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Commissioners deny request to expand assisted living home from 6 to 8 residents in Longwood subdivision
Summary
After extended public testimony and debate about neighborhood compatibility, Seminole County commissioners voted unanimously to deny a special exception that would have increased occupancy from six to eight at Walden's Pond Cove assisted living facility.
The Seminole County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to deny a special exception that would have allowed an existing assisted living facility at 2825 Walden Pond Cove in Longwood to increase licensed residents from six to eight.
Hillary Paden, planning and development, told the board the facility (ARO Senior Care/Majestic Residences) occupies a 2,393-square-foot single-family structure on one acre in A-1 zoning, with four bedrooms. Staff found the request met only two of the ten required special-exception criteria and recommended denial, citing potential incompatibility with the single-family character, increased traffic impacts, and that moving…
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