Pasco planning body denies Little Road mixed-use MPUD after residents cite flooding, traffic and privacy concerns

The Pasco County Local Planning Agency on a voice vote denied a proposed comprehensive plan amendment and recommended denial of the companion rezoning for a 7.83-acre Little Road MPUD that would have allowed 23 townhomes and a commercial frontage.

The proposal would have rezoned a parcel fronting Little Road at Jasmine Boulevard for a mixed-use plan with two commercial buildings along Little Road and 23 townhome units behind them. Planning staff had recommended the local planning agency find the plan amendment consistent with the comprehensive plan and recommended approval with conditions; after public comment and commissioner questions, commissioners voted to deny the comprehensive plan amendment and the MPUD rezoning recommendation.

Neighbors and several commissioners pressed the developer and staff on stormwater and floodplain risks, traffic and school drop-off circulation, property values and compatibility with the adjacent Golden Acres neighborhood. “This is a petition to deny this rezoning,” resident Alan Rose said during public comment, presenting a petition with roughly 100 signatures. Resident Robert Jarrell told the commission, “My property floods now,” and other nearby homeowners described repeated flooding of yards and streets in the area.

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