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Commission recommends comprehensive plan change for former Whispering Hills school site; rezoning approved with access conditions
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment (SSA 7‑2024) to allow commercial redevelopment of the former Whispering Hills Primary School site and, after debate, recommended rezoning to Community Commercial (CC) with conditions limiting site access and requiring traffic measures.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 22 recommended approval of SSA 7‑2024, a small‑scale comprehensive plan amendment and associated rezoning to Community Commercial (CC) for the former Whispering Hills Primary School site at the southwest corner of South Street and Lane Avenue.
Staff summarized the request: the property, roughly ten acres and previously declared surplus by the Brevard County School Board, is currently designated Education and Public (zoned P) with a small conservation pocket on the west side. The applicant seeks to retain Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) along the site's north frontage on South Street, reassign the middle of the site to Commercial High Intensity (CHI), and designate the…
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