Zoning Amendment (Consent) – Distinct Development Dade City/Happy Hill Rd. – Change in Zoning from a A-R Agricultural-Residential District and a R-1 Rural Density Residential District to a R-4 High Density Residential District – East Central Pasco County – On the Northwest Corner of the Intersection of Happy Hill Road and Sarah Lynn Drive – Containing Approximately 18.78 Acres
What the county recorded
Staff recommendation
Approve
No disposition in the minutes
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The county’s agenda for Planning Commission, Jan 6, 2022
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This case, across meetings
PDD-22-7579 in full →PDD-22-7579 was taken up 2 times between Jan 6, 2022 and Feb 8, 2022 — this is appearance 1.
- Jan 6, 2022PlanningPC5▶No disposition in the minutesthis item
- Feb 8, 2022BoardP41▶Approved
What was said
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1/2Taken up at 10:05
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman Planning Commission Members. Denise Hernandez, Planning and Development. We're going to start on item PC five, which is PDD 227579. It's a zoning amendment in the name of Distinct Development, Dade City, Happy Hill Road. It's for a change in zoning from an AR agricultural residential district and an R1 rural density residential district to an R4 high density residential district. comes to you with a recommendation of approval.
Okay, this is five.
E C five.
Okay. All right.
2/2Taken up again at 14:07
And if it's okay with you, can we do PC five now? Thank you.
Happy New Year. Liam Devine, Planning and Development. Item PDD twenty-two-seven five seven nine in the name of Distinct Development Date City. Thank you. Happy Hill Road. It is a zoning amendment from AR Agriculture Residential District. And R one Rural Density Residential District to an R for high density residential district. The subject site is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Happy Hill Road and Sarah Lynn
Drive.
This is a look at the aerial view.
The surrounding future land use is Res 6 and Res 3 to the north. To the east and south is Res 6, and to the west is Res 6 and Res 1.
The surrounding zoning to the north is R1, AR, and AC. To the east Is A R and MF1 to the south is R1 and MF1, and to the west is R1 and AR.
The subject site is currently undeveloped, consisting of a hay field on approximately 18.78 acres. The applicant proposes to develop the property with approximately 75 single-family detached dwelling units in conformance with the R4 high-density residential district standards.
The surrounding area is characterized by residential and agricultural development. The subject area has a future land use classification of Res 6, and access to the property is from Happy Hill Road, a county-maintained collector road. And this is coming with a recommendation for approval.
Okay. Thank you very much, Liam.
Mr. Chairman, Clark Hobby, Hobby and Hobby, PA 109 North Brussel Street, Tampa, Florida have been sworn. Uh the subject site is very small one. It's excuse me, wait a minute. Thank you. Yeah, I think I don't think anybody's I thought I swore myself back there. You swore yourself You swore at yourself. Yeah. Well I probably did that. And I deserved it too.
All right, so let's let's do it all at once. Anybody who's planning to give testimony today, please r stand and raise your right hand.
I'll tell you.
Yeah. Thank you. So I'd like to now admit that I just lied on the record before. I had not been sworn, but now I'm telling the truth. Where's the bank? At the bank. So the subject site uh that we're dealing with is off a Happy Hill Road. It's under 20 acres. Uh it's immediately adjacent to the Sweetwater apartment complex to the south. Two of the sites adjacent to the site are zoned MF1, so they allow multifamily at considerably
higher density, including the apartment complex that we have here. We provided a timing and phasing analysis to show that there's uh sufficient capacity on Happy Hill Road after. The uh project occurs, we'll still be at level of service A and B, depending on whether you're north or south of the site. So there's a lot of capacity there. And uh just for your benefit, I think you all know you drive uh you know, regularly fifty two and you see the intersection at Happy Hill. There's a lot
going on in that area and there's really two big influences in the area that's from the crest of the hill down to 52 on Happy Hill. And one is The roads, including the Clinton extension, which you can see from these sites looking down. So you have 52 and the Clinton extension, which are gonna be major, major game changers in this area. And then the second thing is the city of Dade City now is annexed to considerable number of parcels, not very far north of this site, and now have approved
basically a thousand units with lots that are smaller. Than this site. So we feel like we're, you know, being responsible. I didn't seek an MPUD with 40 or 50 foot lots. I stuck with R4, which has 60s. I think that's fair with the neighbors and is a responsible way of doing it. So I'm happy to answer any questions. I know we have one objector here and I look forward to chatting with her after today's hearing. Happy to answer any questions.
