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Dessie Koceras, resilience and sustainability analyst in the Office of Resilience, summarized the proposal’s five key strategies: adaptation, mitigation, sustainable development, social equity and regional collaboration. The Office of Resilience noted its creation in 2018 and said the new element would be grounded in the county’s 2024 climate vulnerability assessment, the regional climate action plan and other existing research.

Commissioners asked about how the element would interact with emergency management and with department‑level implementation (building, transportation, stormwater). Megan Houston, resilience director, and staff said the initiation phase is intended to identify overlaps and to coordinate with departments so that the final text is actionable and avoids duplication. Commissioners asked about economic impacts, incentives versus mandates, and whether disaster resilience (including emergency management coordination) would be covered; staff said initiation is the first step and that cost, regulatory changes and interdepartmental responsibilities will be evaluated during drafting.

Commissioner Ankur Patel moved to initiate the Resiliency Element; Commissioner Glenn Groman seconded. The motion passed with a majority; Commissioners Penny Pompey and Brian Stenberg voted no on initiation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","PLANNING MEETING 1-10-2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Planning Commission voted to initiate a resiliency element to consolidate county climate adaptation and mitigation policies; motion passed with two dissenting votes.","taxTitle","Palm Beach County, Florida","taxId",2875,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6393768,"Planning Commission denies land‑use change for West End Crossing at Northlake Boulevard and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road",921,2409000,3330000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2105369-43c53293e7d7100a169f10285fa1da23&start=2409&end=3330","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2105369-43c53293e7d7100a169f10285fa1da23/thumbnail_2409000.jpg","/articles/6393768/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Planning-Commission-denies-landuse-change-for-West-End-Crossing-at-Northlake-Boulevard-and-Seminole-Pratt-Whitney-Road","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393768-3690b769fcb718cc414fb2d2cac2dfeb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771146591&Signature=d-fT8uJpM-OYUOxiE54tsDW3MQB-XnIO~sjsCT~e4n6xhpkMY2h7rit626uw8rgMKIJV6JUGN~yHLqtKEfZb0tMI992fAtnCzy1kYhsCgnamW03niUdijHkvKVNmFO-liML-khMraMT~eVhaOZDwTqqbHQ18t11vPsmd4WKTS-oWNtsZYyBlixFnuNwFIWbcvVQsvWxa1-BrlQA~wzFSzOi6XHcooesFE8cusNFVWb11PYADwtjV9tIFuGVOErk0YHYgVlWQSQ2j7a8HnvDlRTMM3XAR-x524fqtGCqyC0SV06NjRMuLniSr3SGPpXVjTE7qI3ZtD5wDzCcl1L4r~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Planning Commission voted to deny a private future‑land‑use amendment request known as West End Crossing. The applicant sought to change three parcels totaling 5.93 acres at the southeast corner of Northlake Boulevard and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road from Rural Residential 2.5 (one unit per 2.5 acres) to Commercial Low to permit an MUPD with retail, a restaurant with drive‑through and a 12‑fuel gas station concept.

Bryce Van Horn of the county Planning Division presented the staff analysis and recommended denial. Staff found the site's net developable area is only about 4.3 acres (the remainder is road right‑of‑way) and said the applicant’s justification relied on high trip‑generating vehicular uses directly adjacent to single‑family homes. Staff concluded the amendment did not meet the neighborhood‑plan or Western Northlake Corridor study recommendations and was not compatible with the exurban tier’s location and compatibility criteria.

Several neighbors testified in opposition, citing the Acreage Neighborhood Plan language that recommends prohibiting petroleum facilities within the Acreage unified planning area, concerns about traffic, insufficient infrastructure, and impacts to the rural character. Applicant representatives argued the area has changed since the plan and that the intersection and nearby growth justify commercial low; they also offered a conceptual site plan that included a six‑foot opaque wall, 60–70 foot buffers to adjacent homes and tree preservation areas.

After extended discussion about compatibility, precedent and traffic/stormwater mitigation, Commissioner Rick Stopeck moved to accept staff's recommendation to deny the amendment; Commissioner Glenn Groman seconded. The commission voted 8–4 in favor of denial. Commissioners Angela Van, Michael Cuevas, John Carr and Brian Stenberg voted against the denial (i.e., supported transmittal). The chair noted the Board of County Commissioners will receive the staff report and the Planning Commission recommendation.","The commission voted 8–4 to deny a future‑land‑use amendment request to change a 5.93‑acre property from Rural Residential 2.5 to Commercial Low after staff found the proposed commercial uses incompatible with adjacent single‑family homes.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6393773,"Westgate CRA asks planning commission to add 3,000 units to density bonus pool to support Kennel Club redevelopment",980,599000,1579000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2105369-43c53293e7d7100a169f10285fa1da23&start=599&end=1579","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2105369-43c53293e7d7100a169f10285fa1da23/thumbnail_599000.jpg","/articles/6393773/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Westgate-CRA-asks-planning-commission-to-add-3000-units-to-density-bonus-pool-to-support-Kennel-Club-redevelopment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393773-0c307da828d971482a740332b4a384e4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771146591&Signature=dxtXERBtiNsc~mhgjJx4G~Tn2XTemnnmLcGUzmIDz7IsoT1TJbs6ccIXd3aLWOAVfveZtA9mUJJouKn~cuc1AKP4YHep4-7U8HtrqhxQ6XTCRUZS2QuFH2hr5HpdDNQ0lHRcrg1FgcWxh104~Fm8sZGEw3qgxRtA4K-nXfOhzWBSAIRIDNuMJGQTZ-Dte3I7SfhY16CBNcSuHWoZiD0dsWCpeCwFUkII-ocuO2OPJqx5hROfzqTKL2U1MP1kIp~s-ei3wG8ZMacg79P2q6NbFTDdDzekeachTnD0WoGI4RSIvZe0u26w-aGyYNHq5VJ2SeoHNHXuDcpdyOtZuU5IJQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Westgate Community Redevelopment Agency leaders asked the Planning Commission to transmit a comprehensive‑plan text amendment to increase the WCRAO (Westgate Community Redevelopment Area Overlay) bonus density pool by 3,000 units.

