Vero Beach council advances land‑use rules and rezoning for 3 Corners waterfront redevelopment

The Vero Beach City Council on Tuesday moved forward by consensus on an extensive set of land‑development code changes and a related rezoning meant to implement the 3 Corners Waterfront master concept plan for the former power plant and adjacent city property.

City planning staff described the ordinance changes as the final regulatory step to allow redevelopment of roughly 33.7 acres at the northeast and southeast quadrants of the Indian River Boulevard/Seventeenth Street intersection. The changes add a new "3 Corners Waterfront" zoning framework, amend multiple chapters of the land‑development code and create use‑specific standards intended to align zoning with the citizen‑approved 2022 master plan.

Planning staff told the council the package translates the community‑driven master plan into the city's land development regulations and follows the planning board's unanimous recommendation, with two specific revisions the board requested.

Jason, a city planning staff member who presented the measures, said the rules standardize definitions and measurement sections across chapters 60, 62 and 67 of the land‑development code and…