Hillsborough County commissioners approved a major modification Tuesday, allowing up to 1,200 homes within the Energy Innovation Park development south of State Road 60 near Dover, advancing plans for one of the largest undeveloped sites inside the county’s urban service boundary.
The board approved the rezoning request in a 5–1 vote. Commissioner Donna Cameron Cepeda voted against the proposal and Commissioner Chris Boles was absent.
The change allows residential development within “Pocket E” of the approximately 3,000-acre Energy Innovation Park property, which had previously been approved primarily for energy and industrial uses…