PORT ST. LUCIE — Both the Planning & Zoning Board and City Council here unanimously approved land use and concept plan changes to the Sandpiper Bay Planned Unit Development in January, clearing the way for RPS Academies to begin new construction and remodeling on property it shares with the voco Sandpiper Resort.
City Planner Bethany Grubbs introduced the Sandpiper Bay Resort request for a small-scale comprehensive plan map amendment during the Jan. 20 Planning & Zoning Board meeting. The request involves modifying three portions of the property totaling 28.6 acres from limited commercial, residential low and open-space recreation to commercial general institutional (CGI) land use.
“The applicants are KEITH and MPLD Consulting and the property owner is Altitude Prop Co., LLC,” Grubbs said. “The property is generally located north of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River between the western terminus of Pine Valley Street and the eastern terminus of Morningside Boulevard.”…