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Planning board declines to recommend rezoning of 1253 A1A after resident safety and precedent concerns
Summary
The Satellite Beach Planning and Advisory Board voted to leave the zoning for 1253 A1A unchanged after residents raised safety, precedent and neighborhood-character concerns and the applicant did not attend; board members noted the parcel's small size and parking limits would constrain intense commercial uses.
The Planning and Advisory Board declined to recommend changing the comprehensive-plan designation and zoning for 1253 A1A from RM-3 (residential mixed use) to commercial, after multiple residents urged the board to leave the lot's zoning as-is.
Resident Russell Green, who said he lives at 5 Park Avenue, told the board he was speaking on behalf of neighbors and urged them "the property zoning is not altered," citing safety (two recent pedestrian deaths nearby), the unique Park Avenue beach-access character and a lack of community support for commercial zoning. "A…
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