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Advisory board recommends approval for 138‑home Rodon Estates; members press for safeguards on natural forest area
Summary
The PAB recommended adoption of a small‑scale CDMP amendment to redesignate about 20.9 acres for a 138‑unit Lennar Homes project (Rodon Estates), accepting a declaration of restrictions. Board members questioned density, cluster‑home commitments and protections for a 2.8‑acre natural forest community (NFC).
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY — The Planning Advisory Board voted Sept. 15 to recommend adoption, with acceptance of a proffered declaration of restrictions, for CDMP20250003 (Lennar Homes/Rodon Estates), a small‑scale land‑use amendment that would redesignate a roughly 20.9‑acre site to permit 138 detached single‑family cluster homes.
Mark Dorsey, principal planner with the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER), summarized staff analysis and the recommended action. The application would change the site from estate density (currently allowing up to 52 single‑family units) to low density with a DI‑1 urban design bonus. The applicant proffered a declaration of restrictions limiting development to 138 units, requiring connection to public water and sanitary sewer, an endangered species survey, preservation and long‑term maintenance of a 2.8‑acre natural forest community (NFC), and a notice to future owners about the adjacent NFC. "The staff recommendation was adopt with acceptance of the declaration of restrictions,"…
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