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Planning board approves RS-2 zoning for annexed parcel in quasi-judicial hearing
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Summary
Dade City planning board approved ordinance 2025-18, amending zoning from county agricultural designations to RS-2 (single-family residential with conditional townhome allowance) after staff presentation and debate about RS-1/RS-2/RS-3 compatibility and neighborhood impacts; the motion passed 3–1.
The Dade City Planning Board voted to approve ordinance 2025-18 with an amendment assigning RS-2 zoning to the subject parcel, following a quasi-judicial staff report and a focused discussion of available city zoning districts under the newly recommended future land use.
Staff explained the application would change the parcel from county Agriculture (AC/AR) to the city’s RG-1/RS districts and said RS-2 is compatible with the recently adopted LDR future land use. Staff also clarified RS-1, RS-2 and RS-3 differences: RS-1 is single-family only with a 10,000-square-foot minimum lot; RS-2 is single-family with an 8,500-square-foot minimum and allows townhomes with a conditional use permit; RS-3 allows 6,500-square-foot lots and townhomes/duplexes.
Board members debated RS-3 because it allows townhomes. Speaker 1 argued townhomes can produce affordable new homes, saying townhomes are "on the market for $240,000," while Speaker 2 objected that townhomes and increased density would be incompatible with adjacent acre-lot neighborhoods and noted unresolved site engineering and water concerns.
The final motion to approve ordinance 2025-18 with RS-2 was made by Speaker 8, seconded by Speaker 5, and passed in roll call 3–1. The board recorded that zoning actions are tied to comprehensive-plan standards and that final development regulations and conditional-use processes will apply if the city commission confirms the zoning.
What happens next: Because this action involved a zoning change, any future proposal for townhomes under RS-2 would likely require a conditional-use process before the planning board or city commission; staff said final engineering, test-well data and other buildability factors remain subject to site-specific review.
Direct quote from staff: "The applicant is requesting the change from the current zoning ... to the Dade City residential zoning of RG 1, which is our residential general 1."