FORT PIERCE – The St. Lucie County Commission majority voted Dec. 2 to transmit a land-use change to the state for the 88-acre Triangle Farms property east of the intersection of Midway Road and State Road 70 while acknowledging that the future plans for the land near the fairgrounds were unknown.
The Planning & Zoning Commission had recommended approval last July of the change from Agricultural 5 to Mixed Use Development, while county commissioners tabled the request on Nov. 4 in search of clarification of the sub-area policies associated with the request. In February of 2023, a prior Board approved a subdivision plat for 58.35 acres of the land, which had previously received a minor site plan approval in the fall of 2021.
The latest discussion on the property at 4823 Shinn Road immediately followed the Board’s refusal to rezone a 10-acre parcel on Keen Road from Agricultural -1 to industrial light because its members worried there weren’t enough restrictions on development there…