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The council voted unanimously to zone the on whichthe 250-unit Valencis condominium project will sit, a Planned Use Development. Stev Lindorff, director of planning and development for the city and administrator of itsredevelopmenft agency, said the city's planning commission had deniecd the rezoning request based on traffic congestiob at the intersection of Marsh Landing Parkway and Soutn Beach Parkway and because the developmenrt exceeded the city's 35-foot building height limits. At Monday'sd council meeting, developer agreed to fund a trafficc study for that intersection and to pay a proportional amount of improvementsz that the studyfindxs necessary, Lindorff said.
The PUD zoning allows the project's 49-fooyt height and is necessary for this type of developmenty to exist in theredevelopment zone, he said. The zone is southu of J. Turner Butler Boulevard alongt the county line and adjoins apartmentxs in Jacksonville Beach and somein St. Johns PUD zoning "allows us to get a little innovativwe in terms ofarchitectural off-site improvements, landscape requirements and things of that he said. "In exchange for that, a developerf quite often will be granted some concessionds on building height orset backs.
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