- April 18, 2024
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Another developer has cancelled plans for multifamily housing in favor of single-family housing, this time on a plot of land near Citation Parkway and Belle Terre Boulevard.
It is in the second recent case of a developer reworking their plans to take advantage of a hot single-family residential market: Developers made a similar decision with a plot of land at the corner of U.S. 1 and Karas Trail which had initially been entitled for commercial and multifamily use.
The Palm Coast City Council approved the Karas Trail rezoning one 3-1, with dissenting Councilman Victor Barbosa expressing concern about the overwhelmingly single-family residential composition of the city's property tax base.
The latest switch, approved by the planning board on June 20, converts to single-family designation sections of land that had previously been designated for condos, townhomes and an assisted living facility.
The property, at the northeast corner of Citation Boulevard and Belle Terre Boulevard, is approximately 108 acres and had been entitled in 2005 for 312 condominium units, 50 townhouse units and 84 single-family lots.
The new proposal allows for up to 295 single-family lots in a gated community. The planning board voted 6-0 to approve the proposed zoning change and Future Land Use Map designation change. The proposals will next go before the Palm Coast City Council for consideration.
Locals will have more options for storing RVs and boats thanks to a July 20 Planning and Land Development Regulation Board decision allowing storage on a 16-acre parcel on Old Kings Road.
The location, on the road's east side about eight tenths of a mile north of State Road 100, is vacant.
The storage facility would be a remote-operated, electronic-gate access compound with all-outdoor storage and no buildings.
An earlier proposal for the site had included six self-storage buildings, but the latest iteration eliminates those in favor of more parking space for boats and RV rigs. It would be designed for up to 221.
The switch from indoor self-storage to outdoor RV/boat storage involves a larger swathe of land being used for storage and therefore required planning board approval.
The board granted a special exception for the proposal 6-0 with minimal discussion at the July 20 meeting.
