Pasco commissioners approve 178-unit Enclave at Livingston with conditions after drainage, traffic debate

The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners approved a rezoning request for the Enclave at Livingston master planned unit development, allowing up to 178 townhome units on about 46 acres, after a lengthy hearing in which residents pressed the developer and county staff on traffic, construction access and downstream flooding.

The board approved the rezoning (PDE267781) by a 3-2 vote, with the motion carrying after the developer agreed to accelerate intersection and roadway work and to carry a larger-than-required stormwater program. The applicant and county staff said the project’s density — about 3.8 dwelling units per acre — is below the site’s Residential-6 future land use designation.

Commissioners, residents and staff focused most of the debate on two technical areas: mitigation of queuing and delay at the State Road 54–Livingston Avenue intersection, and a long-running downstream drainage blockage where a private driveway culvert constricts flow into Cypress Creek. Neighbors asked the county to require intersection improvements and to solve the blocked culvert before new homes are…