Planning board recommends approval of CityPoint Landfall PUD after residents raise flooding and traffic concerns

The Brevard County Planning and Zoning Board on the item recorded as H5 and H6 recommended approval of a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment and a planned unit development (PUD) rezoning for a 12.86-acre property known in the record as CityPoint Landfall LLC.

The applicant, represented by attorney Kim Rozanca of Lacey Lyons Rozanca and engineer Bruce Moya, asked to change several existing future land use categories — including neighborhood commercial and multiple residential categories — to allow a mix of residential lots, townhomes and an enclosed RV-storage building. Rozanca told the board the proposal would yield 19 residential units (11 single-family and eight attached townhomes), retain roughly 2.36 acres of wetlands and provide common open space and a 15-foot exterior buffer preserved as tract area under the preliminary development plan (PDP).

The plan drew more than a dozen public speakers, most opposing the changes. Commenters living along Indian River Drive and in the adjacent Parkchester and Brookhill subdivisions said the area already floods after storms, that local roads are narrow and unsafe for additional turning movements, and that the development would increase impervious surface near a Coquina ridge and fragile aquifer-recharge soils. Several speakers also said the project area includes a pioneer cemetery nearby and asked how that grave site would be protected. Bruce Moya, the applicant’s engineer, said the project would be required to meet county, FDOT and St. Johns River Water Management District stormwater and drainage standards and that the post-development discharge would be treated and reduced compared with current uncontrolled flow.

Board members questioned circulation, drainage engineering and community outreach. Rozanca and Moya said residential access would be separate from the commercial access and that the small parking area on the riverfront would be an HOA-controlled amenity for residents, not a public lot. They also said the enclosed RV storage would have no outdoor storage and that townhomes would be sold fee simple rather than retained by a single owner for rental.

After public comment and applicant responses, a motion to recommend approval carried. During the roll call and subsequent remarks the board recorded opposition from three members. One board member asked the applicant to hold a neighborhood meeting before the county commission hearing; the applicant said the developer would consider it and the applicant’s representative later agreed to follow up with further neighborhood outreach.

Votes and formal actions recorded on the item appear in the public record and the item will go to the Board of County Commissioners for final action on the date listed on the county agenda (noted in materials as April 3, 2025).