Planning Commission staff on June 11 briefed commissioners on a privately initiated, small‑scale map amendment at 6720 Van Dyke Road that would expand the urban service area and enable a future‑land‑use category change to RES‑12.

"This is HCCPA 25‑11 located at 6720 Van Dyke Road for the urban service area expansion," said Alexis Myers, Planning Commission staff, who described the request as approximately 21.73 acres and noted the parcels lie in the rural area within the Keystone‑Odessa community plan. Myers said the urban service area expansion would require, at minimum, connections to public water and sewer.

Tyreke Royal, Planning Commission staff, briefed the paired future‑land‑use request HCCPA 25‑12: changing the designation from RES‑1 to RES‑12 would raise the density allowance from 1 dwelling unit per gross acre to 12 dwelling units per gross acre and increase potential nonresidential floor area from approximately 139,000 square feet (at 0.25 FAR) to approximately 278,000 square feet (at 0.5 FAR).

Royal and Myers said the site is south of Van Dyke Road and west of Suncoast Parkway, and noted a Florida Department of Transportation access road or easement running through the parcels. Commissioners asked staff clarifying questions about the FDOT easement; staff said it appears to be an FDOT access road and that additional information would be provided in the public‑hearing record.

No public comment speakers were registered on these items at the Planning Commission meeting; the items were briefed for the July public hearing. Staff did not recommend final action at the briefing stage.