300 ~* 2150 rp 110(: rn ilYYl G'1 ro '~70 ~' ' I .~ ~- ~ 2140 ~ 2140 ~. 4340 IUFt,~ i i ~~ 1100 1 3~1. ,ay ~ - _.. i ~4 ,. ~w~rrr~r~~~~ ,r24 ~(7 2610 0 1,250 2,500 5,000 Feet Source: SJRWMD, June 2005 1100 Cb 1100 __.__ a 221() a N~ S S FACT FINDERS FOR AGRICULTURE l1Nl'I'I'.OS'IA'11:1 DEI'A 0.'fAII:NI'UF AGRI(~ll L'I'IIRE. 2002 Census of Agriculture County Prole Seminole, Florida Number of farms 376 farms in 2002, 477 farms in 1997, down 21 percent. Land in farms 27,987 acres in 2002, 41,299 acres in 1997, down 32 percent. Average size of farm 74 acres in 2002, 87 acres in 1997, down 15 percent. Market Value of Production $19,211,000 in 2002, $20,784,000 in 1997, down 8 percent. Crop sales accounted for $17,949,000 of the total value in 2002. Livestock sales accounted for $1,262,000 of the total value in 2002. Market Value of Production, average per farm $51,094 in 2002, $43,573 in 1997, up 17 percent. Government Payments (Z) in 2002, $9,000 in 1997. Government Payments, average per farm receiving payments $17 in 2002, $697 in 1997, down 98 percent. Farms by Size 160 150 140 130 120 110 h 100 E 90 4 80 70 60 50 40 1-9 10-49 50-179 180-499 500-999 1,000+ Land in Farms by Type of Land Woodland 28.OSx ~_.. {I ~ \ \\'\ Cropland ~~~~\\ 13.45x ~ „ a ~\~\ \~\\ Other uses ~ 4.32x Pasture 54.19x ' 2002 Census of Agriculture County Profile United States Department of Agriculture, Florida Agricultural Statistics Service Seminole, Florida Ranked items among the 67 state counties and 3,078 U.S. counties, Z U02 Item Quantity State Rank Universe' U.S. Rank Universe' MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000) Total value of agricultural products sold 19,211 48 35 67 66 2,126 1 250 3,075 3 070 Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse 17,949 262 1 60 67 , 2,831 , 3,070 Value of livestock, poultry, and their products , VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas - - 49 14 - - 2,871 560 Tobacco 12 656 Cotton and cottonseed 29 60 62 2,233 2,747 Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes 233 1 29 65 315 2,638 Fruits, tree nuts, and berries , 680 16 19 65 171 2,708 Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod , 36 - 1,774 Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops - 7 59 61 3,013 3,046 Other crops and hay 13 42 66 1,895 2,918 Poultry and eggs 759 54 66 2,650 3,053 Cattle and calves 60 48 52 2,226 2,493 Milk and other dairy products from cows 38 22 61 1,799 2,919 Hogs and pigs 12 32 65 2,184 2,997 Sheep, goats, and their products 269 21 64 825 3,014 Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys 84 34 53 611 1,520 Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products 27 50 65 1,386 2,727 TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEI.IS (number) Cattle and calves 5,107 882 52 35 66 65 2,507 1,453 3,059 3,065 Horses and ponies 753 30 65 1,604 2,983 Layers 20 weeks old and older 350 37 64 1,340 2,971 All Goats 310 4 37 164 1,368 Pigeons TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) r Forage -land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 755 S l 65 44 2,920 42 123 Oranges 649 (D) 27 17 64 (D) 2,129 Nursery stock (D) 37 45 (D) 740 Sod harvested 120 17 33 27 59 Tanoelnc Other County Highlights Economic Characteristics Quantity Farms by value of sales 101 Less than $1,000 71 $1,000 to $2,499 51 $2,500 to $4,999 34 $5,000 to $9,999 42 $10,000 to $19,999 10 $20,000to $24,999 l3 $25,000 to $39,999 3 $40,000 to $49,999 21 $50,000 to $99,999 17 $100,000 to $249,999 5 $250,000 to $499,999 8 $500,000 ar more Totat farm production expenses ($1,000) 14,357 Average per farm ($) 38,083 Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) 6,187 Average per farm ($) 16,412 Characteristics Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming 166 Other 210 Principal operators by sex: Male 296 Female 80 Average age of principal operator (years) 56.8 All operators Z by race: White 507 Black or African American 16 American Indian or Alaska Native Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - Asian l0 More than one race ' All operators : of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin 3 (D) Cannot be disclosed. (Z) Less than half of the unit shown. See "Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series" for complete footnotes. Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. s Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. Existing Land Use Legend Acre not Agricultural ® Orchard /Groves Ornamentals /Retail Nursery ~ ~~ Waste Lands L .