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 new entitlements are being requested tonight.

The measures drew sustained public comment. Phoebe Wesley, a resident, urged the committee to reject the application and said staff appear “afraid of lawsuits,” arguing environmental and nuisance risks have been downplayed. Laurie Cohen, another longtime resident and former consultant, criticized staff for advising applicants on how to obtain approvals and raised water-quality and runoff concerns related to Basin B. Carol Coleman expressed alarm that the changes might permit commercial or industrial development and said the process lacked adequate public notice for some adjacent owners.

Committee members repeatedly pressed staff on scope and consequences. Staff clarified that the feed store and the manure-blending operation repeatedly mentioned by speakers are not part of the two applications under consideration; environmental permits for facilities such as the manure blender remain under the jurisdiction of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection or the South Florida Water Management District, staff said. Staff also stated the cleanup stems from a 2007 ordinance and a 2019 comprehensive-plan renaming; the requested rezoning would only align the zoning map with the previously adopted land-use map.

The board debated whether the village should proactively fix other map inconsistencies rather than handling them case by case. A staff member said that approach could be directed by council and that these cleanup requests commonly arise when applicants submit development proposals.

After public comment and board questions, committee member (Speaker 6) moved to approve ordinance 2025-26, the development order amendment; the motion was seconded (Speaker 7) and passed unanimously. The committee then separately approved ordinance 2025-27, the rezoning request, also by unanimous vote. The motions were procedural recommendations to forward the items to the Planning & Zoning Board and council with support.

Next steps: the committee’s approvals will be transmitted as recommendations; the Planning & Zoning Board and village council will take subsequent votes. Staff said any future site plans or conditional-use applications would be reviewed under the village’s land development regulations and, where applicable, state environmental permitting requirements.

Quotes used in this report are taken from the Nov. 5, 2025 hearing transcript and attributed to speakers as recorded in the meeting.