June 13 Boca Council Hearing set for 172 homes off Yamato

A public hearing is set for June 13 on two ordinances aimed at bringing a 172-home development to Yamato Road which would include 140 town homes and 32 single-family residences. The development will be guarded and gated and include a clubhouse and pool.

After the hearing, the ordinances will be reviewed by the Department of Community Affairs, and if approved, then another hearing will be scheduled which will require four of the five council members vote of approval. One ordinance would amend the future land use map of the city's Comprehensive Paln by changing part of the 23 acres at 5051 Broken Sound Boulevard from light industrial use to residential. The other ordinance would designate the remained of the land from light industrial to multi-family use.

6-15-06
FINAL HEARING IN AUGUST ON AFFORDABLE HOMES
AT YAMATO & BROKEN SOUND BLVD
The Developer of a proposed 172-unit residential complex has voluntarily offered Boca $3-MM for an affordable housing trust fund if the company gets the go-ahead to construct 140 townhouses and 32 single family residence on property that was once eyed by Office Depot as the site of its new headquarters. Almost a million additional dollars were offered for offsite improvements and onsite work and included a contribution to the city’s beautification fund.

The homes would abut a county-owned marshland at the northwest corner of the property. To the south would be Blue Lake, and beyond is city-owned property being developed into the d Hoernle Park, a massive recreation area that already includes the city’s dog park and the partially constructed western library.
The Council voted to transmit the plan to the State Dept of Community Affairs for review, and a hearing is tentatively scheduled in August, which will require 4 of the 5 council members to vote “yes” because the project needs universal approval, a rezoning, a planned unit development master plan, a site plan and an easement abandonment.