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Dunedin commission approves design review for 265 Causeway mixed‑use project, waives second reading
Summary
The Dunedin City Commission unanimously approved a design‑review application for a mixed‑use project at 265 Causeway Boulevard — 12 townhomes, a retail winery and a seven‑room hotel — and voted to waive a second reading so the developer can move forward with permitting. Residents raised traffic and dumpster concerns.
The Dunedin City Commission unanimously approved design‑review for a mixed‑use development at 265 Causeway Boulevard on May 7, allowing a project that includes 12 townhomes, a retail winery and a seven‑room hotel to proceed to permitting.
City planner George Kenny told the commission the Site is about 1.05 acres in a coastal high‑hazard land‑use designation and is zoned tourist facility; the proposal meets dimensional standards and is only slightly below the 50‑foot height cap. Kenny said the application mirrors a 2024 approval that lapsed when the applicant missed the 12‑month deadline for securing building permits. "This is exactly what you said yes to," he told the commission, summarizing that the project returns without substantive changes.
The developer and architect—Tim Gilpin of SDG…
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