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Board reestablishes master plan for Rivard area after residents raise flooding and parking concerns
Summary
The board voted 4-0 to reestablish a previously vested master plan (referred to in the hearing as the Revar/Rivard master plan) after the petitioner agreed to planning commission recommendations about lot setbacks and reconfigured lots with wider widths.
The Hernando County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-0 to reestablish the master plan for a residential project in the Rivard/Clearview area, allowing the petitioner to move forward under previously vested entitlements while accommodating a Planning & Zoning Commission request to increase some side setbacks.
The petitioner, Revard Development LLC, sought to revive an earlier master plan that carried entitlements from a 2019 approval. At the Planning & Zoning Commission the applicant agreed to increase previously approved 5-foot side setbacks to 7.5 feet for certain smaller lots; the applicant's representative, Kyle Bridal of Bendelon, told the board the revised plan also increases many lot widths so the smallest lot in the new layout is 55 feet wide. "The smallest lot width is 55 feet," Bridal said, adding the project will still achieve the vested unit count tied to the earlier approval.
Several neighbors urged additional protections. Residents described repeated flooding in the area and asked for details about how stormwater would be managed if new homes and roadways replace parts of the old golf course. "We just don't know what the water plan is for this new development," said Clearview resident Lee Beavers, raising concerns about past storm flooding on the golf course that many neighbors use informally as retention area.
Developer and builder representatives said current engineering and permitting would upgrade stormwater infrastructure and that any new phase would be master-graded and engineered to modern standards. Builder Chris Glover, who said his company has purchased lots and intends to develop under the reestablished vesting, told commissioners the civil engineering and permit submittals before the county account for drainage, roadway construction and site grading.
Commissioners pressed for clarity on parking and circulation in the proposed neighborhood. Commissioner Lako asked whether the proposal included dedicated visitor or "holiday" parking to prevent on-street parking from blocking emergency access; the petitioner said lot widths and driveway sizes in the new layout should reduce visitor parking on streets.
On the Planning & Zoning Commission's recommendation and subject to the performance conditions recommended by staff, the board approved the resolution reestablishing the master plan by a unanimous vote. The motion passed 4-0 (Amsler, Alaco, Champion and Vice Chairman Campbell: aye). The board specified the revised setback standard and adopted the plan submitted with the agreed changes as the zoning basis for future platting and engineering review.
