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Commission rejects essential-housing land-use change for West Boynton Ranches after neighborhood opposition
Summary
A proposed conversion of 32 acres to the county’s Essential Housing future land use (up to eight units per acre) failed to win approval after residents raised concerns about density, traffic and compatibility; staff said the application met the formal policy criteria but the motion failed on the commission floor.
The commission considered a petition to change the future land use of roughly 32 acres on the south side of Boynton Beach Boulevard — within the county’s designated corridor for potential Essential Housing development — to the Essential Housing designation, which allows up to eight dwelling units per acre provided preserve and workforce-housing requirements are met.
The applicant proposed to cluster development on approximately 12.5 acres of the site and to provide the required preserve area (contiguous and an off-site preserve parcel),…
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