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Commissioners deny Tidewater 2 PUD after residents and staff raise traffic, trees and drainage concerns
Summary
After a multi-hour quasi-judicial hearing with staff, the applicant and dozens of residents, the county commission voted to deny a proposed Tidewater 2 Planned Unit Development citing concerns about compatibility, tree removal, substandard nearby roads and stormwater.
St. Lucie County planning staff, the applicant and more than a dozen residents debated a rezoning and PUD amendment that would add townhomes and single-family lots in the White City area before the Board of County Commissioners voted to deny the request.
Thad Crow, senior planner with the county’s Planning and Development Services, described the site’s context — a large, vegetated tract between U.S. 1 and Oleander Avenue — and said the revised plan reduced unit counts in response to prior review. Staff told commissioners the proposal now showed 168 total units: 94 townhomes and 74 single-family lots, with 44% open space, but continued to raise concerns about native tree loss, substandard local road widths (notably Oleander, Sager and Ulrich), and stormwater and drainage…
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