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Committee approves 344‑acre Sutton Creek/Butchbane land‑use and PUD package; developer to donate 23 acres to preserve access
Summary
The committee approved a large‑scale land‑use amendment and companion PUD for roughly 344 acres near Butchbane Drive, adding low‑density residential acreage, conservation buffers adjacent to the Timucuan Preserve and a voluntary donation of 23 acres of preserve land for public access.
The Land Use & Zoning Committee approved a land‑use amendment and companion PUD rezoning for approximately 344 acres near Butchbane Drive and Sutton Creek. The adoption round land‑use change (Ordinance 2025‑483) and companion PUD rezoning (Ordinance 2025‑484) would convert about 312 acres to Low Density Residential (LDR) and set aside roughly 31 acres as conservation land abutting the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.
Planning staff recommended approval, saying the proposal would extend and formalize a residential growth pattern in the area while protecting environmentally sensitive lands. The development team committed to natural buffers ranging from 25 to 50 feet along property lines and to preserving a substantial conservation tract beside the Timucuan Preserve. The PUD zoning also included a land donation: project representatives said they would convey about 23 acres to the City for public access to an otherwise isolated midsection of the Sutton Creek Preserve.
Applicant representatives said they had worked with adjacent neighbors to avoid routing traffic through existing low‑density residential streets (specifically the Butchbane Drive neighborhood) and that access would be provided via Sutton Creek Drive and connections to larger, planned collector roadways. Planning staff noted the proposal includes design elements to limit direct traffic impacts on small, existing lanes.
The companion land‑use and PUD items received unanimous support from the Planning Commission at its Aug. 21 meeting and drew little public opposition at the LUZ hearing. The committee’s recorded vote for the land‑use adoption and the companion rezoning reflected unanimous recorded tallies in the committee roll call (meeting record shows approval by the committee). The applicant team said it had coordinated early with the district council office and neighborhood representatives.
What the approvals mean: the land‑use change and rezoning allow the developer to advance more detailed civil engineering and subdivision design under the PUD approvals. The developer’s commitments on buffers, a conservation tract, and the 23‑acre donation will be implemented through the PUD site plan and subsequent permitting processes.