___... i '. Cropland Light Mfg. Grazing Land - Commercial £t;~'=~ Mobile Home Single Family Residence ~ Misc & Vacant Residential O boatramp _ ~ -~ T~ ASS I, ~~ ~'i 0 1,000 2,000 4,000 Feet N Source: Seminole County Property Appraiser DOR Codes, June 2005 Natural & Cultural Resources and Constraints 0 1,350 2,700 5,400 Feet Source: Seminole County GIS Data, May 2005 N Resource Lands Source: SJRWMD, Seminole County GIS Data, June 2005 0 1,350 2,700 5,400 Feet N Property S ales Since 1985 Parcel Sales <1985 1985-1989 1990-1994 1995-1999 2000-2005 3 ~,~~~~ Ili i h11`~ u'~~ I ~ ,;, 0 1,250 2,500 5,000 Feet N Source: Seminole County Property Appraiser, June 2005 Property Sales Since 2000 (illustrated in peach) ' , qa, ~ ~ ~,, ~ ~'~ ~ m .. ~, ~ 1~ ~ r ~a . ~~; ~~ _ k ~ ~ 1 , ~~ w~l _~~~ ' e t `ri~ i~~°, ~ B ,. . ~ r t ~ rm,~,~.v,v~4o.~ x w , tI gyp ~ N f ~ d 't t du7 ; }^[y. 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The ibies. r out nole 17- lave lading one h the apand nand to vices. 9.us or /dvrd/ about .ion ors arefor Paperless votes not PoP~ Officials say touch-screen voting machines need paper printers to ensure votes are counted correctly By Alex Babcock THE CHRONICLE SANFORD -The county's political elite sat face to face Tuesday at a forum on voting issues, and they passionately ... agreed. The group of county party leaders„drawn together by Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel, gave almost unanimous support for efforts to get paper printouts for new touch- screen voting machines to be used in the county. The state hasn't yet allowed any company to sell printer-based technol- ogy to county elections offices. Ertel also made the announcement at the forum that early voting will expand from one to five locations, to make voting more convenient and reduce time spenfwaiting in line. The new polling places will be at county librazies, including one in Oviedo, meant to serve voters in the county District 1. The other four will be chosen to serve the remaining districts. Previously eazly voting was confined to the Supervisor of Elections office in Sanford. Though Ertel served up a variety of issues at the meeting, discussion focused on providing residents with reliable and recountable printer-based voting machines. "I would rather run a flawless election without the extra equipment;' Ertel said of adding untested printers to voting equipment, to which Democrat. Carol Cox fued back, "We don't know it's flawless because we don't have avoter-verifi- able receipt" ^ Please see VOTING ~ A4 Winter Springs P~ takeover City has•plans for unincorporated Black Hammock By Raymond T. Cordani THE CHRONICLE WIN'T'ER SPRINGS -Seminole County is changing. What once was .huge tracts of Waal land, forests, and open space is quickly being replaced by townhouses, retail centers, new homes and condominiums. By contrast, a drive through an eastern rural portion of the county - a region known as the Black Hammock -reveals its winding roads, cool green Fields, sparse hous- ing and lanes shaded by oaks drip- pingwith Spanish moss. Horses graze behind fences and in orange groves. "People who live there like the rural azea," said Michael Barr, chair- man of the Seminole County Soil and Water Conservation District. "They like the low density [housing]." Barr said he has been contaaed by landowners in the Black Hammock who want the district to turn the area into a watershed improvement dis- trict, which could make it less vulner- able todevelopment. Hesaid he does- n't agree with Winter Springs' con- cept of how the site should be han- dled. The Black Hammock gets as dense as about a house per five acres, bu[ he says WinterSprings would like to see as many as 10 homes per acre. "That would be just flat insanity," Barr said. In the meantime, Winter Springs elected officials, staff, and ad hoc appointees of a new commission are in the process of devising schemes of how they think the Black Hammock should be used in the future. Winter Springs and Oviedo have had the Black Hammock in their crosshairs for some time. Both cities have expressed interest in annexa- tion. Winter Springs Mayor John Bush said property owners in the Black Hammock have told him they want the city [o .annex the azea. In turn, ^ Please see HAMMOCK ~ A3 YOUR VOTES Photos 6y Isaac Babcock ~ The Chronicle PUBLIC FEEDBACK: Mike Williams a(Sanford responds to county palltical ofAcials about changes the the votingg system In Seminole County. the forum broughttwo dozen residents face to face with the heads ofiheirpolltlcal parties, as well asCounty EleRians Supevisor Mike Ertel. June 2430;2005 I SeminoleChronirle.rom ' ~~ . Dense housing tops wish list From HAMMOCK ~ Al Bush said, the larger property owners .could sell off their farmland so the space could be urbanized. "The Black