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Commission backs Marlin Development's 62+ Beach Tower after heated public comment on height, alley access and stormwater
Summary
The commission voted to recommend Marlin Development's Beach Tower senior-living project, which seeks air-rights closures and height alternative compliance, after a lengthy hearing that drew concerns about alley deliveries, flooding and the building's scale relative to nearby homes.
The Planning Commission recommended approval of a proposed Beach Tower senior living complex from Marlin Development (30 Third Street LLC) that consolidates multiple oceanfront parcels and requests air-rights closures and alternative compliance for height limits in the Sea Pines corridor.
Marlin's team said the 97-unit independent-living building (62 and older), plus associated assisted-living/memory-care and structured parking, will replace a collection of impervious, underperforming parcels that currently have minimal stormwater treatment. The developer requested two air-rights parcels above a 20-foot alley and a modified schedule (24 months) for completing alley-area rights closure and alley widening.
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