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Commission recommends Hartle Road Subdivision rezoning and comp‑plan amendment with tree‑survey requirement
Summary
The commission recommended approval (4‑2) of rezoning and small‑scale comprehensive plan changes to allow a 25‑lot subdivision on Hartle Road, noting it reduces potential density from county allowances and requires a tree survey and additional engineering during review.
The Clermont Planning & Zoning Commission voted 4‑2 to recommend approval of two ordinances to allow the Hartle Road Subdivision to be annexed into the city, reclassified to the city's low‑density residential future land use and rezoned to R2 (medium‑density residential), with a condition requiring a comprehensive tree survey.
Planning staff presented the roughly 10‑acre site — located about a quarter mile south of the Ray Goodgame Parkway/Hartle Road intersection — and said no variances are requested; a concept plan shows about 25 lots to be served by city utilities. Staff recommended adoption of ordinances 2026‑009 (small‑scale comp plan amendment) and 2026‑010 (rezoning).
Applicant representative Rebecca Wilson told commissioners the application is effectively a down‑zoning: under county rules the site could yield up to about 40 units, while the city proposal seeks 25 units and therefore fewer trips. Wilson provided an average‑daily‑trips figure of 281 and said that, because the proposal reduces intensity compared with potential county development, a full traffic study was not required.
Commissioners pressed several issues: potential cumulative traffic effects on Hartle Road (a two‑lane, largely dead‑end route with constrained access), whether R2 zoning could permit two‑family units and how the proposal would fit with surrounding lot sizes, lot frontages and stormwater/open‑space design. Staff and the applicant said minimum lot standards would meet R2 code, that the project includes about 2.6 acres of open space and that detailed tree and landscape plans will be provided during development review. Commissioners asked that the tree survey be required as a formal condition; the motion to approve included that condition and carried 4‑2.
What happens next: the annexation element goes to City Council for final action; the applicant will be required to provide the tree survey, final lot designs and engineering at the development‑review stage.
