Submitted By: Emily W. Johnson, AICP
Presentation By: Emily Johnson
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Introduce Ordinance 2025-32 to amend the boundaries of the Ridge at Heath Brook Community Development District generally located southeast of SW Highway 200 (College Road) and west of I-75 by adding approximately 29.142 acres to increase the size of the Community Development District to approximately 104.938 acres (Case No. CDD25-0001) (Quasi-Judicial)
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, Fiscally Sustainable
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
Pursuant to F.S. 190.005(1)(d) a Star Banner Ad was placed once a week for four successive weeks: June 3, 2025, June 10, 2025, June 17, 2025, and June 24, 2025
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BACKGROUND:
A community development district (CDD) is an independent unit of special-purpose local government authorized to plan, finance, construct, operate, and maintain community-wide infrastructure in planned community developments. A CDD provides a "solution to the state's planning, management, and financing needs for delivery of capital infrastructure to service projected growth without overburdening other governments and their taxpayers," per Section 190.002(1)(a), F.S.
A CDD is not a substitute for the local, general-purpose government unit, i.e., the city or county in which the CDD lies. A CDD does not possess the permitting, zoning, or policing powers typically held by general-purpose governments. A CDD is an alternate means of financing, constructing, operating, and maintaining public infrastructure for developments, such as Ridge at Heath Brook.
On June 15, 2021, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2021-58, establishing the Ridge at Heath Brook Community Development District (District). The original boundaries of the District encompassed approximately 39.365 acres and were projected to contain approximately 135 residential dwelling units. On February 21, 2023, City Council adopted Ordina...
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