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Board backs special magistrate, approves Windermere Springs 21-unit townhome PSP over staff denial
Summary
After a special magistrate recommended approval of a 21-townhome preliminary subdivision plan for Reams Road, the Orange County commission accepted that recommendation and voted 5–2 to approve the PSP despite resident and commissioner concerns about flooding and Reams Road capacity.
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners voted 5–2 on Tuesday to accept a special magistrate’s recommendation and approve a preliminary subdivision plan (PSP) for a 21-townhome project at 1365 Reams Road in the Windermere Springs planned development.
The PSP, for 21 townhomes, had been denied by the board on Aug. 13 after staff and the Development Review Committee recommended approval. The property owner then sought relief under Florida’s expedited administrative review statute for land-use disputes (Fla. Stat. § 70.51), and a special magistrate held an evidentiary hearing on Oct. 18. The magistrate found that the county’s denial was unreasonable and recommended that the PSP be returned to the board for approval with the…
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