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Commission approves 206 Riverside Drive site plan after heated debate over oak tree removals
Summary
After public testimony and developer arguments, the Melbourne Beach Commission approved the site plan for 206 Riverside Drive 3–1. Commissioners had debated whether two large oak trees should be preserved and whether landscape plans would impede required swales and stormwater retention.
The Town Commission voted 3–1 to approve the site plan for 206 Riverside Drive after extended discussion about tree preservation and stormwater management.
Commissioner Sherry Corey (speaker identifying tree-protection concerns in discussion) moved to table the plan so the applicant could revise landscape drawings that would avoid removing two large oak trees near the driveway and clarify swale/retention details. Developer representative Jeff Joseph of Joya Homes and the project’s landscape/engineer team said the plan had earlier been reviewed and approved by the Planning & Zoning board and engineering staff,…
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