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File #: 17280   
Type: Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/11/2026 In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 10/6/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Development Agreement With Jack Melton Family, Inc., and School Board of Hernando County for Black Jack Ridge, a Combined-Planned Development Project Located on Cortez Boulevard
Attachments: 1. H2540 Black Jack Ridge Development Agreement, 2. H2540 Email Correspondence, 3. H2540 Aerial Maps
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Development Agreement With Jack Melton Family, Inc., and School Board of Hernando County for Black Jack Ridge, a Combined-Planned Development Project Located on Cortez Boulevard

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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The property subject to this Development Agreement is approximately 203.89 acres located in Hernando County, Florida, lying south of SR 50, west of Interstate 75, east of Lockhart Road, and north of Old Trilby Road and contains the following parcel keys:

840923 and 841138 (owned by the Jack Melton Family, Inc.); and
1760151 (owned by the Florida Department of Transportation, with ongoing negotiations for transfer with the Jack Melton Family, Inc.).

The Development Agreement is proposing single family and multifamily uses approved by the C/PDP rezoning and Master Plan, not to exceed 978 dwelling units; Highway Commercial uses approved by the C/PDP Rezoning and Master Plan, not to exceed 200,000 square feet; General Commercial uses approved by the C/PDP Rezoning and Master Plan, not to exceed 100,000 square feet; hospital and/or urgent care/stand-alone emergency rooms; educational facilities; light wholesale and storage; microbreweries; public/private recreation including virtual golf and/or pickleball facilities; and recreational amenities and residential ancillary uses. For the overall development, single family and multifamily uses are proposed at a maximum density of 5.3 dwelling units per acre. Single family building height shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height. Multifamily and commercial building height shall not exceed sixty (60) feet in height.

The Hernando County School Board is a party to this Development Agreement with respect to school concurrency.

The Black Jack Ridge Combined-Planned Development Project includes an associated rezoning petition that vests the residential and nonresidential entitlements, which is being considered separately as agenda item no. 18000.

The requirements for a Development Agreement are set forth i...

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