Commission approves Halifax Crossings MPUD amendment with multifamily cap, commercial minimums and five-drive-through limit

The City Commission voted 4–3 on Monday to approve an amendment to the Halifax Crossings mixed‑use planned unit development (MPUD) that reconfigures development allocations on a roughly 109.71‑acre site along Halifax Crossing Boulevard and East of Halifax Health. The amendment, adopted as ordinance 14‑2025, reduces total residential units from prior totals while increasing multifamily capacity and adjusting commercial acreage.

Why it mattered: the MPUD controls the mix of housing, retail and medical support uses in an activity‑center corridor that sees heavy traffic and is already subject to a trip cap. The applicant and neighbors debated stormwater, traffic generation and the likelihood that commercial parcels would be developed alongside proposed apartment and age‑restricted housing.

What the commission approved - The approved ordinance limits the MPUD multifamily cap to 850 units total; that number includes 300 age‑restricted units (the remaining 550 are market multifamily units). Commissioners and staff clarified that 275 multifamily units had already been approved and sold under the prior PD; the amendment adds the additional capacity…