The Beltway Doppelganger: How SR-429 became US-27's regulatory twin through one law firm and the form-based-code lineage that travels with it

In February 2026, Apopka's Planning Commission unanimously recommended the Wyld Oaks Town Center Overlay — 304 acres at SR-429 / Kelly Park Road, up to 4,675 dwelling units, 10-story building height, form-based regulatory architecture (block-and-street standards, open-space distribution governing maximum FAR rather than a fixed cap). Five weeks later, Minneola's Planning & Zoning Commission heard the Citrus Ridge Commercial PUD — 17.878 acres on the US-27 South Lake corridor, multi-instrument package (annexation + comp plan + rezoning + development agreement). One firm represented both: Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. — and the same partner, Tara L. Tedrow, Esq. The form-based regulatory architecture Apopka's Wyld Oaks adopts is structurally identical to Clermont's 2022 Wellness Way Design Standards. Same firm, same attorney, same regulatory lineage, two distinct corridors. The SR-429 Western Beltway is reading like US-27's doppelganger — and the legal-counsel layer is where the cross-corridor view crystallizes.