TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A determined group of Leon County residents and their county commissioner is asking to stop a map from urban planners that would add about 1,500 acres south of Tallahassee to something known as the “urban services area.”
According to Leon County Commissioner David O’Keefe, expanding the USA “opens the door” to new development near one of Leon County’s protected “canopy roads.” Plus, he said, expanding the map also gives developers a bonus to the number of homes they can build, if the final zoning allows it.
“That’s the issue here, is predominantly a single owner of 1,100 acres should not get put into the urban services area in this comp plan, (a) multi-decade overall change process. That’s all I’m asking for,” O’Keefe said…