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Planning board recommends against annexation of Tall Pines mobile‑home park after broad resident opposition
Summary
The Fort Pierce Planning Board on June 9 voted to recommend disapproval of the Tall Pines voluntary annexation and master‑planned development after lengthy resident testimony raising safety, drainage, road‑condition and property‑management concerns.
The Fort Pierce Planning Board on June 9 recommended disapproval of a voluntary annexation and master‑plan development zoning application for the Tall Pines mobile‑home park after prolonged public comment and board discussion.
The applicant sought to annex approximately 41.38 acres at 314 South Erie Drive (two parcels as presented) from St. Lucie County into the City of Fort Pierce and rezone the site to Planned Development with a proposed master plan that would add a 33‑space long‑term recreational vehicle (RV) area and eight manufactured home lots to an existing manufactured‑home community. Erin Lees of WGI, representing the applicant, said the annexation would reduce the maximum potential density under county rules and allow uses—such as long‑term RV spaces—that the city’s zoning would permit.
Residents from Tall Pines occupied the meeting for…
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