Marion County Board of County Commissioners Date: 10/29/25 P&Z: 10/26/25 BCC: 11/17/25 Item Number 151106SU Type of Application Special Use Permit Request Special Use Permit Modification to: 1. Add a secondary driveway 2. Remove the requirement for buffers on the north and east portions of the project and 3. Extend the time 5yrs to 2035. Applicant Mike Dameron Owner Immanuel Baptist Church of Lady Lake Parcel #/Acreage 48488-000-00/19.7 Future Land Use Rural Land Existing Zoning A-1 General Agriculture Recommendation Approval- secondary driveway Approval With Conditions-Buffer requirement along E boundary Denial- Buffer along N boundary P&Z Recommendation: Approval- secondary driveway Denial-Buffer requirement along E boundary Denial- Buffer along N boundary Item Summary Staff is recommending Approval of the request for an additional driveway, Approval With Conditions of the request to eliminate the requirement for a buffer to the east of the property and Denial of the request to eliminate the requirement for a buffer along the northern boundary of the project. Public Notice Notice of public hearing was mailed to 42 property owners within 300 feet of the subject property. No letters concerning this request have been received. Background Subject Property Location The site is located approximately 1.5 miles east of S HWY 3 on the north side of SE 180 th St; 1/3 mile north of the Marion County/Sumter County line. Physical address is at 85 SE 180 th St, Oxford, FL. It is outside of the Urban Growth Boundary.
The following table summarizes adjacent future land use designation, zoning districts and existing uses: Project Planner Kim Dinkins, Sr. Planner Additional Information Comprehensive Plan Amendment: None Code Enforcement Action: None Photographs View looking north on subject property from existing parking lot. View looking east on property to new project area. View looking west on subject property. View of existing church. Direction of Adjacency Request North South East West ADJACENT PROPERTY CHARACTERISITICS Future Land Zoning Use Designation High Density Residential Sumter County High Density Residential Rural Land PUD Planned Unit Development Unknown PUD Planned Unit Development A-1 General Agriculture Existing Use/MCPA Property Class () Improved Residential Appears to be Improved Residential () Improved Residential (63) Grazing Class The applicant requests a modification of a special use permit (1212SU/10-R- 633) that was approved for a church in A-1 Zoning. The request is for an additional driveway and removal of certain buffer requirements. In June 25, the church received building permit approval for a 16,000sf addition, with seating for 450 people. The original SUP contemplated a single access and buffer along the east and northern project area. In the 20 request, the church was allowed a deviation from the Type B buffer, which is typically required when a public or commercial use abuts a residential use. The conditions were that a wall would not be required, and the church would have to buffer only the project area, rather than the entire perimeter of the property. Analysis In reaching its decision, the Planning & Zoning Commission shall find that the following exist: 1. Granting the special use permit will not adversely affect the public interest. The 19 acre property is located in the Rural Lands. It is south of and adjacent to the Villages of Marion PUD, but does not share any common access. Conditions have been placed on the special use permit to minimize any potential impacts to adjacent property owners, which includes a buffer along the northern portion of the parcel. The 16,000sf addition and additional seating capacity was approved by the Marion County Development Review Committee, which includes review by its traffic engineers, indicating that the road has adequate capacity for the increase in vehicular traffic. The request for additional driveway was also reviewed and no objection was raised. 2. The proposed special use permit is consistent with the current Comprehensive Plan. The FLU Map 1: Marion County 2035 Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan designates this property as
