- November 27, 2024
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A 30,000-square-foot commercial plaza could be coming to the intersection of U.S. 1 and Belle Terre Boulevard.
The Palm Coast Planning Board approved applications to alter the Future Land Use Map designation and zoning on the property in a 6-0 vote. The property — owned by Atlas Investments PC, LLC of Ormond Beach — is 10.9 acres, but only 30,000 square feet on 6 acres would be developed.
The front 6 acres are currently zoned for suburban estates, and Atlas Investments requested to change it to commercial use zoning instead. The remaining 4 acres, along the back, east side of the property, would receive a preservation zoning designation, senior planner Bill Hoover said.
That would leave 200-300 feet of natural buffer between the homes and businesses, including a 40-foot-wide drainage canal that runs along the east edge of the property directly behind the homes, Hoover said.
A representative of Atlas Investments said the location seemed much more suited to commercial use than residential, which the existing zoning allows for, according to the meeting documents. The project is still in the concept phase, and the applicant does not know which businesses might go in the plaza yet.
The 6 acres that would be changed to commercial also include a 2-acre borrow pit on the property. The tentative design from the applicant showed the pit becoming a pond behind and to the north side of the property, Hoover said.
The plaza will have two entrances — one on U.S. 1 and one on Belle Terre Boulevard. The application will need to be approved by the Palm Coast City Council as the next step in the process.