Hammock is going to be developed," Bush said in an interview last week "Mark my words. When and how has yet to be determined." Winter .Springs City Managei Ron McLemore echoed Bush's perspeMive on the environmentally sensitive area "The city doesn't think Weie is any hope that in 50 yeazs there will be any land con- served" he said "In the end, economics dictate." Bush said the city and the rnmmission are viMims of neg- ative publicity and a misper-. ception of a land gmb "waz" between Oviedo and Winter Springs. "We're not in competi- tion with Oviedo;' he said. "Our commission is sick and Erred of it, and it's just isn't true." He said he is aware that some of the Black Hammocks smaller landowners - he said he wasn't sure who -aren't interested in selling their land to make way for developers. But he said he doesn't think it's fair for residents on smaller tracts of land to prevent large landowners from selling off their acreage. That's exactly what the city's East Rural Area Property Owners Committee is designed to do, to explore what likely scenarios could azise if Winter Springs annexed the Black Hammock City leaders say they. aze interested in knowing how residents of that area want the land to be used and hope to gain a better understanding through the new ad hoc committee. The committee met last week for the first time with McLemore and other city staff. They eleMed a chairman, reviewed Florida's open-meet- ings laws and set a timetable fot when they will meet and how they will study the Black Hammock. The seven members of the committee were appointed by city commissioners and Bush; one was appointed by the com- mission as a whole. None live in Winter Springs. Rather, they call the Black Hammock their home. The. farmland in the azea dates back to the early 1900s and borders Lake Jesup, home to the largest alligator popula- tion in Florida Many residents of the Black Hammock said they want the status quo; they don't want to be swallowed by either munici- pality Committee Member Robert King, athird-generation Seminole County native, has said preservation of the land and its lifestyle should take precedent over growth and development in Winter Springs, a city which gains much of its economic base firm property taxes. "What we decide here is going to be the future," he said. Bush said expanding the tax base through more houses is not why the city is interested in the Black Hammock "This is not a ]and grab to raise money," he said. The committee should con- sider likely scenarios of how the Black Hammock could be used, McLemore said, while wondering aloud during last week's meeting about how much money the city could gain in taxes if the Black Hammock could reach full build out. "Furious work" by staff and consultants will help the city draw up ideas. Once that is completed they will present their findings to the committee members for review. The findings can then be codified and passed on to city commissionets for consideration "The city will then be able to tell the county what to do about the development of the land;' McLemore said. The next meeting is scheduled for 730 pm July 7. One thing McLemore made cleaz to rnm- mittee members -public input is not welrnme. "These meetings. are not to be setup to be a dialogue with the public," he said. "That will only bog the process down." In the Cuture residents may have a chance for input during public hearings, he said. The committee eleMed Tom Minter as its chairman. He is a longtime Seminole County resi- dent who has worked as a farmer and leases land to other farmers. Minter offered a somewhat bleak pichue of what might happen to rural Seminole County in the years to come, characterizing it as "the demise of agriculture." "When we moved here in the mid'SOs, agricnlture dominated;' he said. "Now there's no agricul- ture in this rnunry. What's left is not profitable. If those big grow- ers were. profitable they would not sell the land. You've also got development pressure:' Bush said the city is respond- ing to a demand. He said the city wants what's best for the resi- dents in what be describes as a "win-win" situation. "I want the city to do what the landowners want to do," he said. "It's exaMly the right thing to do. I didn't move here to look at orange groves:' FibberMaGee's Kaun 11241 E: Colonial D 407-; 1 mile west of THIS WEEKEND `! ' ' ~ ~ '~ ~ s ~ ~ '-`;~ "~ ~~~'~. Today ~,~ ~ ~„~,, TODAY IN DETAIL _. _ __ i ~i ~~1~1 i~~f~l z ~~ Wac BabcocklThe(hronlde CHAIRMAN: Tom Minter will head up a committee to study changing the Black Hammock. Seminole Chronicle July t-7, 2005 '^ OVl\ tll.