From Ranch to Village: Another big development coming to Clark Road

A report on 3HRanch - a large planned development on Clark Road (more about the explosion of housing on Clark Road here):

 

Dear Area Residents,

 

I participated in yesterday's Neighborhood Workshop regarding the rezoning of 3HRANCH rural land to Village Planned Development (VPD). The photo below shows the Village Concept Plan. 

 

 

Here's a recap of the meeting:

• This Neighborhood Workshop was the official one, as there was County staff participation.
• The proposed VPD will consist of 2,733 acres.
• It will have 12 neighborhoods and one Village Center. 
• There will be 6,576 residential dwelling units in the 12 neighborhoods.  
• A minimum of six different housing types will be built consisting of single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments.
• Due to a recent change to the County's Uniform Development Code, no affordable housing is planned to be built.
• A 250,000-square-foot commercial/retail center will be built to provide services for Village residents.  The plan is to build it either on Clark Road near the Village entrance road or near the south end of the Village. 
• A new school (marked in purple) for K-8 will be built on 57 acres.  A 36-acre recreational park will be located adjacent to the new school. 
• A new road for access to the Village will be built off of Clark Road (see small black arrow on the photo above). 
• The team working on the Concept Plan for the VPD is representing the multi-generational owners of 3HRANCH.  They have not selected any builder or builders yet.
• The Concept Plan team hopes to submit the application to the County Staff in late September or early October timeframe.  Since the number of dwelling units exceeds 1,000, a Development of Critical Concerns (DOCC) list must also be included with the application to the County. 
• It will take 12 to 18 months for the County to process the application.  
• If approval is obtained, additional time will be needed to construct the infrastructure (internal roads, water & sewer, electric, and other utilities) before the building of dwelling units could begin.
• The projection is that the home building would begin in 2025 and the Village would be built-out in 2040.

During the meeting, I made two requests on behalf of existing residents:

1. We don't want any access to the new Village via Ibis Street, as there is already too much traffic on it.
2. We want a 500-foot Greenway established on the 3HRANCH property (east side of Ibis Street)  across from the north point of Serenoa running south to the southern end of the Serenoa Lakes property line.  The Greenway must consist of dense, tall trees to mitigate the noise and shield the view of new homes in the Village.

I hope you find the above information helpful.  I plan to closely follow this land development project as it evolves.

 

David

 

David Anderson

External Affairs, Serenoa Lakes Community Association

Phone: 941-921-9302

Cell: 941-228-0309

Email: mdanderson4@verizon.net

Website: www.serenoalakes.org