Mount Dora seeks early 20th century styles for new homes
In a move to make future development in Mount Dora align with the historic city’s architecture, the City Council has preliminarily approved design standards for development in the Wolf Branch district on the east side of US 441, a likely location for future development.
The design standards have roots in the early 20th century when Mount Dora began to grow.
One council member commented that the various home designs samples look a lot like the city’s current historic districts, with a variety of historic home designs with smaller lots and garages that don’t dominate the homes’ front facades. At least three trees would be required for every home and various home styles and trim treatments would be used to keep the community from looking monotonous.
The city is looking for styles such as Frame Vernacular, Bungalow, Colonial Revival, Tuscan, Mediterranean revival, Mission, Florida Cracker and Coastal Cottage.
Styles not encouraged include Modern contemporary, Modern Ranch. The guidelines are anti two-story soaring entrances. The use of stucco and stacked-stone on home exteriors is also restricted. The Council approved the design standards on first reading. Another vote is planned to finalize the plans on Dec. 3. The parent company of
is building a 240,000-square-foot office complex on land the company bought three years ago on S. John Young Parkway.
is currently in for building permits for the first of two 120,000-square-foot office buildings. Ripley's Spokeswoman Suzanne SmagalaPotts told the Beachline Commerce Park will not be the longrumored headquarters site for the entertainment company.
The second phase could be expedited if a user needs more than 120,000 square feet.
Pattison Group paid $3.3 million for the vacant, industrial-zoned parcel land at the southeast corner of the Commerce Park Drive-S. John Young Parkway intersection, roughly 2.5 miles from the Orange County Convention Center.
Smagala-Potts declined to comment on the company's plans for its 40-plus acres in the heart of Orlando's tourism corridor, but the decision not to locate any Pattison or Ripley offices at Beachline fuels further speculation that it would locate an expanded headquarters office there.
D.R. Horton is prepping for the next phase of Kindred, its massive master- planned community near Osceola County's NeoCity tech district.
The homebuilder has filed a Preliminary Subdivision plan for Phase 3, which comprises 356.6 acres, and is seeking approvals for 702 single family home lots and 129 townhomes.
The master-planned community is approved for nearly 3,000 singlefamily homes and 639 mulitfamily units. The mixed-use project also has entitlements for 550,000 square feet of retail, office and institutional uses.
Osceola County has issued more than 250 certificates of occupancy in Phase 1, which is approved for 809 homes. The builder currently offers five detached home floorplans through its Express Homes brand with prices starting at $250,000 for a three-bed, two-bath. Townhomes start at $218,000.
The amenities include a clubhouse with zero-entry pool and splash park, fitness center, tennis courts, sand volleyball, playground and picnic areas.
Horton is in permitting now for Phase 2, including roughly 110 acres of commercial property and a 20-acre school site. Phase 2 is entitled for 1,605 dwelling units, which includes 759 homes in the pending Site Development Plan plus future apartments, condos or livework spaces in the community center.