Development brief: “Midway 65” PUD SE Silver Springs Shores
None assigned, east of Silver Springs Shores, north of Bahia Trace and Lake Opal and Lake Diamond Golf & Country Club; and west of Adams Drainage Canal. Parcel numbers: 9027-0000-02 of 110 acres.
Midway 65 LLC, represented by Tillman & Associates Engineering, LLC, have requested rezoning from Single-Family Dwelling R-1 to Planned Unit Development.
329 single-family units on 110 acres. Project was granted a waiver for a land-use stepdown from High Residential to Medium Residential for 47.53 acres. Approximately 24.54 acres are within a conservation easement.
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The project is located outside the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and within the Primary Springs Protection Zone (P-SPOZ).
District 1, Commissioner Craig Curry
Greenway Elementary (88%) capacity; Lake Weir Middle School  (88% capacity); Lake Weir High School (75% capacity),
From the staff report: “MCPS is examining school capacities and is currently undertaking the construction and expansion of several public schools; MCPS proposes several elementary, middle, and high school facilities in the Marion Oaks subdivision—which is, at least partially, served by the schools above. The public schools impact may adversely affect the public interest.
Staff recommends approval
From the staff report: “…staff finds while the traffic impacts may adversely affect the public interest, the timing of various developments being a large unknown, it is determined that overall the public facility impacts will not adversely affect the public interest as proposed and recommended, as the potential impacts will be addressed by the proposed PUD development conditions and improvements resulting from the Traffic Study.”
“The PUD site plan shows four access points, all of which appear to be intersecting with Bahia Trace. The majority of the subject property’s frontage is on a portion of Bahia Trace that has not been developed yet.
The need for roadway improvements will be provided in the approved traffic study. Once the traffic study determines required improvements to be implemented by the owner… “
The item was heard by Marion County Planning & Zoning board on December 29, 2025 and approved in a 5-0 vote. The BOCC is scheduled to hear the application on January 20, 2026 at its 1:30pm meeting.
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