860 W Fairbanks Ave Conditional Use — former RV dealership southern parcel
Description
A one-story retail and restaurant development with courtyards and rear parking, extending the northern parcel's approved standards under C3 zoning within the Orange Avenue Overlay, backed by a community benefit agreement.
Impact summary
The project comes in far under what zoning allows — 19.4% floor ratio versus 43% permitted, one story versus three — and the developer will dedicate right-of-way for the long-sought westbound left-turn lane onto Denning Drive.
Applicant
- Address
- 860 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FLSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · Planning & Zoning Commission
Last discussed May 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
Planning and Zoning Board - May 5, 2026
Four one-story buildings totaling 29,760 square feet with alcohol sales, on vested C-3 zoning, plus a Community Benefit Agreement. The applicant revised the design after tabling, adding building articulation, parallel parking and wider sidewalks on Holt Avenue, and a naturalized pond.
Planning and Zoning Board - Apr 7, 2026
Four one-story retail/restaurant buildings totaling 29,760 square feet on vested C-3 land, with 199 parking spaces (25 over code), alcohol-sales approval within 300 feet of homes, and a Community Benefit Agreement. Tabled to May 5 over traffic concerns.
Planning & Zoning Board Work Session - Mar 31, 2026
A one-story retail and restaurant development (~19,795 sq ft retail, three restaurants with 388 seats, future 6,000 sq ft office as phase two) with courtyards, rear parking, and a community benefit agreement. Access only from Holt and Capen, with right-of-way donations for a Fairbanks turn lane.
Related issues (4)
West Fairbanks Development Consideration
A new incentive program offering permit and transportation impact fee waivers — up to $500,000 per project, $1 million a year — to attract large mixed-use developments to the West Fairbanks corridor. It's meant to telegraph what the city wants before projects show up, rather than reacting afterward.
Denning & Fairbanks property and Lake Rose boardwalk project
The old Orlando RV site gets four one-story buildings with restaurants and retail, plus donated right-of-way for a turn lane at Fairbanks and Denning that could ease traffic backups by 2028.
SR 426 (Fairbanks Avenue) safety
The former Orlando RV site would become a four-building retail and restaurant center with no driveways onto Fairbanks or Denning — all access from Holt and Capen. Neighbors on Kentucky Avenue say Denning is already dangerous, citing crash data and near-misses, and want Holt closed or a Fairbanks entrance added.
Neighborhood Speed Management and Traffic Calming Policy update
Both public hearing items turned on existing traffic problems: residents on Kentucky Avenue near Denning Drive and on the Eastgate streets behind Lander Road described cut-through traffic, dangerous intersections, and speeders. The Fairbanks developer will dedicate right-of-way for a westbound left-turn lane onto Denning, and the car wash denial hinged on unresolved traffic questions.
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