Dade City is considering changes that would encourage more housing, retail and restaurants downtown as city officials move forward with a broader effort to reshape how future development occurs in the city center.
At the center of the proposal is a plan to rezone about 94 acres of downtown into a single Central Business District. City officials say the change would replace a patchwork of residential, commercial and office zoning categories with a more unified set of standards intended to support future investment and redevelopment.
City documents describe the district as the focal point for a mix of retail, office, service, restaurant, entertainment, civic and residential uses. The goal is to attract new activity downtown while preserving the area’s architectural character, promoting pedestrian-friendly development and discouraging highway-oriented land uses.
The rezoning is one piece of a larger downtown planning effort that also includes new land-use policies, design standards and subdistricts intended to guide where commercial, mixed-use and residential development occurs.
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Together, the changes are intended to support downtown revitalization, mobility, historic preservation and land-use compatibility as Dade City prepares for future growth and investment in the city center.
The commission’s action would not approve a specific development project. Instead, it would establish the standards that shape future projects across much of downtown.
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