Pasco planning panel approves rezoning for Shady Hills townhome development with sidewalk and right‑of‑way conditions

The Pasco County Planning Commission on an advisory vote recommended approval of PDE267888, the CL Shady Hills master planned unit development, clearing the way for the developer to rezone roughly 24.1 acres on the east side of Shady Hills Road for townhouse construction and related infrastructure.

Planning and Development staff said the petition would convert land currently zoned C‑2 (General Commercial) and subject to a 2015 conditional use permitting multifamily uses into an MPUD that would allow the applicant to build townhomes rather than high‑density apartments. “This is the CL Shady Hills MPUD. It’s PDE267888,” the Planning and Development presenter said, summarizing the proposal and staff recommendation for approval with conditions.

The applicant’s binding concept plan and materials filed with staff describe a development of approximately 160 townhome units (the staff presentation and the applicant’s materials referenced slightly different counts at various points), yielding a density the staff recorded as about 6.7 dwelling units per acre. By contrast, the 2015 conditional use for multifamily on this property would have allowed up to 18 dwelling units per acre and an entitlement that staff said equated to about 434 multifamily units. The MPUD will limit building heights and unit block sizes; conditions include that townhome buildings will be no more than two stories, that no more than…