Up to 300 more residential dwelling units could be coming to eastern Collier County as part of the Roost Road Planned Unit Development at the intersection of Roost and Manatee roads just more than a mile south of the intersection of Collier Boulevard and U.S. 41. The almost 65 acres of land on the west side of Roost Road previously was zoned for a mobile home district, but the Collier County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously without discussion Tuesday to rezone the land. 

The property is surrounded by three mobile home parks, but when this item was brought to the Planning Commission in May, member Joe Schmitt considered it a favorable rezone request. 

“This is a coastal high hazard area. Any new homes will have to comply with the new base flood elevation requirements and certainly would have to comply with the building codes, which is far more favorable than mobile home [codes],” Schmitt said. “So, I think that’s a benefit all around.” 

The rezoning will allow for the development of single-family, two-family and multifamily dwelling units, along with an amenity area with recreational facilities and administrative offices. The only access to the development will be off Roost Road. 

The development will be just east of the planned ASGM Business Park, which is permitted 200,000 square feet of business park uses and 50,000 square feet of retail space and hotels. The most recent proposal for ASGM Business Park includes either 500 units of three-story apartments or a combination of a business park and residential units. A public hearing for ASGM Business Park is expected by the fall.