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Development services director outlines sign-code rewrite, Silver Palm sidewalk and upcoming projects
Summary
The development services director told the Edgewater Planning & Zoning Board the city will present a cleaned-up sign code, pursue an FDOT-funded 8-foot Silver Palm sidewalk design contract, continue ADU and landscape-buffer revisions, and expects planning items for Deering Park and a marina in coming months.
At the April 15 meeting the Development Services Director briefed the Planning & Zoning Board on a slate of ongoing code updates and capital-planning efforts.
Staff said a revised sign code will appear at next month’s meeting; the rewrite cleans content away from enforceable regulations and clarifies sign types, sizes, materials and time-and-manner rules. "We can't regulate content any longer," the director said, and the rewrite focuses on size, type and placement. Staff also said they are working on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and revising landscape-buffer language to address implementation issues where buffers had unintentionally grown larger than intended.
On capital projects, staff reported that an FDOT-funded design contract for an 8-foot Silver Palm sidewalk has cleared scope and will move to contract negotiations. The director said design funding was awarded and construction funding may follow in 2027 or 2028. Staff also said a transportation-impact study for phase 2 of Deering Park should be complete in two to three months and that the board may see approvals for roughly 1,000 units later in a council agenda cycle. A conceptual rework of a 137-acre south parcel by Holiday Builders to add industrial uses was described as in progress.
Staff noted progress on a Jones Fish Camp Road design agreement and said a marina proposal with dry-stack boat storage and a restaurant is nearing a submittal that could come before council in May or June. In response to a question about site clearing at the end of Jones Fish Camp Road, staff said the property owner had clear-cut two lots, paid tree-code fines and filed permits; the owner intends to build two houses independent of the Riverfront Estates HOA.
The director closed by saying staff will bring the sign-code draft and other LDC amendments back to the board for review in coming months.
