Palm Beach County staff presented and the zoning commission recommended approval of a county‑initiated official zoning map amendment to rezone 1,576 county‑owned parcels totaling about 13,264.52 acres into the Preservation Conservation (PC) zoning district to match earlier future‑land‑use changes designating the tracts as conservation land.

Staff told the commission the parcels are dispersed across multiple natural areas and clusters in unincorporated Palm Beach County, including Cypress Creek, Hungryland Slough, Pine Glades, Loxahatchee and other natural areas. The parcels were described as county‑acquired over roughly the last three decades for management as environmentally sensitive lands. The staff recommendation said the rezoning aligns the official zoning map with conservation future land use atlas amendments that the county has already processed for these parcels.

The commission heard no public comment on the application at the hearing and staff reported that all required standards for rezoning were met. A commissioner thanked staff for the housekeeping action; staff noted that a rezoning, once approved, remains in effect unless changed by a future rezoning application and that the land will continue to be managed as conservation land.

Action taken: the commission voted to recommend approval of the county‑initiated rezoning request; the matter will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for final action.

Why it matters: rezoning county‑owned conservation parcels to the PC district aligns zoning with conservation future land use designations, clarifies land management expectations and reduces administrative mismatches between zoning and land use for a significant county landholding.