~~1 .Battle continues to brew over. preservation Rural residents have the power to slow down development, if that's what they want The country folk who make up most of the' Black Hammock must be feeling an awful lot like the Polish people did during World Waz R -everybody's gqt their eye on them, and the future doesn't look so good. It's hard to say exactly what will happen But both Oviedo and Winter Springs have their the- ories, and they involve development. Theyre probably right Nothing in the world is more powerful than money. No amount of deer, old oaks or sandhill cranes will stand in the way of the almighty dollaz: The less of it there is to build on, the more people will pay to get it, and almost everyone has their price. Land in the Black Hammock is very expensive these days. When Oviedo and,Winter Springs city lead- ers look to the future, [hey-see their cities con- tinuing togrow. Once all of the land in those cities is built upon, there are two options: rede- velop areas that are already developed, or find more ]and. Cities generally aren't in the teaz- down-and-rebuild business, so they opt for find- ' ing more land, and annexing it. Almost all of the land in the path of annexa- tionlies east of the two cities, in the sleepy, peaceful area the county has vowed to pmteM. Whether you believe the rnunty will keep that promise is your choice, but it's in a better posi- tion tomediate things t}ian either city. The county, after all, wntrols the land the cities want County leaders said enough is enough about a yeaz ago, after watching for years as ntral land was gobbled up. The rnunty wants to be able to tefl Oviedo and Winter Springs what they can .and can't do with the remaining land in the rural area, even if those rides annex it. Looking at the neighborhoods under con- struction irr Chuluota, which is in county tern- : tory, might gwe those cities pause, Houses are sprouting so close together there that }rou can jump from rooftop to rooRop.'That's a faz cry from the days when you rnuld hardly shout loud enough for your neighbors to heaz you. There's nothing wrong with having a few aeeas of dense development out east What's to feaz is seeing every swath'of former fazniland or forest Cmm Oviedo to the St Johns River smoth- eyed with asphaltand stucco-faced buildings.. Beaz in mind, there wouldn't be a problem if landowners all agreed they wouldnt se1L But they ]mow the land's valuable - no doubt worth faz more than when they bought iE You have to rnusider the owners' rights. You canR tell someone who owns a priceless Van Gogh. painting that he can't sell it. You mightask but in the end, it's that person's property to do with it as he wishes. The person with the Van Gogh could opt to dip it in paint thinner until the catwas was clean, but a landowner can't do whatever he wants with his property; unless he gets permission from the govenunent That's where Oviedo, Winter Springs and the county all rnme in. Each eras an idea of what should be done with the coral land that remains. Oviedo might create a rnmmercialand recce- ational area on the-shore of Lake Jesup. Wm[er Springs might OK a few.more homes. The ' county might not do a thing. Winter Springs has taken a strong step toward figuring out what to do with the area by fomung a rnmmittee of folks who own land in the Waal part of the county just eastof Winter Springs. The goal of that committee is to find out what people want It's expected that infor- mation will be combined wt'th the wants and needs of the city, and a compromise will bepro- posed. Mayor John Bush has said his city is not in the business of taking people's land and paving it over; but he said the city wekromes the oppor tunity to work with landowners who want to be a part of the city, and want to be annexed The North Orlando Ranches area of Winter Springs offers an idea of what the city is capable of when it wants an area to stay lowdensity. There, homes on plots of one acre and larger exist in a pocket surrounded by lugherdensity development with homes on quarter-ac;e plots or smaller. It's a scheme that has worked out for decades since that area was developed. Winter Springs Iras been hesitant to allow [hose proper ties to be divided and made denser. Crviedo, with faz more land bordering on the nual area, is rnnsidering opening a sdmilar dia- logue with landowners, to get a sense of what they want and how the city might help them to achieve it. Countyofficials have been incrolved infad- fmding wodc for months, talking to residents in the same area and holding forums to ford out . their needs. Fifty years from now, will the Black Ham- mockhave more buildings than it does right -now? Probably. But it doesnRarave to. regardless of how