VENICE– The owner of the golf course at Bird Bay Town will ask Venice’s preparation board of advisers to consent to a prepare for the 50-year-old organized system advancement to diminish its existing 18-hole golf course to 12 holes and construct 45 rental properties on the residential or commercial property.
Jason Picciano, handling partner of Paradise Real estate Holdings, present owner of the 33.2-acre residential or commercial property that is the focal point of Bird Bay, wishes to diminish the golf course so he can construct the houses on a part of the existing golf course.
Previously this year, Picciano stated those houses would become part of a different neighborhood called Hawks Run that would have its own facilities and not utilize the swimming pool and tennis centers now delighted in by locals of Bird Bay Town.
In his vision, Picciano would construct a brand-new golf course clubhouse and dining establishment, which would be open to the general public.
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An early variation of that strategy was previewed to location locals in December 2021 throughout an area workshop held through Zoom due to the fact that of COVID-19 pandemic social distancing issues.
Members of the Bird Bay Neighborhood Association voiced opposition to the proposition, which would lead to a loss of open area.
The association employed land usage lawyer Robert Lincoln to represent them, and he will look for afflicted celebration status in a court-like hearing prior to the Venice Preparation Commission on Tuesday. That implies he would not be bound by a five-minute time frame on public remark and he would deserve to cross-examine agents of the candidate.
Picciano is represented by lawyer Jeff Boone of the Boone Law Practice, who likewise ran that December community workshop.
The preparation board satisfies at 1:30 p.m. in City board chambers at Venice Town hall 401 W Venice Ave. The general public hearing is the 2nd one on the program.
Need To the Preparation Commission and City board authorize of a modification in the binding master strategy, the designer would still need to go through different public hearings on a website and advancement strategy and an initial plat.
Customized strategies
The proposition for Hawks Run has actually been customized considering that last December’s community workshop. The proposed variety of houses has actually been minimized from 70 to 45 and the proposed binding advancement master strategy now has the houses on the southwest part of the residential or commercial property– supporting to either the Tradition Path or the existing Bird Bay Plaza.
Previously: Designer looks for to include houses to Hawks Run golf course a Bird Bay
While that modification would get rid of the capacity of a golf course view voiced by some locals, it does not fix the density objections raised by locals.
Approval of the extra systems would decrease the portion of open area from the existing 55.3% to 52.32%.
Bird Bay, Capri Isles and Pinebrook are the 3 earliest prepared system advancements in Venice. The city preparing staff report credits Bird Bay as being the earliest in Venice, as it was proposed throughout addition in 1972.
The present binding master strategy goes back to 1992.
A composed objection submitted by Lincoln competes that the organized system advancement ought to not be altered due to the fact that the present Bird Bay density of 5.15 systems per surpasses 4.5 systems per acre.
He likewise indicated the 1972 addition contract that assured a minimum of 56% open area and a covenant in a 1977 modification to the addition contract that secured the whole golf course.
Picciano bought the golf course from the father-son duo of John and Robby Robertson with an eye towards establishing just a part of the residential or commercial property and renting the smaller sized golf course to the Robertsons.
In the previous 20 years, the 18-hole, 2,433-yard, par 56 golf course had actually struggled with absence of usage and fallen under disrepair.
The Robertsons accepted Picciano’s deal over those from designers looking for to establish the whole course as real estate and a lower deal from the locals.
Picciano settled that purchase in February for $1.1 million, according to Sarasota County Home Appraiser’s Workplace records.
Earle Kimel mostly covers south Sarasota County for the Herald-Tribune and can be reached at [email protected]. Assistance regional journalism with a digital membership to the Herald-Tribune.
