The final plan for a new, 442-home subdivision is heading to Marion County commissioners next week, just over 13 months after the property originally secured rezoning approval.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners will consider the final master plan for the Sandy Clay residential subdivision during its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 21. State corporate records show that Sandy Clay LLC is owned by local partners Matt Fabian, Harvey Vandeven, and Floyd Salser.
The request represents the final procedural step for the project, whose rezoning to a PUD was initially approved by commissioners last year on June 17, 2025, under the condition that the finalized master plan return to the board for a final vote.
Spanning 119.75 acres across two parcels on the southeast corner of SE 92nd Loop and SE 110th Street Road, the development currently does not have an address.
Plans call for the construction of 442 detached single-family dwellings, reflecting a notable shift from the property’s multi-acre development history.
Back in 2023, a previous rezoning request for the site was approved for a mix of 344 single-family homes and 108 townhomes totaling 452 units.
However, the developers subsequently revised the blueprint to remove the townhomes entirely, making the community exclusively comprised of detached homes and slightly reducing the overall unit count.
According to the conceptual plan, current plans call for 239 lots measuring 40 feet by 120 feet and 203 lots measuring 50 feet by 120 feet, with maximum home heights capped at 40 feet.
Because of its location in the southern portion of the county, the acreage sits entirely within the state-designated Urban Growth Boundary as well as the county’s highly sensitive Primary Springs Protection Overlay Zone.
County staff confirmed that the submitted master plan has successfully satisfied all required land development code criteria and met all conditions of the 2025 PUD approval.
Furthermore, county submittal review records show the property falls within the City of Belleview’s utility service area, necessitating coordinated service connections for local water and wastewater infrastructure before development can proceed.
Environmental documentation prepared for the site also notes that a prior protected species survey identified 16 potentially occupied gopher tortoise burrows on the property, mandating strict 25-foot protective buffers or state-approved relocation protocols prior to ground disturbance.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners next meets at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, at the McPherson Governmental Complex (601 SE 25th Avenue) in Ocala.
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