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This was in todays VB paper.........article is pasted below also.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_16736_3110114,00.html
Lack of quorum postpones condo review
MGD hopes to build Ocean Sands on 10 oceanfront acres south of the Disney Resort on State Road A1A in Wabasso Beach
By Henry A. Stephens staff writer
August 14, 2004
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY A quorum of five members of the seven-member Planning and Zoning Commission was not enough Thursday for a developer who wants to turn 10 acres of prime beachfront into condominiums south of Disney's Vero Beach Resort.
Vero Beach attorney Bruce Barkett, representing MGD Development Group LLC of New Jersey, withdrew his request for preliminary approval of a planned development, bringing boos from some of the 100 north-beach residents who had come to oppose the project.
"We're going to wait until there's a full board," Barkett said.
Commissioners Gene Winne and George Hamner were absent Thursday.
The Planning and Zoning Commission needs a quorum of at least four members to hold a meeting and must have at least four in favor to approve a site plan or other matter, county Community Development Director Bob Keating said Friday.
MGD hopes to build Ocean Sands 77 condominiums and 12 guesthouses, a clubhouse and fitness center and other amenities on 10 oceanfront acres south of the Disney Resort on State Road A1A in Wabasso Beach.
Records show the county in 1993 granted conceptual approval for what was then the 70-acre three-phase Disney Florida Beach Resort, which proposed 91 condominiums and 72 efficiencies on the parcel under consideration.
Disney officials announced in April 2001 that they wouldn't be developing the second two parcels to the south and west of the resort, selling them instead to MGD.
The proposed Ocean Sands property is zoned for six multi-family units to the acre, Keating said.
Ocean Sands plans call for 7.7 units per acre, he said, but stressed the legal density applies to both MGD parcels with homes planned west of State Road A1A and would be less than 6 to the acre.
Keating said the Ocean Sands structures would be four stories tall, but fall within the county's limit of 35 feet for the building plus 15 feet for the roof area.
Barkett said Thursday he wanted the best chance for his client.
"There are more issues than just his client," Commissioner George Gross said, calling for a show of hands from residents who were there to hear the Ocean Sands item.
Commissioners and residents had spent a lot of time reading and studying the proposal, Chairwoman Donna Keys said. And the county Technical Review Committee had looked over the plan twice.
But developers had spent even more time preparing the application, Barkett said.
"How do we know the next meeting will have the number of commissioners you want?" Keys asked.
"It's not the commissioners I want. It's the commissioners on a full board," Barkett replied.
Commissioner Bob Bruce, a north beach resident in his first meeting, drew Barkett's ire when he asked how many times MGD was going to "pull something" like a withdrawal.
Barkett said he often advises his clients to postpone a request when there will be five or less members.
- henry.stephens@scripps.com
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_16736_3110114,00.html
Lack of quorum postpones condo review
MGD hopes to build Ocean Sands on 10 oceanfront acres south of the Disney Resort on State Road A1A in Wabasso Beach
By Henry A. Stephens staff writer
August 14, 2004
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY A quorum of five members of the seven-member Planning and Zoning Commission was not enough Thursday for a developer who wants to turn 10 acres of prime beachfront into condominiums south of Disney's Vero Beach Resort.
Vero Beach attorney Bruce Barkett, representing MGD Development Group LLC of New Jersey, withdrew his request for preliminary approval of a planned development, bringing boos from some of the 100 north-beach residents who had come to oppose the project.
"We're going to wait until there's a full board," Barkett said.
Commissioners Gene Winne and George Hamner were absent Thursday.
The Planning and Zoning Commission needs a quorum of at least four members to hold a meeting and must have at least four in favor to approve a site plan or other matter, county Community Development Director Bob Keating said Friday.
MGD hopes to build Ocean Sands 77 condominiums and 12 guesthouses, a clubhouse and fitness center and other amenities on 10 oceanfront acres south of the Disney Resort on State Road A1A in Wabasso Beach.
Records show the county in 1993 granted conceptual approval for what was then the 70-acre three-phase Disney Florida Beach Resort, which proposed 91 condominiums and 72 efficiencies on the parcel under consideration.
Disney officials announced in April 2001 that they wouldn't be developing the second two parcels to the south and west of the resort, selling them instead to MGD.
The proposed Ocean Sands property is zoned for six multi-family units to the acre, Keating said.
Ocean Sands plans call for 7.7 units per acre, he said, but stressed the legal density applies to both MGD parcels with homes planned west of State Road A1A and would be less than 6 to the acre.
Keating said the Ocean Sands structures would be four stories tall, but fall within the county's limit of 35 feet for the building plus 15 feet for the roof area.
Barkett said Thursday he wanted the best chance for his client.
"There are more issues than just his client," Commissioner George Gross said, calling for a show of hands from residents who were there to hear the Ocean Sands item.
Commissioners and residents had spent a lot of time reading and studying the proposal, Chairwoman Donna Keys said. And the county Technical Review Committee had looked over the plan twice.
But developers had spent even more time preparing the application, Barkett said.
"How do we know the next meeting will have the number of commissioners you want?" Keys asked.
"It's not the commissioners I want. It's the commissioners on a full board," Barkett replied.
Commissioner Bob Bruce, a north beach resident in his first meeting, drew Barkett's ire when he asked how many times MGD was going to "pull something" like a withdrawal.
Barkett said he often advises his clients to postpone a request when there will be five or less members.
- henry.stephens@scripps.com
