Hernando County  
Board of County Commissioners  
Land Use Meeting  
Minutes  
December 2, 2025  
CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, in the John Law  
Ayers County Commission Chambers, Government Center, Brooksville, Florida.  
Attendee Name  
Jerry Campbell  
Ryan Amsler  
Title  
Chairman  
Vice Chairman  
Steve Champion  
John Allocco  
Second Vice Chairman  
Commissioner  
Brian Hawkins  
Omar DePablo  
Kay Griffith  
Scott Herring  
Jon Jouben  
Michelle Miller  
Gordon Onderdonk  
Paige Jefferys  
Heidi Prouse  
Commissioner  
Development Services Director  
Planning Manager  
Public Works Director/County Engineer  
County Attorney  
Senior Planner  
Utilities Director  
Deputy Clerk  
Deputy Clerk  
Invocation  
Pledge of Allegiance  
AGENDA  
Motion  
To approve the Agenda.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Steve Champion  
Brian Hawkins  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
CONSENT AGENDA  
Release of Maintenance Bond for Cabot Citrus Offsite Force Main  
Resolution Ratifying Denial of Rezoning Petition Submitted by Mark Keschl of Meridien  
Development, LLC, on Behalf of Kenneth L. Haber, Martha Haber, Gary Haber and  
Evelyn Haber for Property Located on Commercial Way (H2482)  
Motion  
To approve the Consent Agenda (Resolution No. 2025-204).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
John Allocco  
Steve Champion  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
CORRESPONDENCE TO NOTE  
Notice of Approval of Conditional Use Permit Actions Taken by Planning and Zoning  
Commission on November 10, 2025  
Notice of Special Exception Use Permit Action Taken by Planning and Zoning  
Commission on November 10, 2025  
There was Board consensus to rehear the special exception request (SE2514) at a future  
Board meeting.  
(Note: The consensus pertained to a request for appeal to the decision made by the Planning  
and Zoning Commission denying the request for a Special Exception Use Permit for a Place  
of Public Assembly, Namely, a Venue for Special Events.)  
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DIRECTOR OMAR DEPABLO  
Discussion Regarding Potential Minor Code of Ordinance Revisions Pertaining to  
County Operations  
Comm. Champion temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
Chairman Campbell passed the gavel to Vice Chairman Amsler and temporarily left the  
meeting, and upon returning shortly thereafter, he resumed the Chairmanship.  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 11:25 a.m. and reconvened at 11:35 a.m.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
Proofs of publication of Notices of Public Hearing were noted for the scheduled public  
hearings.  
Ex Parte Communications  
Chairman Campbell and Comms. Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins announced the ex  
parte communications that they had had concerning the quasi-judicial petitions being  
considered at this meeting.  
County Attorney Jon Jouben advised the Commissioners that any ex parte communications,  
however received, could play no part in their deliberations.  
Adoption of Informational Packet  
The Agenda packet that was submitted to the Board included written information regarding the  
cases to be considered which needed to be accepted into evidence for the hearings.  
The staff recommended that the Board accept the Agenda packet, including the staff reports,  
into evidence as if read aloud in their entirety.  
Motion  
To approve.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Steve Champion  
Brian Hawkins  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
Petition Submitted by J. Santos Delgado Guzman to Vacate Utility and Drainage  
Easements Located in Ridge Manor Estates  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation (Resolution No. 2025-205).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Brian Hawkins  
Steve Champion  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by EFE, Inc., for Property Located on Cortez Boulevard  
(H2532)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation (Resolution No. 2025-206).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Steve Champion  
Brian Hawkins  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by David Kato on Behalf of D.R. Horton, Inc., for Property  
Located on Waterfall Drive (H2531)  
There was no public input.  
Comm. Champion made the following Motion.  
Motion  
To approve.  
The Motion died for lack of a second.  
Comm. Hawkins made the following Motion.  
Motion  
To deny (Resolution No. 2025-207).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Brian Hawkins  
John Allocco  
Campbell, Amsler, Allocco and Hawkins  
Champion  
NAYES:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Robert L. Davis, Jr., and Tonda J. Davis for Property  
Located on Octavia Lane (H2525)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation (Resolution No. 2025-208).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Steve Champion  
Brian Hawkins  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Riopelle Properties, LLC, on Behalf of Lee Kelso  
Pedone, Ariana Dairy Farm, Inc., and Lee Kelso Pedone Trustee or His Successors in  
Interest of Lee Kelso Trust Dated June 24, 2021, as Amended July 12, 2022, for Property  
Located on Kettering Road and Dashbach Street (H2526)  
Comm. Amsler temporarily left the meeting and returned shortly thereafter.  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Comm. Champion made the following Motion.  
Motion  
To approve with the enhanced buffer on the south side, including the cedar trees as agreed to  
and the construction buffer as agreed to.  
Comm. Champion clarified his Motion as follows:  
Clarification to Motion  
To include the monotony control throughout the whole development.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Steve Champion  
Brian Hawkins  
Campbell, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
Amsler  
NAYES:  
Second Public Hearing To Consider Ordinance Relating to Administrative Approval of  
Plats and Replats Pursuant to Florida Statute ยง 177.071  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation (Ordinance No. 2025-17).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Brian Hawkins  
Steve Champion  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING DIRECTOR OMAR DEPABLO  
Amended and Restated Development Agreement for Sunrise Combined-Planned  
Development Project  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Brian Hawkins  
Ryan Amsler  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
Petition Submitted by Louis Carastro and Helen J. Carastro for Hardship Relief From  
Subdivision Regulations for Property Located on Centralia Road  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation (Resolution No. 2025-210).  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Steve Champion  
Ryan Amsler  
Campbell, Amsler, Champion, Allocco and Hawkins  
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS  
The Board commented on various issues.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 1:35 p.m.