Titusville planning panel recommends denial of Tranquility development amendment

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — The Titusville Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 18 recommended denial of the fifth amendment to the Tranquility Development Agreement, sending the proposal to the City Council with a list of unresolved issues and requests for clearer documentation.

Senior planner Christy Anderson told the commission the Tranquility project (formerly Antigua Bay) is a planned, mixed‑use community of about 340 acres with 2,404 residential units and a mix of single‑family, multifamily, commercial, preservation areas and parkland. The applicant is asking the city to clarify and amend the agreement to allow, among other changes, building heights of up to 150 feet, use of the small‑scale plat process for some land divisions, reduced landscape buffers with a proposed "125%" enhancement, accessory‑structure encroachments into the 50‑foot arterial setback, and phased land clearing and on‑site stockpiling of fill.

"The Tranquility Development is a mixed use planned community with 2,404 residential units," Anderson told the commission, and staff outlined numerous gaps in the amendment: unspecified locations and intended uses for buildings that might claim the 150‑foot height incentive, missing exhibits to show compliance with small‑scale plat rules, unclear utility and stormwater plans, and an insufficiently defined approach to the proposed 125%…