Planning commission recommends Blackjack Ridge rezoning with limits on density and height

Mar 9, 2026

The Hernando County Planning & Zoning Commission voted 4‑1 to forward the Jack Melton family’s Blackjack Ridge mixed‑use rezoning to the Board of County Commissioners with conditions that reduce density, eliminate 40‑foot lots and cap apartment building size and height.

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The Hernando County Planning & Zoning Commission on March 30 recommended that the Board of County Commissioners consider rezoning roughly 200 acres at the I‑75/State Road 50 PDD as a mixed‑use master plan called Blackjack Ridge, but only after the applicant accepted a set of conditions limiting how the property may be developed.

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