The Town of Longboat Key over the last two years has struggled rewriting some of the loosest codes in its charter.  The Town Commission in December reviewed a fundamental land use regulation that will affect the redevelopment of the Colony and other major properties on Longboat Key in December. This regulation, the Planned Unit Development […]

“I wish to register my objection to this massive elevated building roof structure which is inconsistent with the character of our existing neighborhood.”

P&Z board put a maximum cap of 80 feet on any building.

The PUD process will allow architectural and site innovation as well as an opportunity to re-imagine many of the aging multi-acre residential properties in ways that could enhance property values and the market in years to come.

‘Do our rules and comprehensive plan serve the town well, or have we outgrown some of them?’

The Longboat Key Town Commission was surprised at Monday’s workshop when it found that a request to return final site plan approval to the Planning and Zoning Board was not as clear cut and simple as it initially appeared.

This week, acting Planning, Zoning and Building Director Alaina Ray was named as the permanent Planning, Zoning and Building Director. Ray is a former planner with the Department and was named acting Planning, Zoning and Building Director in September after then Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer resigned on Sept. 24. Meyer received three […]

‘We are talking about increasing aesthetics and property values; not to have an ordinance would be counter productive.’

Without the beach as you know it, the crash in local real estate values will make the past history not a crash but a blip.

The Holiday Beach Resort (not the Holiday Inn) will be demolished this week to make way for construction of the 11-unit Infinity Condominium. Beginning demolition will start Thursday, Aug. 1 and the three days prior to demolition, Longboat Key Fire Rescue will use the site for drills. The resort was built in 1956 and the […]