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Brooksville council approves small-scale land-use amendment for parcel on South Main Street
Summary
The Brooksville City Council adopted Ordinance 1,011 (second reading) 5–0 to approve a small-scale comprehensive-plan amendment for an approximately 1.3-acre parcel on South Main Street, moving the property to the next zoning step after staff and the applicant explained technical trip-generation figures and future zoning will determine specific entitlements.
The Brooksville City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 1,011 on second reading Tuesday, clearing the way for a small-scale amendment to the city’s future land-use map for an approximately 1.3-acre parcel on the east side of South Main Street.
The ordinance, described by staff as the second step after an annexation, was presented as a consistency determination that will allow the city to send the amendment to state agencies for comment before returning to council. The property is identified in Hernando County’s records as parcel 149645.
Don Lacey, representing the applicant, told the council the numeric trip-generation figures on the staff slide reflect the maximum theoretical capacity used in comprehensive-plan analyses and said the parcel’s lower-elevation portion is most likely to be used for retention. “It may stay, or if they need that whole area for drains retention area, they would probably remove that building,” Lacey said, adding that specifics about building size, setbacks and traffic will be set when zoning is considered.
Council members pressed for clarity about traffic and infrastructure impacts. One council member noted the slide showed a potential 315 daily trips and 44 peak-hour trips, calling that “a lot of trucks going down the road,” and asked how the city would ensure needed road improvements if the site intensified its industrial use. Staff responded that zoning will include entitlements and that the city will require traffic analysis and improvements if warranted.
After limited public input and staff responses, a motion to approve the ordinance passed on a roll-call vote, 5–0. The council’s unanimous action advances the comprehensive-plan amendment toward state review and later zoning hearings where more detailed land-use controls and required infrastructure mitigation measures will be examined.
The council did not make any final determinations about specific development on the parcel; those details will come with separate zoning applications and environmental or traffic studies as required.
