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County Lets Meadow Pointe Alter Plans

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By KEVIN WIATROWSKI, The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 21, 2007

WESLEY CHAPEL - Pasco County officials on Thursday gave the developers of Meadow Pointe another year to extend Beardsley Avenue eastward from its junction with Meadow Pointe Boulevard.

The approval by the Development Review Committee, which included a 13.5 percent drop in the number of homes to be built in the community, reflected the changed nature of the residential development market, county officials said.

The committee's action also let Devco drop plans for a frontage road along State Road 56 that would have linked with a similar road planned for Wiregrass Ranch, which borders Meadow Pointe to the west.

The Meadow Pointe frontage road would have shunted drivers off S.R. 56 to reach a planned district park on the eastern edge of Meadow Pointe that will be shared with the Wynfields project to the east.

Devco spokesman Mark Sifford said the frontage road conflicts with wetlands that must be preserved. The company has designed an alternate road for drivers to reach the park, Sifford said.

Meadow Pointe 3 and 4 was originally developed as Wesley Chapel Lakes. It runs north-south between State Road 54 and the Hillsborough County line. It meets the earlier Meadow Pointe 1 and 2 developments at Beardsley Drive.

Under its original deal with the county, Devco should already have extended Beardsley from Meadow Pointe Boulevard to the eastern boundary of its project to allow for future growth on neighboring land, Growth Manager Sam Steffey said.

Also on Thursday, committee members:

•Allowed the developers of BB&T bank at Little and Ridge roads in New Port Richey to add a second sign announcing the bank and three other tenants. Bank officials argued that the single sign allowed by county rules was not enough, given the number of trees and other landscaping bordering the property along both streets. The bank will erect signs on each street rather than building a single sign at the corner.

•Approved plans to use the Bermuda Connections building, on U.S. 301 just north of Dade City, as the new home for the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The club still must get approval from the county for a liquor license to serve alcohol on the site. The previous liquor permit expired last year after 31 years, county officials said.

•Delayed until Feb. 28 action on a request by Lynne Marie Flareau of Hudson that would allow her to keep two docks and a boat lift that are larger than allowed by county code. County officials cited Flareau last year because the docks and lift, which were built in 2002, protruded too far into the canal behind her Leisure Beach home. That citation was dropped, then reinstated in May after the county took responsibility for keeping local canals navigable.

Reporter Kevin Wiatrowski can be reached at (813) 948-4201 or kwiatrowski@tampatrib.com.

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