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Sanford approves first reading for Sharing Center workforce apartments; neighbors press for bigger buffers
Summary
The commission approved on first reading a planned‑development rezoning and comprehensive‑plan amendment for a 5.77‑acre project at 6498 N Ronald Reagan Blvd intended as workforce housing by the Sharing Center. Neighbors pressed officials and the applicant over 15‑ to 25‑foot buffer variances, parking and tree preservation; commissioners asked the applicant to revise Building 6 before second reading.
The Sanford City Commission on Aug. 12 approved on first reading a planned‑development rezoning for a 5.77‑acre property at 6498 North Ronald Reagan Boulevard that the Sharing Center proposes to develop as workforce ("missing middle") apartments.
The commission first adopted the comprehensive‑plan land‑use amendment recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission. During the subsequent quasi‑judicial rezoning hearing, the Sharing Center's representatives outlined revisions made since the project's prior review: buildings were swapped with parking in some locations, the clubhouse and tot lot repositioned, covered parking placed between buildings and neighbors, a masonry stucco wall moved off the property line to provide landscaped buffer on the neighbors' side, and many buffers were set at a 20‑foot minimum.
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