TO: Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator
PREPARED BY: Brandon C. Creagan, LEED Green Associate; Chief, Current Development
DATE: December 22, 2025
SUBJECT: D.R. Horton, Inc.’s Request for a Conceptual Planned Development (PD) Plan
Modification for Bluewater Bay PD [AA-24-08-69 / 2001080013-96692]
BACKGROUND
BSE Consultants, Inc., on behalf of DR Horton, Inc., is requesting a conceptual PD plan modification to a residential subdivision known as Bluewater Bay PD. Due to a legal challenge by an adjacent property owner, the previously proposed bridge connection from the project site to 90th Avenue (over the Lateral D canal) cannot be constructed and must be removed from the list of previously approved public benefits. To address this change, the applicant is proposing to substitute the previously approved bridge improvement with several new and/or additional public benefits to include, but not be limited to, pedestrian connections, intersection improvements, traffic signal improvements, turn lane improvements, and proportionate fair-share contributions. The project site is located at the northeast corner of 85th Street and 90th Avenue.
At its regular meeting of February 15, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) granted PD special exception and conceptual PD plan approval for the Bluewater Bay PD. Preliminary PD plan/plat approval was also granted at that time. The approved PD plan provides for 379 residential units/lots on 141.97 acres, resulting in a density of 2.67 units per acre. The development commenced construction, but was not completed, and the preliminary PD approval expired, while the conceptual PD and the special exception approvals remain valid. The applicant is seeking a modification to the approved public benefits along with an added ingress and egress driveway connection to 85th Street (County Road 510) at the southern portion of the property across from Treasure Co...
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