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Palm Bay council denies 116-unit townhome land-use change after residents cite traffic, flooding and school-capacity concerns
Summary
After hours of testimony from residents, staff and the applicant, Palm Bay's council voted 5—0to—00 to deny a comprehensive-plan amendment and keep the parcel's public/semi-public land-use designation, rejecting a request to permit up to 116 townhome units on roughly 11.66 acres.
Palm Bay City Council on Oct. 6 denied a proposed comprehensive-plan amendment that would have changed an 11.66-acre tract near Ulster Avenue from public/semi-public to moderate-density residential (RT-10), a step the developer said was needed to build up to 116 townhome units.
The applicant, represented by attorney Kim Risenka and planner Jim McKnight, characterized the project as "infill" and part of the city's stated housing strategy to provide "missing-middle" options. The developer said water and sewer would be extended at the developer's cost, that the project would generate about 833 daily trips (roughly 55 a.m. peak and 66 p.m. peak trips), and that buffers and…
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