Port Richey adopts 'Cody River Landing' future-land-use category and adds property-rights element

Mayor John Eric Hoover presiding, the Port Richey City Council on the evening of the meeting adopted a set of comprehensive-plan changes that create a new “Cody River Landing” future land use category and change the future land use designation for three parcels; the council also adopted a property‑rights element required by state law. Tammy Vrana, an on‑call city planner with Vrana Consulting, presented the items and reviewed state agency comments received December 30.

The text amendment (ordinance 24‑704) adds the Cody River Landing future land use category to the City of Port Richey comprehensive plan (Ordinance 88‑382, as amended). The ordinance language specifies up to 40 units per acre and a 2.0 floor‑area ratio for that category and, by council action, now includes the land‑use strategy map as part of the ordinance as Exhibit A. Tammy Vrana told the council, "The purpose of the public meeting is to review the proposed text amendment to the comprehensive plan, to consider the state agency comments, to provide opportunity and consider public comments, and to take final action on the ordinance number 24‑705 and, of course, to comply with all legal…