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Jupiter council approves first-reading land-use and zoning changes for Beacon Park parcel; asks staff for trip-cap and traffic analysis
Summary
On Jan. 20 the Jupiter Town Council approved on first reading a future land-use amendment and a zoning map change for the east portion of the 57-acre Beacon Park parcel, citing a projected large reduction in traffic. Council directed staff to draft trip-cap language and return with additional traffic and workforce-housing analysis for the west side.
The Jupiter Town Council on Tuesday approved, on first reading, ordinances to change the future land-use designation and zoning for roughly 34.3 acres on the east side of the 57-acre Beacon Park parcel, moving the area to low-density single-family residential and R‑1 zoning.
The action followed a presentation from Zach Sasser, agent for Pulte Divosta and the Simon family, who urged the council that "the residential mitigates traffic impact to Indiantown Road" and said the applicant’s modeling showed industrial entitlements would produce about four cars per minute during peak hour while the proposed residential land use would equate to about one car per minute — an 80% reduction "just from the land use alone." Sasser…
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