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Planning board recommends denial of Sandy Lane 'missing middle' rezoning after residents cite traffic and safety fears
Summary
Seminole County planning commissioners recommended denial of a proposed rezoning on Sandy Lane that would allow 24 'missing middle' lots, after residents and some commissioners raised concerns about traffic near schools, pedestrian safety and precedent along the Sand Lake Road corridor.
Chair Carissa Lawan's Planning & Zoning Commission recommended the Board of County Commissioners deny a rezoning request for a 7.54‑acre site on Sandy Lane that would change the property from A1/R1A to Missing Middle (MM), after more than two hours of staff presentation, applicant testimony and extended public comment.
Caitlyn Abgar, a planning staffer, told the commission the applicant proposed a 24‑lot single‑family subdivision and that staff calculated an overall density of 3.88 dwelling units per net buildable acre once utility and transmission easements were excluded. "The applicant is proposing an overall density of 3.88 dwelling units per net buildable acre," Abgar said, and staff found the…
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