Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Another One Bites the Dust: Sebastian Inland Harbor Project

The people, in their righteous wrath, have spoken and the developer has withdrawn its proposal to ruin our downtown.  From George Gardner's St. Augustine Report:


Inland Harbor asks "indefinite continuance"
   SA Marina Holdings, LLC has asked for an indefinite continuance of its application for a Sebastian Inland Harbor planned unit development (PUD) amendment before the city's Planning and Zoning Board.
     This on top of the current coronavirus threat that's canceled all city board meetings and City Commission action recently directing that no further public hearings be scheduled for the project until an issue of underlying zoning for the neighboring Winery is resolved.
   Despite presenting a PUD amendment for a hotel with less rooms, more residential units, and two parking garages the developer - an extension of the group that renovated the San Marco Inn into a Doubletree, faced a battery of Lincolnville residents fearing increased traffic flow along Riberia Street, over-development of the area and environmental impacts.   The underlying zoning issue is a claim by the developer that the adjacent Winery on King Street is part of the Inland Harbor project, while the city contests that.
   City Attorney Isabelle Lopez told commissioners, "To resolve it when documents clash we ask certification from the attorneys and they declined to certify."

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