Commissioners amend Harborview DRI, approve updates and allow conditioned commercial option at interchange; Buc-ee’s plan draws local opposition

After months of public hearings and extensive public comment, the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners approved a package of updates to the long‑standing Harborview Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and associated Planned Development (PD) zoning, and transmitted the DRI’s large‑scale plan amendment to state agencies for review.

Key board actions and votes (May 27): - The board transmitted the large‑scale plan amendment for the "Tarpon Waterfront Village" (Harborview) map changes to state review agencies; that transmittal vote passed 3–2. Commissioners Constance and Selig opposed the transmission. - The board later voted (4–1) to adopt an updated DRI resolution and PD ordinance that include: increasing permanent preservation and open‑space acreage (from the earlier DRI baseline to roughly 225 acres), removal of the previously‑approved public marina from the DRI, and insertion of an updated land‑use equivalency matrix intended to cap net traffic/trip impacts across the full DRI footprint. - The board also adopted an amended affordable‑housing condition that sets aside 10% of total housing units in the DRI for affordable housing, allocated at 20% very‑low income (50% AMI), 40%…