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Workshop: planners, natural‑resource staff and commissioners debate 'Pasco Conserves' open‑space mapping and wetland policies
Summary
Pasco County staff presented the draft 'Pasco Conserves' chapter of the Pasco 2050 comprehensive plan update at a Planning Commission workshop on Aug. 21; commissioners pressed staff to clarify the agricultural‑reserve/ecological‑planning map, define 'open space' by context, and move technical wetland/buffer rules out of the comp plan and into the LDC.
Pasco County staff presented Pasco Conserves — the conservation element of the Pasco 2050 comprehensive plan update — at a Planning Commission workshop on Aug. 21, 2025. Hyatt Mazelli (senior planner, Planning Services) reviewed the chapter’s reorganization (two goals, nine objectives and 67 policies, including 12 new policies) and explained the chapter links community input, habitat study recommendations and statutory requirements to conservation strategies.
Keith Wiley, Director of Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources, and other staff described new policy language addressing ecological planning units (EPUs), tree preservation, wetlands and water quality, estuarine/marine habitat management, and linking natural areas for potential open‑space protection. Staff said the chapter aims to produce a clearer, more navigable conservation element aligned with state law (chapter 163, Florida Statutes) and county priorities.
Most of the workshop time was spent on four…
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