Planning commission approves 12‑home Copperstone Estates RPUD along Tamiami Trail
The commission unanimously recommended approval of a 12‑home RPUD (Copperstone Estates) on a 4‑acre parcel along Tamiami Trail after the applicant agreed to enhanced buffers, preserve areas, elevated first habitable floors above FEMA base flood elevation plus 1‑ft freeboard, and a construction contact for neighbors.
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The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the Copperstone Estates RPUD, a proposal to rezone a roughly 4‑acre agricultural parcel along Tamiami Trail to allow 12 single‑family homes with preserved green space, enhanced boundary buffers, and an HOA. Applicant Kareem Ismail said the concept intentionally limits density and retains about 60% green space, preserves a canal/adjoining preserve and would provide supplemental native plantings and taller (8‑ft) tree stock along the HOA boundary to improve screening.
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