A proposed housing development in Hobe Sound could move forward under Florida’s brownfield program after a developer asked the Martin County Board of Commissioners to designate the property as potentially contaminated land eligible for state-supported cleanup.
County staff told commissioners the request involves property slated for a luxury residential development that may be complicated by environmental contamination tied to its former use.
“Section 376.79 of Florida statutes defines brownfields as real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination,” said Jenna Knobbe, a senior planner with Martin County’s growth management department…