Palm Coast approves future land‑use and rezoning for 38.8‑acre site on State Road 100; council presses developer on traffic mitigation

PALM COAST, Fla. — The City of Palm Coast City Council voted unanimously Oct. 21 to adopt a future land use map (FLUM) amendment and a companion zoning map amendment for about 38.8 acres located roughly a half‑mile west of Seminole Woods Boulevard along State Road 100. The changes convert a mix of Flagler County commercial high intensity (about 10.5 acres) and residential high density (about 28.3 acres) to the city’s mixed‑use FLUM designation and to the city’s COM‑2 (general commercial) zoning.

City planning staff said the companion zoning amendment and an assumed maximum floor‑area ratio (FAR) of 0.4 were used to calculate theoretical development potential. At that FAR, the gross site could allow up to about 676,000 square feet of built space compared with roughly 182,000 square feet of nonresidential development under the county designations as presented — a theoretical net increase approaching half a million square feet depending on final site plans. Under the county’s residential high‑density designation the parcel would have retained an entitlement of up to…