Thank you. Thank you. Any questions?
I guess
we're good. All right. Come on up if you want to speak. Please come up and give us your name and address.
You start. Oh I'm sure you can speak.
If you want to, no.
Alisa Weaver, [address removed].
Thank you.
Um I first want to say that I am not at all. And sworn,
right?
I I couldn't see you back there. I actually better raise my hand. Yes, thank you. But I would like it to this proposal to be denied. I live directly across the street. Um And I guess my question is is how does the zoning change positively affect the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the surrounding community, and how does this change benefit the surrounding homeowners? Um that's a lot of houses and a small
area. And I don't feel there's any any of the resident homeowners are being are benefiting from this other than the developer that owns the property. Um, and I'm not sure if any additional traffic studies have been done on Happy Hill Road. It's Uh since they've approved the Dade City has annexed the property and they've approved the uh new homes. that's gonna put a lot of additional traffic
on Happy Hill Road. And right now it's it's always been a two-lane rural road, an enormous amount of traffic. anymore. And where our properties are, the distinct development properties in mind, it's this it's a straightaway. And it's speed limits 45, 35 in front of the school and church that's next door to me. Nobody goes 45. I've been right off the road. I've got my blinker on turning left. They
go around you. I've even had county vehicles just about run you off the road. So I don't know how much. What the plans are for that road. But I don't ever see the the county monitor, patrol the road for speed, for any traffic violations, but it is very hazardous. And so now we're looking at additional homes on top of what's all already going to go in down the road that the city is annexed.
So uh and I guess my question is, what is the county going to do to protect me? and my visitors and my property, what keeps gonna keep us safe. And I feel now's the time to support your current homeowner residence before allowing additional high density development. And I ask you to deny this proposal on Happy Hill Road and if you have any questions.
All right, thank you. Do you anybody have any questions?
Thank you very much for coming.
Mr. Chairman, this is Clark Hobby. Again, I'll be brief. Um, as to the status of the road, I already testified, and in your agenda packet is the timing and phasing analysis from Mike Razor. that shows that there's sufficient capacity on the roadway. We will do an access management analysis at the time of the site plan approval, which will address the more specific access movements to ensure that there's safety with our neighbors across Happy Hill Road. So I think that addresses her concern
there. Uh, you know, there is, as you all are well aware, there's intense housing demand in our area. And I think rather than us seeking an MPUD. where we could have sought approximately 120 units. going to a R4 development that our concept plan shows only 51 is a responsible thing to do and in keeping with the blending of our what our neighbors already have to what the market really wants, which is even smaller lots. So I'd be happy to meet with our neighbor,
as I said, and we'll go over this more detail afterwards, but happy to answer any additional questions you have.
Okay, any questions?
What's I have just two questions.
Yes, sir.
I noticed that the school uh elementary level has fourteen, I believe, vacancies, so I don't see any problems with the school's elementary. uh middle school or high school. What I was a little confused when you first approached the board regarding the frontage of those homes. Did you say sixty foot or forty foot?
Sixty. That's what that's what R for the smallest we could do is sixty foot lots. Okay. Thank you. Thank you,
uh
Mr.
Hobby. All right. So uh if you if there are no further questions, I'll listen to a motion.
I'll
make a motion to approve
PC
five.
Awesome.
All right, we have a motion. We have a second. Any further discussion of the motion? Signify by saying I
Aye.
Aye. Opposed. Mike Sign. Motion carries.
Mr. Hobby, you're gonna get with uh the lady there to go over the any questions or details.
Okay, so that puts us
Say, Rise,
Renate. Should be PC nine, Mr. Chair.
Okay.