Elize (Elaise) Michel, director for the Westgate CRA, and Denise Pinnell, the CRA’s planning director, presented the proposal. They said the amendment would replenish and increase the bonus pool to support redevelopment across the CRA’s 1,300‑acre district and to accelerate housing production, including workforce units. The request is intended to reduce the need for individual future‑land‑use amendments by making bonus density available in targeted density clusters along arterials and near transit.

Staff and the CRA presenters described the planned redevelopment of the Palm Beach Kennel Club site (42 acres) as a primary trigger for the request. The presentation said the bonus pool originally started at 300 units, was increased to 1,300 in 2005, and that under current projections roughly 3,970 bonus units are forecast across a 20‑year horizon; CRA staff proposed a net increase of 3,000 units to a total the presenters stated as 4,300 units in the pool.

The CRA said projects that use the density bonus must meet workforce‑housing obligations in the ULDC (Unified Land Development Code): for projects with more than 10 bonus units, 20% of bonus‑eligible units must be workforce housing (10% lower‑income, 10% moderate‑income).

One public commenter, Alex Holiday of Frisbie Group (partnering with Terra Group), spoke in support and said his team is working on the Kennel Club site and supports the increase to meet housing demand and encourage transit‑oriented redevelopment.

Commissioners asked about TIF funding, traffic and stormwater mitigation, and how the pool would be assigned across subareas; CRA staff said projects are reviewed for concurrency, can use existing TIF and other incentives, and the pool is allocated to subareas but can be assigned to specific projects within ULDC limits. The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval and forward the amendment for Board of County Commissioners consideration.","The Westgate Community Redevelopment Agency requested a text amendment to the comprehensive plan to increase the WCRAO bonus density pool by 3,000 units to support transit‑oriented redevelopment, including a planned 42‑acre redevelopment of the Palm Beach Kennel Club site; the commission recommended approval unanimously.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6393780,"Planning Commission backs conservation designation for roughly 155 acres of county-owned natural areas",147,236000,383000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2105369-43c53293e7d7100a169f10285fa1da23&start=236&end=383","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2105369-43c53293e7d7100a169f10285fa1da23/thumbnail_236000.jpg","/articles/6393780/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Planning-Commission-backs-conservation-designation-for-roughly-155-acres-of-county-owned-natural-areas","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393780-17d3e5be36c7a36c4a22992c4d3c4746/orig.mp4?Expires=1771146591&Signature=bGaPuayDsCyANYG0zTxnFr4H4jkXONlrv7~3zRWvtgRCaC4vOBjtZ91DdBKQg~zB2XHUhz2e9DYIL71WJ9EwGVeGecS43wlcDuX-XPUyqosrGgw52txJDVAl~7hQSUB4L~dZnyXOyR2btrJIYjslw7uA3~ZQ36pZPa-DZVGJWUvpzOSdC90CQ6lgz40VvmUmTWmDQjBNki1keaPxDMffiydFMu0TcWfBOsvgAdRoxxiQDi0zcBb8A0CXFS4nDCxc-1OqJLQkvNhUP-K7Uw8z0il74CPoIOaKvfiL32gtNskZKfn0acJDUK6a3RPYCBfjvIZ1I5s-TFZ-h~ZIh4oLEA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Palm Beach County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of county-initiated comprehensive-plan amendments to designate several county‑owned natural areas as Conservation.

Staff said the amendments apply to about 155 acres of county natural areas, including Cypress Creek, Hungryland Slough, Pine Glades and the Palm Beach Heights (Palmar EcoSite) property. Timothy Haines, principal planner in the Resources Protection Division, told commissioners the changes are intended to align the comprehensive plan and zoning with county ownership and the preservation purpose of the parcels.

The planning assessment presented by staff concluded the requested amendments further the goals of the conservation element and state statutes, are compatible with adjacent conservation lands and meet comprehensive-plan requirements. Staff recommended approval.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions about whether neighboring Martin County had taken similar actions; staff said this request applied only to county‑owned lands and that Martin County may have separate processes for its properties.

No public speakers signed up. A motion to recommend approval was made and seconded; the commission voted unanimously to forward the amendments to the Board of County Commissioners with a recommendation of approval.

The changes are procedural amendments to future land use and a companion zoning amendment will be considered by the Board of County Commissioners.","Palm Beach County staff asked the Planning Commission to recommend changing the future land use of several county-owned parcels to conservation so the lands remain in their natural state; the commission recommended approval unanimously.","actionData","errors"]

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Commission agrees to initiate resiliency element for comprehensive plan; staff to draft text

Planning Commission denies land‑use change for West End Crossing at Northlake Boulevard and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road

Westgate CRA asks planning commission to add 3,000 units to density bonus pool to support Kennel Club redevelopment

Planning Commission backs conservation designation for roughly 155 acres of county-owned natural areas