- January 15, 2025
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Palm Coast is revising its Comprehensive Plan and will seek residents' input through a series of neighborhood workshops.
"The [Comprehensive] Plan is a living document that’s really the vision of the community," Palm Coast Senior Planner Jose Papa told the city's Planning and Land Development Regulation Board at a Jan. 19 board meeting. "I would be skipping a step if I proposed changes to policies and objectives at this time without going to the public for input."
State law requires municipalities to update their comprehensive plans every seven years, and Palm Coast's last evaluation was in 2015, Papa said.
The planning board approved a set of housekeeping Comprehensive Plan amendments at the Jan. 19 meeting. Those include changes in wording to reflect the city's latest capital improvement plan, expected changes in school capacity, and recent work on recreational facilities, and to incorporate a state-required statement supporting private property rights.
Those changes will come before the City Council for approval at an upcoming meeting and must be sent to the state for approval by Feb. 10. After the state reviews the amendments, the city will hold a second public hearing, likely sometime in April, to approve them.
A more extensive review of the Comprehensive Plan, including resident input, would follow, updating the plan's timeline from 2035 to 2045.
It would likely involve a consulting group that would facilitate neighborhood meetings and help city staff determine which questions to ask residents, Papa said.
