What were the most significant items on the Minneola Planning & Zoning Commission agenda for April 2026?

· **Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD enters the pipeline (15.878± acres, west of N. Hancock + along Citrus Grove Road):** A new commercial PUD package — annexation, comp plan amendment to General Commercial, and development agreement — appears as a three-ordinance/resolution stack for Crittenden Howey, LLC, represented by Tara Tedrow (Lowndes), one of the most active land-use attorneys in Lake County. The applicant requested a one-month tabling to May 4. The location — west of N. Hancock Road and astride Citrus Grove Road — is the **same intersection** as the existing Citrus Grove Residential PUD (the 17-stipulation case from prior synthesis). Citrus Grove Road is consolidating as Minneola's eastern commercial spine. · **Saxon Industrial Park variance — landscape buffer pressure on C.R. 561 / Turnpike interchange:** A landscape buffer variance request on the north side of C.R. 561 between Causey Road and the Florida Turnpike interchange. Industrial users are pushing landscape requirements at LDC edge cases — the kind of quiet variance traffic that signals where industrial demand is locating. C.R. 561 east of the Turnpike is becoming Minneola's industrial frontage. · **Golf Cart ordinance moving from "if" to "how":** Item 6 is framed as a *necessity* discussion — does Minneola need additional regulation of golf carts. The May 4 agenda then carries Ordinance 2026-07 as a full draft. The April 6 discussion is the on-ramp for a substantive policy choice about golf carts on public streets, on private HOA streets, and within CDDs — a quietly important suburban-character marker. · **Urban Backyard Chickens — small-town governance texture:** A discussion item to consider whether changes to the current Backyard Chicken Ordinance are warranted. Minor on its face, but it's a marker of Minneola still operating with the bandwidth to consider lifestyle/small-town code questions even while Crittenden Howey is annexing 15.878 commercial acres next door. The two sit on the same agenda by design. · **Three quasi-judicial / land-use items + two policy discussions on a single P&Z night:** The shape of this agenda — three ordinance/resolution items being tabled, one variance moving forward, two discussions — is the texture of a board that is forward-loaded with the May 4 docket. Expect heavy May 4.

Meeting Reading

Minneola Planning & Zoning Commission

April 6, 2026

7 items on the agenda

**Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD enters the pipeline (15.878± acres, west of N. Hancock + along Citrus Grove Road):** A new commercial PUD package — annexation, comp plan amendment to General Commercial, and development agreement — appears as a three-ordinance/resolution stack for Crittenden Howey, LLC, represented by Tara Tedrow (Lowndes), one of the most active land-use attorneys in Lake County. The applicant requested a one-month tabling to May 4. The location — west of N. Hancock Road and astride Citrus Grove Road — is the **same intersection** as the existing Citrus Grove Residential PUD (the 17-stipulation case from prior synthesis). Citrus Grove Road is consolidating as Minneola's eastern commercial spine.
**Saxon Industrial Park variance — landscape buffer pressure on C.R. 561 / Turnpike interchange:** A landscape buffer variance request on the north side of C.R. 561 between Causey Road and the Florida Turnpike interchange. Industrial users are pushing landscape requirements at LDC edge cases — the kind of quiet variance traffic that signals where industrial demand is locating. C.R. 561 east of the Turnpike is becoming Minneola's industrial frontage.
**Golf Cart ordinance moving from "if" to "how":** Item 6 is framed as a *necessity* discussion — does Minneola need additional regulation of golf carts. The May 4 agenda then carries Ordinance 2026-07 as a full draft. The April 6 discussion is the on-ramp for a substantive policy choice about golf carts on public streets, on private HOA streets, and within CDDs — a quietly important suburban-character marker.

On April 6, 2026, City of Minneola's Planning & Zoning Commission agenda lists multiple items for hearing. Item 1: other. Item 2: Ordinance 2026-02 — annexation / rezoning at Two parcels generally located west of N. Hancock Road and north and south of Citrus Grove Road. Item 3: Ordinance 2026-03 — comp plan amendment at Same 15.878± acres as Item 2. The agenda is the forward-looking civic record — what is on the docket before the meeting occurs. Vote outcomes, public testimony, and final dispositions land in the corresponding minutes record after the meeting.

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City of Minneola Planning & Zoning Commission — April 6, 2026 (Agenda)

Meeting Overview

Type: Regular Meeting Quorum: Not yet determined (agenda only) Duration: N/A (agenda)

Attendance

Present: TBD (agenda)
Absent: TBD (agenda)
Staff Present: City Council representative Councilor Flinn (Reports); City Planner Joyce Heffington, AICP (Reports)

Agenda Items

Item 1: Approval of March 2, 2026 Meeting Minutes

Type: Other
Action: [pending — agenda]

Item 2: Ordinance 2026-02 — Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD Annexation & Rezoning (Request to Table to May 4, 2026)

