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Panel approves utility operations center on Boy Scouts land with conditions after split vote
Summary
The commission approved a public‑service facility overlay district for WREC to site an electric utility operations center and future substation on about 52 acres of Sand Hill Scout Reservation, with changes to conditions on road frontage, outdoor storage screening and timing of master‑plan submittal; vote was 3‑2.
The Hernando County Planning & Zoning Commission approved a public‑service facility overlay district (PSFOD) for an electric utility operations center on a roughly 52‑acre portion of the Sand Hill Scout Reservation, voting 3‑2 after negotiating language on access and screening.
The proposed project by Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative (WREC) would create administrative offices, equipment and vehicle storage, a staging area for storm response and a future substation adjacent to an existing power line. The county packet says the WREC use will occupy about 52 acres of a 1,251‑acre Boy Scouts property.
Petition representatives described the site as a natural staging location for storm restoration and noted that the Boy Scouts and WREC already collaborate on storm response. Coastal Engineering and planning…
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