New "Mount Dora North" development proposed in Lake County

A significant new development is proposed for Lake County on Round Lake Road across from Round Lake Charter School and north of State Road 46. The proposed 260-acre project has 3,242 residential units at an average density of 12.45 dwelling units (DU) per acre.  (See conceptual plan below)

For comparison, nearby Sullivan Ranch is 299 acres with 692 residences with density of 2.31 DU per acre.

The 10-parcel project will have a public hearing at the Lake County Planning & Zoning Board on Wednesday, September 4, and the Lake County Commission on Tuesday, October 1.  

The capacity for City of Mount Dora water and waste-treatment utilities to service the large development and others in the pipeline has been a concern of residents already dealing with the recurring smell of sewage in the eastern area of Mount Dora.  The City of Mount Dora's public information officer (PIO) would not  answer whether the City supports the Lake County project as currently proposed, or if it has waste-water treatment capacity at the controversial plant which currently serves that area and has been the alleged source of a noxious odor for years.

The City, via its PIO, also opted not to answer whether it would have a representative at the upcoming Lake County zoning hearing. According to Lake County’s rezoning staff’s 36-page report, the county’s final ordinance was provided to the City of Mount Dora staff for comments on June 25, 2024, yet the City made none. 

The September 4 and October 1 public hearings are to consider the Richland Developer Florida Inc’s. (Richland) request to rezone the parcels from agricultural and rural residential districts to a Planned Unit Development (PUD), which includes higher density residential and a mixed-use employment center. Currently the parcels are single-family homes and agricultural pastures.  

The proposed Mount Dora North project is one of two developments which encompasses 593 acres and also includes the Mount Dora South development.  The majority of the North and South project is within the Wolf Branch Innovation District (WBID).  In total, 3,746 residences are proposed, along with over 12 million square-feet of non-residential space intended for office, commercial and light industrial-flex uses.  The residential densities for the combined Mount Dora North and South projects range from 4 dwelling units (DU) per acre to 18 DU per acre and the dwelling types include single-family homes, townhomes and low-rise residential.  Both of the proposed developments are on the September 4 agenda. 

RVi Planning & Landscape Architecture, Richland’s consultant, submitted a summary and narrative on the development which stated Mount Dora North would result in a projected 30,232 trips daily, with 2,360 of those occurring in peak morning hours, and 2,462 occurring in peak evening hours. The developer would pay the required roadway impact fees for the development. 

Lake County’s Planning and Zoning Board meeting will be held on September 4 at the Lake County Commission Chamber at 315 W. Main Street in Tavares at 9 a.m. and is open to the public. The October 1 public hearing is scheduled at the same location.

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ABOVE: Conceptual plan of proposed Mount Dora North development with key on right. (Click on image to enlarge.)

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