Marion County commissioners have approved a comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning for the NW 49th Street Gateway, clearing the way for a 105-acre mixed-use development with up to 535 residences, a 500-room hotel, and more than 500,000 square feet of commercial space adjacent to the future Buc-ee’s travel center.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve the requests during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20, following more than an hour of public testimony and debate over traffic impacts, environmental protections, and neighborhood buffering.
The approvals change the future land use of a 31.44-acre parcel from Low Residential to Employment Center and rezone the entire 105-acre property at 5110 and 5500 NW 44th Avenue from General Agriculture (A-1) and an expired Planned Unit Development designation to a new PUD…