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Manatee planning panel denies cut of wetlands for Villages of Amazon South expansion
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 5-1 to deny a developer’s request to add 35.5 acres to North River Ranch after prolonged debate over the project’s 24.7-acre wetland impact, off-site mitigation and county stormwater capacity.
The Manatee County Planning Commission on April 16 denied a proposal to add 35.5 acres to Phase 2 of the Villages of Amazon South, a component of the North River Ranch master plan, concluding the public costs outweighed the applicant’s mitigation promises.
The proposal, presented by applicant John Neal, would have rezoned a 35.5-acre parcel to expand a mixed-use village that the developer said would include retail, office and multifamily housing and support a future hospital campus. Neal said the addition would increase the overall project’s walkability and job access and require no new off-site transportation improvements because earlier phases had already built required roads and turn lanes.
But the project also called for impacts to wetlands on the parcel. The staff and applicant’s…
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