Oviedo planning agency approves preliminary subdivision plan for Jessup Cove

The Oviedo Local Planning Agency voted to recommend approval of Resolution No. 4576-25, a preliminary subdivision plan for Jessup Cove, a proposed 13-lot single-family subdivision on about 4.91 acres south of the Artesia and Lake Jessup Avenue intersection.

The recommendation came after a staff presentation and brief discussion of site layout, required street trees and stormwater. Harris Burns Kale, Development Review Manager for the City of Oviedo, told the board that the preliminary subdivision plan establishes lot layouts and general tract locations but is not the final engineering package. "Preliminary subdivision plan is primarily to get the plot plan or the lot layouts," Burns Kale said. He said final locations of infrastructure, trees and sidewalks would be determined during site development/final engineering.

The proposal calls for 13 single-family lots served by a private, single-access road. Burns Kale said two tracts on the northeast would hold water infrastructure and a lift station, and two other tracts would function as buffers adjacent to Lake Jessup Avenue. He also noted the plan includes a 7-foot sidewalk along Lake Jessup Avenue that exceeds the code-required width "for one of the mobility strategies." Staff flagged a shortfall of nine street trees along Lake Jessup Avenue and two street trees on the private road; the applicant may provide tree bank payments or resolve tree placement during final engineering, Burns Kale said.

Tom Faber of Faber Engineering, speaking for applicant CKS On Land Holdings, said the applicant agreed with staff recommendations and would answer questions. On stormwater, Faber said the retention pond would be bermed and heavily landscaped and would be designed to meet city, water management district and other applicable requirements. "There won't be any impacts to the adjacent residences," Faber said, describing the pond as a controlled facility that will accept and account for any existing off-site drainage as part of final engineering.

After discussion the board moved and approved the staff recommendation. The motion passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.

Next steps listed by staff include site development order, final engineering, final plat and then development permits for site work and building construction. Staff recommended approval of Resolution No. 4576-25 with the expectation that final engineering will resolve the deferred tree and infrastructure issues.

Board members and staff did not identify any outstanding requirements that would block future review during the engineering and permitting stages.