Margate DRC declines to recommend approval of Carolina Club redevelopment applications pending unresolved traffic, compatibility and documentation issues

The Development Review Committee of the City of Margate on Aug. 26 declined to recommend approval of three linked applications for the redevelopment of the Carolina Club Golf Course at 3011 Rock Island Road, citing unresolved traffic analyses, compatibility concerns for a proposed multifamily pod and incomplete application documentation.

The three applications under reconsideration were a development agreement (application 2400400067), a land‑use plan amendment (application 2400400057) and a rezoning (application 2400400056), all submitted for the same project by the applicant’s agent, Matthew Scott of the law firm Greenspoon Martin, on behalf of Rosemergie Acquisition LLC. Andrew Penny, the city’s senior planner, told the committee that because several substantive comments remain open the committee must find the applications do not yet demonstrate compliance with the Unified Land Development Code and the concurrency…