Commissioners press developers on 105-units-per-acre density and practical unit cap for Flagler Center
The applicant said the MDA allows up to 105 dwelling units per acre, but developers and staff said the conceptual plan and land-use bundle show an initial tranche capped at about 6,000 residential units; commissioners highlighted math that produced a theoretical 9,870-unit figure and asked to harden unit limits in writing.
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The workshop featured repeated clarifications about density and the number of units the developer may ultimately build. Presenter Miriam Soleil Ramos stated a 105-dwelling-units-per-acre maximum in the MDA and gave a theoretical population yield. Commissioners, doing back-of-envelope math, noted that 105 units per acre over roughly 94 developable acres implies about 9,870 dwelling units; developers answered that the land-use bundle and the conceptual master plan show an initial tranche of 6,000 residential units.
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