Charlotte County approves Harbor Village mixed‑use plan with preservation, buffer and anti‑dock conditions

Charlotte County commissioners on July 22 approved a suite of land‑use changes to allow a mixed‑use community the developer calls Harbor Village on roughly 1,174 acres in West County.

The board voted unanimously to adopt a text and map amendment to the county comprehensive plan and to rezone about 840 acres to a plan development (PD) district. The approvals reduce the project’s residential entitlements from the prior 3,960 units to 3,475 units, shrink nonresidential entitlements compared with earlier approvals, and increase the area designated as permanent preservation.

The plan commissioner testimony and staff presentations showed the developer and county staff negotiated multiple new conditions after a long public outreach phase that included meetings with South Gulf Cove and the Village of Holiday Lakes. The PD now contains specific requirements for buffers, a prohibition on private docks along the interconnect and Butterford waterways, and a required management plan for wetlands and natural resources.

Why it matters: The site was previously approved under an older “compact…