Deborah Hartz-Seeley's Blog Posts Tagged 'public land' (2)

By Steve Plunkett

All planning and design efforts for a park at Ocean Strand have been stopped.

The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the oceanfront 14.85 acres just south of Spanish River Park, ordered a halt to Ocean Strand work on Feb. 21 “until a documented recreational need is recognized.”

Curtis+Rogers Design Studio Inc., the consultant hired to plan a park for the parcel spanning the Atlantic to the Intracoastal,…

By Steve Plunkett

The Boca Raton City Council may act as soon as this month to designate the controversial Ocean Strand property public land instead of zoned for residential use.

With little discussion, the city’s Planning and Zoning Board endorsed the change for the 14.9 oceanfront acres on Dec. 8. 

City Planning and Zoning Manager Jim Bell said the new designation would allow structures totaling roughly 51,000 square feet to be built as long…