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Residents, commissioners clash over golf‑course redevelopment and new housing in Margate
Summary
Residents told the Oct. 8 Margate City Commission they oppose multiple proposed housing developments, citing traffic, sewer capacity and loss of small‑town character; commissioners signaled differing views about the golf‑course site and possible high‑end alternatives but took no votes
Several residents used public comment at the Oct. 8 Margate City Commission meeting to press officials for limits on new housing and to raise concerns about redevelopment proposals at the former golf course and other properties.
Santo Coritolo told commissioners he wants to preserve the parking area near an Ace Hardware and warned that a proposed development of “300 or 400 apartments” would worsen traffic in the neighborhood. “That store and those stores in that development there have…
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