INDIANTOWN — After hours of public comment from a packed council chamber, the Indiantown Village Council unanimously approved a rezoning agreement for a 5,722-acre property tied to Florida Power & Light, advancing a planned unit development framework that some residents fear could pave the way for future data center construction.
The vote came during the council’s April 30 meeting on Florida Power & Light’s request for approval of the Tesoro Groves Planned Unit Development zoning agreement and master site plan for land located north and south of Southwest Kanner Highway and west of Southwest Warfield Boulevard.
The property, which was annexed into the village through an FPL purchase, previously retained Martin County’s agricultural zoning designation and required a village zoning classification. While the land is designated light industrial on the future land use map, village officials said the planned unit development, or PUD, provides the municipality with greater oversight than traditional zoning…