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Planning commission approves tier change to let Palms West Hospital use 18.85 acres for parking, future expansion
Summary
The Palm Beach County Planning Commission voted to recommend a tier change from rural to urban‑suburban for an 18.85‑acre parcel west of Palms West Hospital, allowing the site to be used for hospital parking now and increasing future development potential; a separate farmworker‑housing text amendment was postponed for further research.
The Palm Beach County Planning Commission on a unanimous voice vote recommended approval of a tier change that will reclassify an 18.85‑acre parcel west of Palms West Hospital from the rural tier to the urban‑suburban tier, allowing the property to be used for expanded surface parking and aligning its tier with the adjacent hospital campus.
Joanie Brinkman, agent with Urban Design Studio representing HCA in Palms West, told commissioners, "What we have before you today is a tier change ... it's about 18.85 acres in size and currently has a rural tier designation, and we're requesting to go to the urban suburban tier." Staff later recommended approval with a condition limiting the parcel's maximum trip generation under the county's long‑range traffic policy.
The change preserves the site's existing future‑land‑use designation of Institutional and Public Facilities and was presented as a…
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