Committee backs cleanup and rezoning for 59-acre equestrian property after public objections

The Equestrian Preserve Committee voted unanimously Nov. 5 to recommend approval of two related items — a development order amendment and a rezoning — for a 59-acre property at the northeast corner of Osley Farms Road and 50th Street South.

Planning and Zoning staff and the applicant framed the requests as technical corrections. Kelly Ferriolo, Planning & Zoning, told the committee the development order amendment would correct ambiguities in the legal description tied to ordinance 2005-19 and remove site-specific conditions that originally limited the property to a major equestrian venue. David Millage, attorney for the applicant, said the rezoning would make the zoning designation consistent with the property’s existing Equestrian Commercial Recreation future land use designation and that no land area or…