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Palm Coast council approves first reading for East Hampton MPD amendment amid resident objections
Summary
ICI Homes asked the council to amend a 2012 settlement allowing 58 residential entitlements, seeking 13 more units by reducing lot sizes and setbacks. Council approved first reading 3–2 after extensive public comment about flooding, traffic and property values; staff said utilities and traffic impacts are minimal and a public-benefit package could be negotiated before second reading.
The Palm Coast City Council voted 3–2 on Feb. 3 to approve the first reading of an amendment to the East Hampton master plan development (MPD), a requested change that would increase residential entitlements on the site from 58 to 71 lots. The application, filed by CP and HE Residential Lots LLC (a subsidiary of ICI Homes), asks the city to modify a prior settlement and recorded MPD to shrink internal minimum lot area from 8,250 square feet to 5,500 square feet and reduce some setbacks (side yard from 7.5 feet to 5 feet; street-side from 15 feet to 10 feet).
City planning staff told the council the submission includes the analyses the Land Development Code requires and that the increase of 13 units produces a “very minor” net traffic effect and marginal water/wastewater demand. Michael Hanson of Community Development told the council the waste-water system had capacity and that the additional 13 homes would add roughly 3,000 gallons per day of water use and…
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