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Board transmits Harbor Village comp‑plan and map amendments amid heavy public concern over wetlands, docks and flooding
Summary
Charlotte County commissioners voted March 25 to transmit proposed Harbor Village comprehensive‑plan text and map amendments to state reviewing agencies, 4–1 on both motions; the project’s accompanying PD rezoning will return to the board at an adoption hearing in May.
The Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners voted March 25 to transmit to state agencies proposed large-scale comprehensive plan changes and map amendments for the project known as Harbor Village (TCP‑24‑03 and PAL‑24‑04). Both transmittal motions passed 4–1; Commissioner Constance cast the lone opposition on each vote.
What the board transmitted: the two items transmit proposed changes to compact-growth mixed-use (CGMU) area acreage, a proposed increase in preserved acreage along environmental corridors, and updated framework/service-area maps. The applicant also filed an associated rezoning (PD‑24‑14) for roughly 840 acres; the rezoning and more detailed PD materials are scheduled to be heard by the board at the adoption hearing in May.
County staff and the applicant said the proposed changes reduce overall residential entitlement — from the previously-approved 3,960 units down to 3,475 units countywide — while increasing the acreage placed in a preservation designation…
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