Developer downsizes plans, proposing 295 homes instead of 445

The community, called Flagler Village, will be at the corner of Belle Terre Boulevard and Citation Boulevard.


Image courtesy of the city of Palm Coast
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A developer who'd planned to build 445 homes — including 287 apartment units — on a 108-acre property at the northeast corner of Belle Terre Boulevard and Citation Boulevard has changed plans, now proposing up to 295 single-family homes on the same property instead.

The Palm Coast City Council voted 5-0 at an Oct. 19 council meeting to approve a Future Land Use Map amendment and rezoning necessary for the change on the property, known as Flagler Village.

The community will be gated, with a lower lot size limit of 6,000 square feet and homes of at least 1,500 square feet, according to a representative of the developer. 

Although councilmen approved the proposed changes unanimously, Councilman Eddie Branquinho had reservations about the size of the homes.

"I just think that 1,500-square-foot homes are very small," he said. "But what are you going to do — it’s legal, and they’re single-family homes. ... There is very little we can do about it, even though I think they’re small."

The Future Land Use Map amendment approved on Oct. 19 changes the land's designation from mixed-use to residential, while the rezoning changes its zoning designation from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to single-family residential. One 16-acre portion of the property will remain mixed-use, and could be used for commercial development.

 

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