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Board backs Danza Group request to increase units at Westgate Terrace, grant parking waiver and TCEA trips
Summary
The CRA voted 5-0 to support Danza Group's request to increase Westgate Terrace residential units from 44 to 58 (including 12 workforce units), allocate 14 additional bonus-density units from the CRA pool, approve a 15% parking reduction waiver, and allocate 256 daily trips and 27 pm peak-hour trips from the TCEA pool.
The Westgate/Belvedere Homes CRA on April 13 voted to support Danza Group's plan to amend an existing development order for the Westgate Terrace project to increase residential density and finalize site approvals.
Aaron Taylor with Danza Group described the project as a mixed-use infill redevelopment of a roughly two-acre CRA-owned assemblage at Westgate Avenue and Seminole Boulevard. The project already had zoning approval for 44 multifamily rental units and about 10,339 sq. ft. of government and medical office space; the developer proposed increasing residential units to 58 and designating 12 of those as workforce housing to meet a 20% density-bonus requirement.
To reach 58 units, staff said the project needed 14 additional bonus-density units from the CRA's density bonus pool (the project had previously been allocated 28 bonus units). The applicant also requested an administrative Type 1 parking waiver to allow a 15% reduction in required parking and requested an allocation from the CRA's Transportation Concurrency Exception Area (TCEA) pool of 256 trips per day and 27 pm peak-hour trips.
Staff recommended that the board forward a recommendation of approval for DRO (Development Review Officer) approval of the 14 additional bonus units, the Type 1 parking waiver, the TCEA trip allocation, and final DRO site plan approval. The board voted 5-0 in favor after a motion by Joanne Rufty and second by Ruth Haggerty.
Why it matters: The proposed increases would materially raise residential density on a key mixed-use parcel in Westgate and rely on CRA-managed density-bonus resources and TCEA trip allocations. The developer and staff characterized the project as a model for future corridor redevelopment.
Next steps: The approvals supported by the CRA are recommendations and administrative approvals that enable the developer to pursue final DRO/site-plan actions. Conditions attached to density bonuses and the parking waiver were not fully detailed in the meeting record; staff indicated alignment with the CRA's redevelopment plan.
