A.

Requests for annexation into the City of Ocoee may be made if the property meets the statutory requirements for annexation under Chapter 171, Florida Statutes. The City Commission may leave the Orange County zoning in place with respect to lands annexed into the City of Ocoee or may establish an initial city zoning upon annexation. The establishment of the initial city zoning may occur contemporaneous with the annexation or subsequent to the annexation.

B.

Requests for initial zoning/rezoning of property fall into two (2) categories:

(1)

Those requests which are consistent with the City of Ocoee's Comprehensive Plan.

(2)

Those requests which are inconsistent with the City of Ocoee's Comprehensive Plan, in which case a Comprehensive Plan Amendment will be required prior to the adoption of the initial zoning/rezoning of the property.

C.

Requests for a Comprehensive Plan Amendment may only be acted upon in accordance with such schedules as may be established from time-to-time by the City Planning Department. Amendments are needed if the request calls for a change to the Future Land Use Map or any text in the Comprehensive Plan.

D.

The Planning Department processes all petitions for annexation, initial zoning/rezoning, and Comprehensive Plan Amendments. The applications are accepted and processed in accordance with such schedules as may be established from time-to-time by the City Planning Department.

E.

Unless otherwise required by Florida Statutes, a public hearing will be held at the Planning and Zoning Commission/Local Planning Agency level and then again before the City Commission at the second reading of the ordinance.

F.

In the event that the City Commission denies an application to rezone property, the City Commission shall take no action on a new application for the same proposal or zoning district for a period of six (6) months from the date of denial.