Manatee County planning commissioners commended KB Homes Tampa LLC for its willingness to meet with residents and adjust its plans accordingly, but the board couldn’t get past the project’s proximity to Rye Road.
KB Homes is requesting approval to rezone 51.67 acres from general agriculture to planned development residential in order to build Ivy Run, a community of 131 single family homes on eight lots near the intersection of Rye Road and Waterline Road.
Planning commissioners unanimously recommended Ivy Run be denied with John DeLesline and Scott Ziegler absent. The Board of County Commissioners will make the final decision.
“This is a county road problem that can’t handle your density,” Planning Commissioner Anthony Sciullo said to KB Homes’ attorney Caleb Grimes. “You can’t fix Rye Road.”…