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Port Royal Club wins approval to raise seawall, change pool lift, add stormwater vaults
Summary
City council amended the Port Royal Club’s 2024 conditional-use approval to allow raising the beachfront seawall to address resiliency, move a pool lift to meet accessibility code, switch entry gates from swinging to sliding, and nearly double underground stormwater storage; council approved the change unanimously.
City council on Oct. 15 approved an amendment to the conditional-use resolution that governs the Port Royal Club’s new clubhouse, allowing four minor but material changes to the previously approved plans.
The changes approved include raising the club’s seawall from about +5.3 feet NAVD to +8.0 feet NAVD at the club’s frontage; relocating the pool’s accessible lift from the north edge to the south edge to satisfy state-accessibility code provisions; replacing swinging entry gates along Gordon Drive with sliding gates moved to the same footprint after demolition; and expanding the below‑grade stormwater vault storage from about 85 units to about 162 units to improve on‑site capture and reduce discharge to the city system.
Why it matters: The club is rebuilding a generational facility and says the seawall elevation and the added stormwater storage are resilience measures that both…
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