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Ruskin PD proposal would allow aquaculture, threatened-coral propagation and neighborhood commercial uses; applicant seeks commercial locational waiver
Summary
A 13.22-acre Ruskin planned-development rezoning would formalize aquaculture (native seagrass production and coral propagation), limited neighborhood commercial uses and RV/boat storage; the applicant requested a commercial locational criteria waiver and agreed to buffering and a trip cap condition.
An applicant representing a proposed mixed-use planned development in Ruskin told the Hillsborough County Zoning Hearing Master May 19 that the project would continue an existing aquaculture operation and add limited neighborhood-serving commercial uses and RV/boat storage.
Attorney Kelvin Reddy, speaking for the applicant, said the 13.22-acre site would remain under the SMU-6 future land use category and the proposed PD seeks a 0.34 FAR, below the 0.35 maximum. He described primary proposed uses in Track 1 as aquaculture — producing native seagrasses for manatee feed and growing threatened corals for reef restoration — and said greenhouse structures on the site should not be characterized as ‘‘buildings’’ for certain…
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