Site visitors considerations in Palm Seaside drive opposition to Paramount Theatre renovation plans

Residents are airing their considerations about redevelopment plans for the historic Paramount Theatre that will likely be introduced to the Palm Seaside City Council on Wednesday.

In a letter to residents Monday, former Architectural Fee member John David Corey expressed his opposition to the revised plans, asserting that they might doubtlessly improve vehicular site visitors, create congestion, intensify the location and influence the standard of lifetime of residents.

Plans will likely be introduced at 2 p.m.

“NO to extra personal golf equipment, eating places, cafes, parking garages, and enormous business developments,” Corey wrote. “We don’t want extra.”

The plans, which will likely be presented to council members for the fourth time after three earlier variations had been deferred, retain a deliberate 475-member personal membership and church makes use of, and reinstate present retail house that had beforehand been eradicated.

Moreover, in an effort to deal with council members’ feedback relating to supplemental overflow parking, property proprietor Lester Woerner mentioned he has entered into an settlement to make use of the floor car parking zone at 40 Cocoanut Row for supplemental valet parking on weekdays after 5 p.m. and on weekends.

The 55 extra areas end in 101 parking areas which are out there to accommodate parking wants for the challenge, based on city paperwork. A variance will likely be required for these areas as the situation of the car parking zone is greater than 500 ft away from the property.

4 townhouses that initially had been deliberate to be constructed on the property’s car parking zone aren’t within the revised plans that will likely be introduced Wednesday.

“Whereas the 4 townhouses proposed to be constructed on the car parking zone are off the desk,the proposal nonetheless incorporates an enormous personal consuming membership which might badly have an effect on space residents with intensification pressures,” Corey wrote.

The Neighborhood Alliance of Palm Seaside additionally expressed opposition to the challenge, citing considerations about potential impacts on site visitors and congestion.

“Palm Seaside residents are sick and uninterested in overdevelopment which has destroyed the quiet enjoyment of our properties and our skill to traverse the island safely and conveniently,” the group wrote in an e mail Sunday. “It is time for the Council to prioritize our residential high quality of life over developer greed. We’ve reached our capability for intensification.”

Woerner, a Palm Seaside resident who bought the nearly century-old property in 2021 with his son, Trent, instructed the Every day Information that he’s working to deal with residents’ considerations.

The brand new plans, he mentioned, contains limits on occupancy of the personal membership in an effort to “de-intensify” the property.

At the moment, the prevailing construction is permitted to have 1,123 occupants, based on the city, however Woerner mentioned not more than 412 could be permitted at any given time.

“Because the proprietor, I’m as involved because the neighborhood is on the influence site visitors has on the island,” Woerner mentioned. “Now, the city has an awesome alternative to work collectively and approve this plan, which will likely be an awesome win for Palm Seaside.”

Council members will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at City Corridor for his or her common assembly and at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday for growth overview. Members of the general public can take part in particular person or through Zoom. These wishing to make public feedback nearly can entry the Zoom hyperlink in town’s Meeting Audio web page.

Jodie Wagner is a journalist on the Palm Beach Daily News, a part of the USA TODAY Florida Community. You may attain her at jwagner@pbdailynews.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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