Planning commission recommends city council consider land-use change for 1011 South Main Street

The Brooksville Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council consider a comprehensive-plan map amendment for a 1.3-acre parcel at 1011 South Main Street, following the parcel’s recent annexation into the city.

Betsy Jolly, representing the applicant and identifying herself as with Coastal Engineering, told the commission the request updates the future land use designation from Hernando County’s South Brooksville PDD industrial to the City of Brooksville South Brooksville PDD industrial designation to match adjacent industrial uses and enable rezoning under city jurisdiction. Planning staff (Mr. Goldman) said the amendment would permit up to 45,302 square feet of light-industrial floor space and is largely a technical step required after the parcel’s annexation.

No members of the public spoke during the required public hearing. The commission moved to recommend the ordinance to city council; staff said the council will consider the item on April 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the city chambers. The recommendation by the planning commission is advisory; any final land-use decision rests with the City Council and, where applicable, other required review bodies.

Details from the record: the applicant described surrounding uses as industrial to the north, south and east and multifamily to the west; staff confirmed consistency with the city’s comprehensive plan and recommended the council hold two public hearings and authorize the mayor to sign the transmittal letter to the state land use planning agency.

Next steps: the City Council hearing and any subsequent rezoning requests would determine whether the amendment becomes final.