fatalistic some people are about the area If people feel strongly enough that the region should be preserved for future generations to see what country living and a drive through the woods is like, they can accomplish that The draw of the almighty dollaz is strong: We71 soon start to see if rural preservation is strong enough to fight it. W.S. has evil eye on Hammock YourInternetnewsfor- matisverygood. IYsjust a shame that you'don't dig fur- ther imo the real facts behind the: city of Winter Springs' intentions and their aggressive annexations. The mayor and.city man- ager are not telling you the' truth Winter Springs needs the additional tax revenues to make up for misspent tas monies. Their'"ISiry Town" needs a population explo- sion m feed the hurling mer- chants. Examples of how to increase thew revenues are; The drilling of wells in Tuscaivilla to provide water for their aggressive aanexa- tion aeeas. The pans drawn up.by. the city manager to pump water from Lake Jesup for . irrigation purposes. They haven't shown you those plans, have they? That's the only way they can even come close to fir1- filling the promises given to property owners conned into the annexations that will give up their property rights. They have 1,009 new housing units planned for just 30 feet from Winter Springs High School -the very school they're trying to protect with a Tlrscawilla Home Owners Association bribe! Once in the hands of Winter Springs, all property. rights will have been dimin- ished They promise, but they canR provide without putting tremendous burdens upon their existing tax base. The last "service tax" increase alone shows the deceptive nature of current city officials. The list is long -not reported by arty media What are you and the rest of the media afraid of revealing -the troth? -Harold Scott ; PeapleforGoodCpvemment : „~ ~ ;T t?~ L YOUR VIEW Each week, the Chronicle polls residents. This week's question, "What do you value most living do America?," was asked at the Oviedo Marketplace. ~„ r ..': `- ~eP~acement Pales for NewsPaPerArtic~es that did not copy well Previous y __ -- Seminole Chronicle - -Applkatlons zreavailable at the sheriffs o(frce at 100 Bush Blvd. N Sanford. 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PERMIT MO. !'§3 ,~ m __ _ __ ' ' etninole Count}~s top school a- • ~ehool o~~als take - cials plied into a yellow school bus Tuesday, bound on an }~ }~.pp tO S~e tS e S tO t exploratorytripthroughanareain ll~+lr . h -flux -the school wneg-between Oviedo'a two middle schools. what rezoning will As a group this was their first taste of . a problem that pazents, teachers and... ad ,errators the "core committee" IOOk like fOr StUdentS havg;¢eerl vforlatag on for more than a ~ . , m f tY~f~IT10 W}1PM . to put more than 2,UUV students displaced by the shifting of Lawton - Chlles;IkLiddle School. Some.ofthose students will go to ;the new Chiles campus, .with the rest redirected to neazby Jackson Heights Middle School: Arty student who is shifted isnR necessarily being. cast out -they still will be able to stay at the. §chool where they started, as long as their parents are willing to drive. them to classes that in some cases may becoine distant. `The same gdes for.any siblings who aze within three grade levels of a student at one of -the schools - called the "sibling link,. Members of the Seminole County School Board,•Superin[endent Bill Vogel, Sernndary Education Director Ron Pin- nelland support staff got akid's-eye view ^ Please see REZONING ~•AS Published Fridays FREE Ra~ral folks involved in W.S. growth- plan s ByAleliBabrodt n~ulRaaaF ' Rl~fiAUNEETING SEMINOLECOUNT'Y-As f WHAT,driNtl etrylictv.tyyt4 err K-N tsyy n ScFr aTn m ~ ~T . the rural boundary dispute con eVnrylea~~cn{~3vs,nnq ; tinues td languish in the courts •. tCre nua bc~oi p aiea.~ ~ bpth Winter Springs and county leaders are working to pmve that •= _' --~ WFiFN: I,, R V ii~~a~ they're serious about controlling growthjnrutalSemmoleCounty wHERFf~mmn-FF H" r ~~!~.