The Pasco County Commission has approved a request for a mixture of uses at three intersections within the community of Wesley Chapel Lakes.
The project has been on the books for decades — and the board’s approval, during its Oct. 26 meeting, gives the developer the ability to pursue entitlements at the intersections of Meadow Pointe Boulevard and State Road 54; Meadow Pointe Boulevard and State Road 56; and Meadow Pointe Boulevard and Beardsley Drive.
The project is located south of, and adjacent to State Road 54, about 3.5 miles east of Interstate 75, and extending south to the Pasco County line.
The proposed uses will not generate more vehicle trips from the development than were previously approved and that have already been addressed through mitigation (which normally includes impact fees and/or transportation improvements), according to the agenda background materials.
Most of the residential component of the project has been developed.
The project originally was approved decades ago, as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI), which allowed an array of uses. In addition to agreeing to allow the developer to pursue entitlements, the county board also rescinded the original DRI.
The nodes had already been approved for commercial development; the change allows residential development, as well.
The property is not within the county’s current multifamily moratorium boundary.
The modification area includes about 166 acres. It calls for up to:
- 850 single-family attached, townhome or apartment units
- 420,000 square feet of commercial use
- 150,000 square feet of office/light industrial
- 700 hotel rooms
The request also seeks a variation from the county’s land development code to permit a reduction in the standard parking space size of 9-feet by 20-feet to a reduced size of 8-feet by 18-feet, with the condition that curbs and/or wheel stops will be required to prevent vehicles from overhanging required landscape buffers, or sidewalks, unless the sidewalk is 7-feet wide, to keep the sidewalk width at a minimum of 5 feet for pedestrians.
The request had received a recommendation for approval by county planners and from the Pasco County Planning Commission.
The county board approved the request as part of its consent agenda, meaning it was approved along with other items on a single vote, and there was no board discussion or public comment.
Published November 03, 2021
