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Port Richey planners discuss waterfront boardwalk, overlay rules and easements
Summary
At its Oct. 14 meeting the Port Richey Planning & Zoning Board discussed how the Waterfront Overlay District (WOD) affects waterfront development, public access, setbacks, easements and the limits of city authority when property is privately owned or extends beyond the seawall.
PORT RICHEY, Fla. — The Port Richey Planning & Zoning Board spent much of its Oct. 14 meeting discussing how to protect a continuous public waterfront passage as private development resumes along the city's shoreline.
Board members and staff reviewed the Waterfront Overlay District's existing density limits and tools — including setback language, negotiated easements and planned-unit development (PUD) incentives — and emphasized that the city currently has no automatic right to require public passage across privately owned waterfront property.
The discussion centered on several practical points. The board noted the WOD contains a residential cap — "15 units per acre" — but said developers with parcels of five acres or more can seek a PUD…
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