~~n?Iw ' ' At the Winter Springs City r_p 7;e,~ rtu n rigs . I _ Commission meeting Monday cAtL <5 , city leaders talked up a plan to get rural residents irnolved through an advisory committee to address values and needs. the needs ofpeople who donR live "We're going to respect your in the city. The move, said Com- rural individuality," said Alice missioner Mtchael Blake, is a bold Gilmartin, a county planning one, allowing non-residents to coordiriatoc have a hand in crafting city policy. Gilmartin helped talk through Meanwhile, county planners issues like installing more street sat down for a second time with lighting in Geneva and dealing Geneva, Chuluota and Black with new develoAment, some- Hammock area residents to talk thing the county has been grap- about what it means to be Waal, Pling with as land becomes more what needs to change to• make scarce in the county, and demand Things better in that part of the for new home coiastntction inten- county, and how to keep it that sifies. The meeting is part of a• 'A'ay plan bythe county to decide how At the meeting in the Oviedo to manage rural growth. high School media center, plan- ners and muntry folk alike talked ^ Please see RURAL ~ A4 snag ~7-June 2 2005 ~ SeminoleChronide.com SeIDlnole Clirooide I AS Changes to rural character could be positive From HAMMOCK ~ A7 dle-rapid - and inevitable - growth in Central Florida. Joel-Martin, owner of the Lazy Gator, said he knows times aze changing, but stressed the importance of pre- serving the Black Hammock. "It's a very unique place here," he said. "We have to protect the space. I'm sure about that:' How to protect that space is a question Oviedo and Winter Springs aze working on. Win- ter Springs City Commission members say they want to determine how best to help the county's rural region adjust to expansion in the coming yeazs. This year the commission set up the East Rural Area Proper- ty Owner Advisory Commit- tee, a seven-member panel charged with studying land- use potential in the Black Hammock and making recom- mendations tothe commission. The city wants ro work with area landowners -none of whom live inside the city's boundaries - to craft future land-use policies. Each of the five commissioners and Mayor John Bush appointed a mem- ber, and the body as a whole appointed a seventh member. City Planner Eloise Sahlstrom said the group will act as a voice for the region to help officials gain an understanding of what its residents want. "Many don't want change," Sahlstrom said. "We're trying to figure out how we might create something better. We need to heaz from people that live there and see what they project:' The committee will hold its first meeting next month, Sahlstrom said, and report back to city staff in six or eight months. Talk of annexation has cre- ated astir in the county for more than a yeax and rural res- idents have made it clear they don't want sprawl to encroach upon the Black Hammock. Residents say they want to halt urban expansion or any scheme that might change the region's land-use policies. "The argument is not about annexation; it's about change of land use;' said Robert King, a fifth-generation Floridian who lives in the Black Ham- mock. "Nobody really Gazes about annexation" King was appointed to serve on the Winter Springs advisory committee. His point of view is clear: Residents want to be left alone and continue to enjoy their quality of life. "Seminole County has reached build-out;' he said. "We're there. We're done. We're way in over our head." Unbridled growth has been a theme throughout Florida's recent past, as residents and municipal leaders seek to grap- ple with the continual influx of new arrivals moving to the Sunshine State from other parts of the country at a rate of 1,000 people a day. Radio personality Bud Hedinger, host of "Bud Hedinger T.ive" oh AM 540 WFLA, frequently tallcs about what he says is out-of-control growth and development in Central Florida A resident of Seminole County,, Hedinger said it is critical for people to understand what's at stake and to rerngnize the iron in usher lag in unbridled growth in the region. 'Z love the issue," he said. "I can light up every phone line I've got every time we talk about growth management. People are fired up about this:' On his radio program Hedinger makes his position cleazi stop selling away the state's land parcel-by-pazcel in the name of economic devel- opment. He said this can be done if voters elect leaders who pledge to curtail - or stop - urban expansion.. Hedinger pointed out that in Lake Helen, a city of about 2,800 people in Volusia Coun- ty, city officials unanimously voted .to take the bold step of capping the city's population at 6,000. Hedinger said that needs to be done in other parts of the state. "Some people think my view :is radical," he said. "But clearly what we we're doing now is slowly, steadily destroy- ing our quality of life. We need to just stop building and then hang one giant 'No Vacancy' sign outside Central Florida or we need to drastically slow .growth" FOREST FIGHT: Some residents fear tree farms like this one on DeLeon Street in the Black Hammock may become subdivisions'd land use changes are put into effect. Local residents such as Joel Martin want it protected before It's too Ia~e.1Ne have to protect the space; he said.