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Development radar — Lake County, July 2026
This is the first Development Radar issue for Lake County. The month moved on two fronts: text amendments to the county's development code — certified recovery residences, rural conservation subdivision design standards, and landscape buffer requirements — and land-use filings in the City of Clermont, nearly all tied to the southern U.S. 27 corridor. Every item was verified against its official agenda live: we publish only the ones that resolved and whose status appears verbatim on the agenda, next to the item it describes. Of the fifteen items in this issue's draft, six cleared the gate; the rest were dropped and the reason for each drop is published. **Updated August 6, 2026:** we added the Central Florida Expressway Authority construction agreement. It was dropped on first publication because the draft quoted “approved”, which on the agenda describes the superseded March agreement; its correct verbatim status is “Recommend approval”.
City of Clermont
Large-scale Comprehensive Plan amendment — Hammock Pointe/Reserve subdivision (Ordinance 2026-021)
Status on agenda: “NEW BUSINESS”
The agenda records consideration of a large-scale Comprehensive Plan amendment request for the Hammock Pointe/Reserve subdivision, listed as Item 2 under New Business.
View official agendaConditional use permit for a veterinary clinic within a PUD (Resolution 2026-021R, CityVet)
Status on agenda: “NEW BUSINESS”
The agenda describes consideration of a conditional use permit that would allow a veterinary clinic to operate within a Planned Unit Development.
View official agendaCommunity Development District for the Sanctuary at Wellness Ridge subdivision (Ordinance 2026-027)
Status on agenda: “NEW BUSINESS”
The agenda records consideration of an ordinance establishing a Community Development District for the Sanctuary at Wellness Ridge subdivision.
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Lake County
Certified recovery residences in the Land Development Regulations — authorization to advertise
Status on agenda: “IX. REGULAR AGENDA”
The agenda describes authorizing advertisement of an ordinance creating Section 3.03.00 of the Land Development Regulations, titled Certified Recovery Residences, and amending the Definitions chapter and Section 3.01.03 on permitted and conditional uses, as required by Senate Bill 954 (2025).
View official agendaConstruction agreement with the Central Florida Expressway Authority — CR 455, Cook Road and Schofield between U.S. 27 and S.R. 429 (Tab 16)
Status on agenda: “Recommend approval”
The agenda recommends approval to repeal and replace the construction agreement approved on March 24, 2026 with the Central Florida Expressway Authority: the county would reimburse CFX $16,348,714.42 for a portion of the right-of-way acquisition, design, permitting and construction on the Lake/Orange Expressway Project, spread over 20 years, with a first payment of $817,436.12 scheduled for approximately October 15, 2027.
View official agendaThree Land Development Regulations ordinances at public hearing (Tabs 15, 16 and 17)
Status on agenda: “PUBLIC HEARING”
The agenda lists the first public hearing on the Certified Recovery Residences ordinance, plus adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter XVII on Rural Conservation Subdivision Design Standards and another on landscape buffer requirements.
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Sources
- City of Clermont — Planning and Zoning Commission, June 2, 2026 agenda (CivicClerk) — accessed August 6, 2026
- City of Clermont — City Council, July 28, 2026 agenda (CivicClerk) — accessed August 6, 2026
- Lake County — Board of County Commissioners, June 9, 2026 agenda (CivicClerk) — accessed August 6, 2026
- Lake County — Board of County Commissioners, July 14, 2026 agenda (CivicClerk) — accessed August 6, 2026