Wildwood council directs staff to draft North 38 rezoning legislation after negotiating Main Street, unit and fee changes

Wildwood — The City Council authorized staff on Feb. 10 to prepare legislation for the North 38 (also referred to in materials as Latitude North 38) development and rezoning request after negotiating changes with the developer, including increasing the project to 55 housing units and having the developer construct one-half of the Main Street cross-section along its frontage.

The action directs the city attorney and departments to draft ordinance language and a revised cooperation agreement for the council’s March meeting; council members said approving the draft does not finalize zoning or site approvals, which would come later in the formal ordinance and site-plan review process.

Why this matters: North 38 sits adjacent to the planned Village Green town-center park and to existing Crestview Drive. Council and staff framed the vote as a way to start an engineered extension of Main Street and to secure developer commitments while continuing city efforts to acquire additional right-of-way on the north side of Crestview Drive. Those acquisitions would be needed to complete the full Main Street design later.

What the council approved and why: City staff described the negotiated package as a 55-unit plan with the developer constructing a 24.5-foot roadway pavement, streetscape elements and associated improvements within a 40-foot-wide land dedication along the development’s frontage. Director Vunich summarized the proposal in council discussion:…