Charlotte County’s zoning board voted 3-1 against an amendment that would have allowed a major housing development to build thousands of additional homes in a rural area of the east county.
The amendment, proposed by national home builder Pulte Group, sought to increase the maximum number of homes from 6,000 to 8,000 units and expand commercial space from 1 million to 1.5 million square feet on a nearly 5,000-acre former farmland property along Highway 17.
Watch Fox 4’s Alex Orenczuk report on the proposed zoning changes:
Charlotte Zoning Board votes against zoning changes for rural development
Dozens of residents from East Charlotte County attended the meeting with signs and speeches opposing the plan…