- April 25, 2024
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A proposal to transform a vacant upland near Graham Swamp off Colbert Lane into a community of up to 494 houses received the Palm Coast City Council's initial go-ahead during a March 2 City Council meeting.
The land, owned by developer Geosam Capital and divided into a northern and southern parcel, had been annexed into the city in 2004. The northern parcel, initially zoned "Planned Unit Development," a county designation, was switched to "Master Planned Development," or MPD, a city designation.
At the March 2 council meeting, engineering firm Gulfstream Design sought the City Council's permission to convert that MPD zoning to single-family residential, the zoning designation already used for the land's southern parcel.
The council approved the zoning change with little discussion, and also approved the developer's request to convert some of the land in the southern parcel to preservation status, bringing the total number of preservation land to 131 acres. No members of the public spoke for or against the proposal.
Together, the two parcels of land comprise over 292 acres, and the density of the development, called "Colbert Landings" in city staff documents, will be about 1.69 units per acre.
It is bordered by the conservation areas of Graham Swamp to the north and west, by mixed use to the east, and by residential land to the south.
The rezoning requests earned the approval of the city's Planning and Zoning Board on Feb. 17.