Type: Annexation / Rezoning
Case Number: Ordinance 2026-02
Location: Two parcels generally located west of N. Hancock Road and north and south of Citrus Grove Road
Applicant: Tara L. Tedrow, Esq. (attorney) on behalf of Crittenden Howey, LLC (Owner)
Request: Annex ~15.878± acres into the City of Minneola and rezone from Lake County "Agriculture" (A) to "Planned Unit Development" (PUD)
Acreage: 15.878±
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the annexation and rezoning
Action: [pending — applicant has requested item be tabled until May 4, 2026]

Item 3: Ordinance 2026-03 — Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Request to Table to May 4, 2026)

Type: Comp Plan Amendment
Case Number: Ordinance 2026-03
Location: Same 15.878± acres as Item 2
Applicant: Crittenden Howey, LLC (Tara Tedrow, Esq.)
Request: Comprehensive plan FLUM amendment to General Commercial
Acreage: 15.878±
Action: [pending — applicant has requested item be tabled until May 4, 2026]

Item 4: Resolution 2026-01 — Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD Development Agreement (Request to Table to May 4, 2026)

Type: Other (Development Agreement)
Case Number: Resolution 2026-01
Location: Same 15.878± acres as Items 2 and 3
Applicant: Crittenden Howey, LLC (Tara Tedrow, Esq.)
Request: Approval of a Development Agreement for the Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD
Action: [pending — applicant has requested item be tabled until May 4, 2026]

Item 5: Resolution 2026-03 — Saxon Industrial Park Variance Request

Type: Variance
Case Number: Resolution 2026-03
Location: North side of C.R. 561 between Causey Road and Florida's Turnpike
Applicant: Saxon Industrial Park (applicant name as listed on resolution)
Request: Variance from Section 110-3(B)(L)D.I. and Section 110-6(B) of the Land Development Code regarding required landscape buffers
Action: [pending — agenda]

Item 6: Discussion — Golf Carts

Type: Other (policy discussion)
Request: Discuss the necessity of additional regulation of golf carts in the City of Minneola
Action: Discussion item (no formal action expected)

Item 7: Discussion — Urban Backyard Chickens

Type: Other (policy discussion)
Request: Discuss whether to recommend any changes to the current Backyard Chicken Ordinance
Action: Discussion item (no formal action expected)

Public Hearings Summary

Number of speakers: TBD (agenda)
Items eligible for public hearing: Items 2-5 (quasi-judicial / land use)

Key Signals

Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD enters the pipeline (15.878± acres, west of N. Hancock + along Citrus Grove Road): A new commercial PUD package — annexation, comp plan amendment to General Commercial, and development agreement — appears as a three-ordinance/resolution stack for Crittenden Howey, LLC, represented by Tara Tedrow (Lowndes), one of the most active land-use attorneys in Lake County. The applicant requested a one-month tabling to May 4. The location — west of N. Hancock Road and astride Citrus Grove Road — is the same intersection as the existing Citrus Grove Residential PUD (the 17-stipulation case from prior synthesis). Citrus Grove Road is consolidating as Minneola's eastern commercial spine.
Saxon Industrial Park variance — landscape buffer pressure on C.R. 561 / Turnpike interchange: A landscape buffer variance request on the north side of C.R. 561 between Causey Road and the Florida Turnpike interchange. Industrial users are pushing landscape requirements at LDC edge cases — the kind of quiet variance traffic that signals where industrial demand is locating. C.R. 561 east of the Turnpike is becoming Minneola's industrial frontage.
Golf Cart ordinance moving from "if" to "how": Item 6 is framed as a necessity discussion — does Minneola need additional regulation of golf carts. The May 4 agenda then carries Ordinance 2026-07 as a full draft. The April 6 discussion is the on-ramp for a substantive policy choice about golf carts on public streets, on private HOA streets, and within CDDs — a quietly important suburban-character marker.
Urban Backyard Chickens — small-town governance texture: A discussion item to consider whether changes to the current Backyard Chicken Ordinance are warranted. Minor on its face, but it's a marker of Minneola still operating with the bandwidth to consider lifestyle/small-town code questions even while Crittenden Howey is annexing 15.878 commercial acres next door. The two sit on the same agenda by design.
Three quasi-judicial / land-use items + two policy discussions on a single P&Z night: The shape of this agenda — three ordinance/resolution items being tabled, one variance moving forward, two discussions — is the texture of a board that is forward-loaded with the May 4 docket. Expect heavy May 4.

Raw Notes

Source: April 6, 2026 standalone agenda PDF, retrieved from CivicClerk event 100. Citrus Grove items 2-4 were presented as "Request to Table Until May 4, 2026" — applicant-initiated tabling.
Document type is agenda (status published) — see the matching 2026-04-meeting-PZC.md for the minutes record once available.
The Citrus Grove Road Commercial PUD will return on May 4 under a different name — Citrus Ridge Commercial PUD — and a different acreage (17.878±). Naming and acreage shifts between April 6 and May 4 are noted in the May 4 agenda document.
City Planner of record at the agenda level: Joyce Heffington, AICP. Contract planner Eric Raasch (Inspire Placemaking Collective) typically handles staff presentations at the dais.

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