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City approves rezoning and land‑use change for High Ridge Country Club property
Summary
The Boynton Beach City Commission unanimously approved three second‑reading ordinances to reclassify roughly 64.54 acres west of High Ridge Road from low‑density/single‑family to recreation, with staff noting environmental protections applied during site‑plan review.
Boynton Beach — The City Commission on Jan. 20 voted unanimously to adopt three second‑reading ordinances that amend the future land‑use map and rezone an approximately 64.54‑acre parcel west of High Ridge Road for recreation use as part of a High Ridge Country Club update.
The ordinances (25‑042, 25‑043 and 25‑044) change the parcel’s designation from low‑density residential and single‑family residential to recreation and include the formal abandonment of a portion of Northwest 7th Court right‑of‑way. Planning staff said the measures were routed through state review with no state opposition prior to second reading.
The rezoning and land‑use changes were discussed on the record and accompanied by public comment from a neighboring resident, Dimitar Pavlov, who urged conditions to preserve the area’s mature wooded habitat and to require clear limits on any golf‑course expansion. "It is a mature and dense wooded area that has developed over many decades with very large and tall mature trees," Pavlov said during public comment, calling for permanent preservation of portions of the site.
City planning staff and commissioners responded that many environmental protections and surveys are addressed at the site‑plan stage, not during the map and rezoning hearings. Staff said tree‑removal is limited by existing regulations (generally permitting up to 25% removal with mitigation where required) and that species surveys and mitigation will be required with any site plan submission. "Site plans will be submitted separately and may be minor or major in nature," staff said, noting required surveys and mitigation.
Commissioners discussed the expected minimal impact of the change relative to existing single‑family zoning and emphasized that any future detailed plans would need to comply with environmental review and state and local protections. The measures passed on roll call votes recorded as unanimous.
What happens next: Any future construction or habitat alteration tied to the new zoning will be handled through site‑plan review and environmental surveys; those applications will return to staff (and, where required, public hearings) for approval.
