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and the safety of their two year-old daughter. The
developer has agreed to put up a 6-foot-high wall, as
well as larger landscaping, along the couple’s prop-
erty line to provide more privacy. If the City allows it,
the developer will also install curbing along the front
of their property to prevent cars from parking in their
front yard. If the City doesn’t allow the curbing, the
developer will install landscaping. The developer
also agreed to install curbing along the swales of
three homes on SE 17th Avenue in order to keep
cars from parking there.
Based on the results of a traffic study carried out
as part of the City’s review process, the City is
requiring the developer to provide a left-turn lane for
northbound SE 18th Avenue as it approaches East
Atlantic Boulevard.
The goal is for the Atlantic One residential units to
be market rate rental apartments or condos, or a
mixture of both, and 71 percent will be one-bedroom
units. The project has already gone before the city’s
Development Review Committee for site plan and
building design approvals.
If approved by the City Commission, a ground-
breaking would take place in about two years.
Currently, the plan is to build the entire project in
one phase.
Gene Suppell
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