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Board approves Melody Preserve rezoning; developer to dedicate right‑of‑way and extend shared path
Summary
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners on March 18 approved a rezoning and PUD amendment to create Melody Preserve, an age‑restricted single‑family neighborhood, by annexing roughly 44 acres into the Bay Laurel PUD and reallocating existing entitlements.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners on March 18 approved a rezoning and planned‑unit‑development amendment to create Melody Preserve, a single‑family, age‑restricted neighborhood annexed into the Bay Laurel PUD. The board voted unanimously to adopt the amendment after staff presentations and a developer briefing.
What the board approved
The developer asked the board to annex roughly 44.25 acres into the existing Bay Laurel PUD (also known as Bay Laurel / Waybourn Landing), to reallocate entitlements already approved for Bay Laurel and to create a single‑family neighborhood called Melody Preserve. The applicant said the change does not increase the total number of units authorized in the Bay Laurel PUD — it reallocates those entitlements to the newly annexed parcel.
Key project particulars
The Melody Preserve site is near the intersection of Southwest Eightieth Avenue and Southwest Eightieth Street and is proposed as an age‑restricted single‑family community. The applicant proposed 161 units on the newly annexed parcel and 233 total units within the Melody Preserve area when combined with existing PUD land already in Bay Laurel. County staff said the annexed…
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