From Staff Reports
In Summary:
The Apopka Development Review Committee’s August 12 agenda features four special-event applications, including the Heart & Soul Music Festival and Apopka Police Halloween Highway. Members also are scheduled to review Carolina Textiles’ special-exception request for outdoor storage and overnight parking at 300 S. Bradshaw Road. Construction items include approximately 600 feet of access roads near West Kelly Park Road and an amendment that would adjust lot depth and add open space in the Ridgebrooke subdivision.
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Apopka’s Development Review Committee is scheduled to take up a varied agenda Wednesday morning, with proposals covering neighborhood festivals, a music celebration, a public run, a city Halloween event and three development-related matters.
Related: After a month-long delay, City Commission unanimously approves Ridge Phase III apartments.
The committee will meet at 9 am August 12 in the Apopka City Hall Commission Chambers. The agenda begins with a public-comment period before moving into four special-event applications.
The first event request is for the Pines of Wekiva Holiday Festival, proposed for 10 am to 2 pm. It is proposed for December 5 in the Pines of Wekiva neighborhood along Wekiva Pines Boulevard. The Pines of Wekiva Subdivision is listed as the owner, with Michelle Ramharack as the applicant. The proposed use is a street festival.
The committee also is scheduled to review The Heart & Soul Music Festival, planned for 2 to 10 pm. October 10 at the Apopka Amphitheater, 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway. WHPB Inc. is listed as the owner and Paul Billings as the applicant for the festival and celebration.
A third application would bring the Florida Five organized walk and run to Kit Land Nelson Park from 7 am to 4:30 pm on February 19, 2027. Wingman Running Company is identified as the owner, and Steven Cournoyer is the applicant. The proposed location is 10 N. Forest Ave.
The final special-event item is Apopka Police Halloween Highway, a city-sponsored trick-or-treat drive-through scheduled for 4 to 6 pm. October 28 at 66 E. Station St. The City of Apopka is listed as both owner and applicant, with Mark Creaser named on the application.
Beyond the event calendar, the committee will consider a third-submittal special-exception request for Carolina Textiles at 300 S. Bradshaw Road. The request concerns outdoor storage and overnight parking. Carolina Textiles’ Brad Grossman is listed as the owner, while Beaufort Design Build’s Adam Biery is the applicant.
Two construction items round out the substantive agenda. The first is an initial construction-site-plan submittal for the Wyld Oaks Road C extension. The project, located along West Kelly Park Road between Effie Drive and State Road 429, calls for development of approximately 600 linear feet of access roads. Kevin Barry is listed as the owner, and Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.’s Mackenzie Cerjan is the applicant.
The committee will also review an initial construction-site-plan amendment for the Ridgebrooke subdivision, also identified as Plymouth Harbor. The properties listed in the agenda include 1056 Bailey Hill Road and several addresses along Sorrento Avenue and Plymouth Sorrento Road. The proposed revision would adjust lot depth and add open space to the previously approved plan.
The agenda includes a general items-for-discussion section before adjournment. As a meeting preview, the agenda identifies the matters scheduled for review but does not establish how the committee will act on any application.
Key Points:
- Four special events are scheduled for review: the Pines of Wekiva Holiday Festival, The Heart & Soul Music Festival, Florida Five and Apopka Police Halloween Highway.
- Carolina Textiles is seeking a special exception for outdoor storage and overnight parking at 300 S. Bradshaw Road; the item is on its third submittal.
- The Wyld Oaks Road C extension proposes approximately 600 linear feet of access roads between Effie Drive and State Road 429.
- The Ridgebrooke, or Plymouth Harbor, amendment would revise lot depth and add open space to an approved construction site plan.
- The committee meets at 9 am August 12 in the Apopka City Hall Commission Chambers, beginning with a public-comment period.
