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Pasco commissioners approve townhome project after developer offers phased mobility-fee payments; residents warn traffic on Shady Hills Road remains a safety,容量
Summary
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 approved a comprehensive-plan amendment and MPD rezoning that permit up to 186 townhomes near Shady Hills, after the developer offered to prepay half the site’s mobility fees at permit and the balance at a later occupancy milestone.
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 approved a plan amendment and master-planned development rezoning that will allow construction of up to 186 fee-simple townhomes on roughly 30 acres west of the Suncoast Parkway in the Shady Hills area.
The adoption hearing for the comprehensive-plan amendment opened with planner Amy Toll reading the ordinance and describing the requested future-land-use change from RES-1 to RES-9 to permit up to 186 townhomes on about 30 acres: "This is the adoption hearing for the comp plan amendment." The county also considered a companion MPD rezoning for the development, which had been continued multiple times earlier in 2025.
The board’s decision followed a lengthy staff and applicant presentation and substantial public comment focused on traffic and pedestrian safety along Shady Hills Road. Pastor Jen Kerouac, speaking for neighbors, urged the board to deny the rezoning and said the area lacks the road capacity and safety measures required for added residential…
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