Rural. A-1 zoning is consistent with the Rural Land designation and churches are allowed by special use permit on A-1 zoned parcels. 3. The proposed special use permit is not compatible with land uses in the surrounding area. The church is located in a rural area of Marion County, but abuts a high residential use. The site is bounded by residential properties developed at rural densities to the east and west, and urban densities to the north. The Land Development Code requires a Type B buffer (currently a minimum width of 25 feet, with a minimum of 5 trees and 30 shrubs per 100 LF with a wall) when a public use abuts residential. The buffer along the northern project area was a condition of the previous request approval, which contemplated a lower intensity use. Staff does not support removing that condition, particularly given that there was written opposition to the special use permit in 20; the new expansion increases the capacity by 125% and additional parking is anticipated to the north of the facilities. Please see this excerpt from the 20 staff analysis, which staff continues to support: In light of the large size of the property and the potential cost of providing a full Type B buffer around the entire site, Staff recommends deleting the wall requirement and reducing the buffering area to the perimeter of the proposed building and parking area. 4. Infrastructure Access to the property is on SE 180 th St. Existing Conditions Road Classification Maintenance Surface R/W No. R/W Min. Lanes Deficiency Width SE 180 th St Minor Local Private Paved 2 50 0 Water/Sewer services are to be provided on site by Applicant via well and septic sytem, unless required to connect to central utilities. Utility Service Area Water Private well Sewer Private septic Staff Recommendation Approval, with conditions: 1. The site shall be developed and operated consistent with the submitted conceptual plan and the conditions as provided with this approval. 2. Use of the site shall be limited to conducting church and Sunday school related activities and/or those uses consistent with the site s zoning and the Land Development Code. 3. Access to SE 180th Street shall be limited to two paved driveways. 4. A Modified Type B Buffer (minimum 30 wide, minimum 5 trees per, and a continuous double-staggered hedgerow to reach 60 high in 2 years) shall be provided around the western and northern perimeters of the church facility and associated parking areas, or the northern and western boundary of the property.
5. In the event that the vegetation separating the property to the east is removed by the adjacent property owner, the applicant is responsible for installing the Modified Type B Buffer described in condition 4 along that property boundary. 6. No recreation/picnic areas or athletic fields will be located within 25 of any property boundary. 7. No sight lighting shall be mounted higher than or exceed 30 in height, and all lighting shall be screened and shielded to prevent directly casting any lighting off-site or upward. 8. This Special Use Permit will terminate in the event there is a division or subdivision of the property. 9. The Special Use Permit shall run with the Immanuel Baptist Church and not with the property. 10. The Special Use Permit shall expire on November 17, 2035. The applicant may submit a new Special Use Permit Application for consideration to renew and extend this permit in the future.
151106SU Aerial SE 177TH WINTERTHUR LOOP Subject Property SE 180TH ST 0 0.025 0.05 0.1 Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community 0.15 0.2 Miles
SE 80TH ALTAMAHA CT 63 63 Marion Sumter Use per MC Property Appraiser Single Family Res 50-69/99 Agricultural 00/10/40/70 Vacant 71 Church 02 Mobile Home 06-07/11-39 Commercial 41-49 Industrial 83-98 Public 82 Recreation 03-05/08 Multi-Family 77 Club/Lodge/Union Hall Legend Existing Land Use Designation VILLAGES OF MARION UNIT NO 66 63 Subject Property OWNER: AGENT: SE 180TH ST PARCEL(S): LOCATION: 07-L12 71 SE 177TH WINTERTHUR LOOP CR 1 SE 82ND ANNADALE TER SE 177TH BARTRAM LOOP VILLAGES OF MARION UNIT NO 45 SE 176TH LAWSON LOOP SE 86TH BELLE MEADE CIR The information shown hereon is compiled from the best available sources and for use by the County offices only. This data should not be used for surveying or land transfer of any type. 151106SU IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH OF LADY LAKE, INC. MIKE DAMERON 48488-000-00 W SR 40, L @ US HWY 441, R @ SE HWY 42, L @ US HWY 3, L @ SE 180TH ST Subject Property on left at: 85 SE 180th Street SE 83RD MELODY AVE 1 inch = 375 feet All Amendments Rural Land (1 du/10 ac) Urban Residential (8-16 du/ac) Employment Center (0-12 du/ac; FAR 2.0) Policy 1.20 _ Low Residential (0-1 du/ac) Medium Residential (1-4 du/ac) High Residential (4-8 du/ac) Rural Activity Center (0-2 du/ac; FAR 0.35) Rural Community (0-3 du/ac; FAR 0.70) Commercial (0-6 du/ac; FAR 1.0) Commerce District (N/A; FAR 2.0) Public (N/A; FAR 1.0) Preservation (N/A; N/A) Municipality