Hernando County  
Planning & Zoning Commission  
Regular Meeting  
Minutes  
July 10, 2023  
CALL TO ORDER  
The public meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 10, 2023, in the John  
Law Ayers Room, Government Center, Brooksville, Florida. This meeting was advertised in  
the Hernando Sun newspaper and the Agenda Packet was available online at  
www.hernandocounty.us.  
Attendee Name  
Jonathan McDonald  
W. Steve Hickey  
Kathryn Birren  
Nicholas Holmes  
Donald Whiting  
James Lipsey  
Title  
Chairman  
Vice Chairman  
Regular Member  
Alternate Member  
Alternate Member  
Ex Officio Non-voting Member (School Board Rep.)  
Assistant County Attorney  
Planning Administrator  
Senior Planner  
Kyle Benda  
Michelle Miller  
Omar Depablo  
Robin Reinhart  
Agenda Coordinator  
Members Gregory Arflack and Mike Fulford were not present at the meeting.  
Invocation  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Poll Commission for Ex Parte Communications  
Chairman McDonald, Vice Chairman Hickey, and Members Birren, Holmes, and Whiting  
announced that they had had no ex parte communications concerning the quasi-judicial  
petitions being considered at this meeting.  
County Attorney Statement  
Assistant County Attorney Kyle Benda provided the standard admonition that the Planning  
and Zoning Commission decisions were to be based only on the evidence presented in the  
quasi-judicial proceedings.  
Administering of the Oath  
STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Planning Administrator Michelle Miller announced that representatives of the School Board  
and Department of Public Works would not be in attendance at the meeting.  
APPROVAL/MODIFICATION OF AGENDA  
Motion  
To approve the Agenda.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Nicholas Holmes  
McDonald, Hickey, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Arflack and Fulford  
ABSENT:  
ADOPTION OF INFORMATION PACKETS INTO EVIDENCE  
Motion  
To adopt the packets into evidence.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Kathryn Birren  
McDonald, Hickey, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Arflack and Fulford  
ABSENT:  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
UNIFIED AGENDA  
Conditional Use Permit Petition Submitted by Normand Masse (CU2306)  
This item was pulled and moved to the Standard Agenda.  
CP 1448356 Leyland Preserve Conditional Plat  
CP 1436723 Pine Cone Street  
Motion  
To approve the Unified Agenda and move Item No. 12438 [Conditional Use Permit Petition  
Submitted by Normand Masse (CU2306)] to the Standard Agenda.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Donald Whiting  
W. Steven Hickey  
McDonald, Hickey, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Arflack and Fulford  
ABSENT:  
STANDARD AGENDA  
Conditional Use Permit Petition Submitted by Normand Masse (CU2306)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Donald Whiting  
W. Steven Hickey  
McDonald, Hickey, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Arflack and Fulford  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Aaron and Nicole Gibson (H2314)  
There was no public input.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Nicholas Holmes  
Hickey, McDonald, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Home Builders (H2301)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To deny.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Nicholas Holmes  
W. Steven Hickey  
Hickey, McDonald, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 10:05 a.m. and reconvened at 10:15 a.m.  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Jospeh Cotroneo (H2316)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
W. Steven Hickey  
Donald Whiting  
McDonald, Hickey, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Arflack and Fulford  
ABSENT:  
Rezoning Petition Submitted by Carlo Zarcone (H2315)  
The Board accepted public input on this matter.  
Motion  
To approve the staff recommendation, with including the addition of a public inquiry workshop.  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
AYES:  
ADOPTED  
Kathryn Birren  
Donald Whiting  
McDonald, Hickey, Birren, Holmes and Whiting  
Arflack and Fulford  
ABSENT:  
RECESS/RECONVENE  
The Board recessed at 11:05 a.m. and reconvened at 11:10 a.m.  
Presentation on Proposed Tiny Home Community Regulations  
Chairman McDonald passed the gavel to Vice Chairman Hickey and temporarily left the  
meeting, and upon returning shortly thereafter, he resumed the Chairmanship.  
COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF ISSUES  
There were no issues to discuss.  
ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 a.m.  
UPCOMING MEETINGS  
The next regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled for Monday,  
August 14, 2023, beginning at 9:00 AM, in the Commission Chambers.