Jupiter staff ask whether Center Street code should require — not just incentivize — historic design standards
Town planners previewed proposed changes to the Center Street redevelopment overlay, including converting some incentive-based standards into requirements, re-evaluating allowed building heights (currently up to about 50–60 feet in parts of the district) and revisiting front setbacks and parking to protect historic character.
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At a public workshop, Stephanie Philburn, the town’s assistant director of planning, presented proposed edits to the Center Street/Alternate A1A redevelopment overlay and asked residents whether design standards should remain incentive-based or become mandatory. "We want to look at making it a requirement so that Center Street is different than Alternate A1A," Philburn said, outlining the overlay’s focus on front setbacks, landscape buffers and historic character.
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