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Planning Commission approves Sackleson Hudson MPD rezoning with required interconnect condition after heavy public comment on traffic and flooding
Summary
The commission rezoned roughly 34.24 acres to allow up to 63 single-family homes as a Master Planned Unit Development; commissioners added a condition to ensure right-of-way dedication for a planned interconnect and heard extensive public concern about traffic, safety, flooding and impacts on rural properties.
The Pasco County Planning Commission voted to approve PD 257831 (Sackleson Hudson MPD), rezoning approximately 34.24 acres in northwest Pasco to a master-planned unit development that would allow up to 63 single-family homes on 60-foot lots.
Kurt Silverson (Planning Development and Economic Growth) presented the application and said the project seeks a maximum of 63 single-family detached homes on 34.24 acres with transportation commitments including construction of a two-lane, 62-foot-wide segment of Colony Road and dedication of 124 feet of right-of-way for the corridor. "The maximum development of 63 single family homes will retain 1 product type," Silverson said, adding that the proposal is well under the comp-plan density maximum for the parcel (Residential-3) and that the applicant had committed to internal pedestrian connectivity.
Applicant representatives described coordination with the county’s Transportation Engineering Department on realignment of Colony Road and said the project would construct the Colony segment to county vision-road standards. The applicant confirmed the project will use public water and sewer and noted the development will provide trail and sidewalk connections.
More than a half-dozen residents and civic-association members spoke during public comment, voicing recurring concerns about traffic safety on local roads (Colony Road, Foxfire Drive, Peachtree and the State Road 52 intersection), inadequate lighting at school bus stops, flood risks, and changes to rural character and agricultural uses. Speakers described repeated accidents on the local collector and residential streets, worries about septic and drainage impacts from nearby construction, and concerns that short-term construction drainage had previously flooded neighboring properties. One resident said the area has eight developments under way that together add over 1,000 homes in the corridor.
Transportation engineering staff acknowledged the local congestion and said the department will coordinate with FDOT (the state DOT) and transportation planning to identify potential solutions; staff said there was no immediate funded fix for the Colony–SR 52 intersection at the time of the hearing.
Commissioners discussed the county code requirement to continue existing street patterns (LDC section 901.6.d.11) and the applicant’s obligation to provide interconnections. Commissioners asked for explicit right-of-way dedication language to ensure the planned interconnect to the adjacent Palm Wind/Palm Winds MPUD occurs; the applicant agreed to add or clarify the right-of-way dedication on its binding concept plan. The commission’s motion to approve included the condition described by a commissioner to show and dedicate the interconnect right-of-way on the binding concept plan.
A motion to approve PD 257831 with the added condition passed on a voice vote.
