Pasco commissioners approve CDDs, land‑use and rezoning items on consent and roll call votes

The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt two community development district ordinances, approve a small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment and clear several rezoning items during the meeting’s public hearings and the consent agenda.

The measures adopted included ordinances establishing the Northridge Community Development District and the 2 Ridges Community Development District, a small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment for a 2.57‑acre parcel at Hudson Avenue and Hicks Road, and rezoning and master plan approvals on multiple parcels across northwest Pasco County. Commissioners approved the CDD ordinances by roll call and disposed of several rezoning petitions on the consent agenda.

County planning staff described each item and recommended approval. The Northridge Community Development District ordinance was presented as PDE‑25034 under Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, and came to the board with a recommendation to adopt the ordinance by roll call vote. The board proceeded to a roll call and recorded aye votes from District 1 Commissioner Oakley; District 2 Commissioner Wakeman; District 4 Commissioner Yeager; District 5 Commissioner Mariano; and Chair Starkey.

A small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment (PD‑250046) changing the future land‑use designation from commercial to residential‑6 on about 2.57 acres at the northwest corner of Hudson Avenue and Hicks Road was presented with a recommendation to approve. The item was moved, seconded and approved by roll call with the same five affirmative votes.

The board also adopted an ordinance establishing the 2 Ridges Community Development District (PD‑250085) by roll call, and then proceeded through the consent agenda where multiple rezoning and master‑plan items were adopted together. Items approved on consent included a zoning amendment for New York Avenue Business Park LLC (approx. 16.24 acres), a master plan unit development (Lake Park MPD/Hudson Avenue Land Company) to allow up to 100 single‑family detached units on roughly 57.4 acres, and a zoning amendment for Citric Alliance LLC (about 9.92 acres). No members of the public were recorded as speaking against the consent items; the board left the items on consent and approved them in a single motion.

By voting on the ordinances and consent agenda, the board moved several land‑use applications forward without further public opposition recorded at the meeting. Where staff or the planning commission had recommended approval and no opposition appeared, the board followed its announced remote and in‑person procedures for consent items and voted the items through in a single motion.

Votes at a glance

- PDE‑25034 (Northridge Community Development District) — Motion to adopt ordinance by roll call; outcome: approved (Oakley: Aye; Wakeman: Aye; Yeager: Aye; Mariano: Aye; Chair Starkey: Aye).

- PD‑250046 (small‑scale comp plan amendment; Hudson Ave & Hicks Rd; ~2.57 acres) — Motion to adopt ordinance and amend plan for internal consistency; outcome: approved by roll call.

- PD‑250085 (2 Ridges Community Development District) — Motion to adopt ordinance by roll call; outcome: approved.

- PD 257785 (New York Avenue Business Park LLC; ~16.24 acres) — Consent agenda; outcome: adopted as part of consent motion.

- PDE 257794 (Lake Park MPD/Hudson Avenue Land Company; ~57.4 acres; up to 100 single‑family units) — Consent agenda; outcome: adopted as part of consent motion with conditions recommended by staff.

- PD 257841 (Citric Alliance LLC; ~9.92 acres) — Consent agenda; outcome: adopted as part of consent motion.

What the board said and why it matters

County planning staff framed the ordinances and rezoning requests as routine land‑use actions required to implement development plans and to establish local governance structures for financing and service provision in new communities (the community development districts follow Chapter 190, Florida Statutes). Commissioners recorded unanimous or unanimous‑on‑consent approval where the items had no public opposition and staff recommended approval; where roll call votes were recorded, the five voting commissioners voted aye.

The approvals enable new development and local district governance on parcels across northwest Pasco County and create the legal framework for CDDs that can issue bonds, adopt budgets and manage infrastructure in the established districts. The comprehensive plan amendment changes the future land‑use designation on a small parcel to allow residential development at a higher density.

The board’s procedural rules for quasi‑judicial rezoning hearings were read for the record before the zoning agenda; staff confirmed proof of publication in the Tampa Bay Times for each item where required.

Ending

The board disposed of the advertised land‑use items and proceeded to a detailed zoning and public‑hearing agenda. Several items were continued earlier in the meeting to later specific dates, while the items reported above were adopted either by roll call or as part of the consent agenda. Further public hearings and continued items were scheduled for later board meetings in New Port Richey.