{"id":46632,"date":"2024-06-15T15:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T19:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=46632"},"modified":"2024-06-15T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T19:53:39","slug":"a-developer-wants-to-build-87-workforce-affordable-townhomes-off-kathleen-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/06\/15\/a-developer-wants-to-build-87-workforce-affordable-townhomes-off-kathleen-road\/","title":{"rendered":"A developer wants to build 87 ‘workforce-affordable’ townhomes off Kathleen Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The City Commission will hold two public hearings for a change of zoning and modification of a Planned Unit Development to make way for 87 townhomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development would be built on 9.76 acres immediately west of Providence Road, on undeveloped land spanning from West 5th Street to West 7th Street and between Kathleen Road and the CSX rails.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Vasu Persaud the Developer, in his plans submitted to the city, said the townhomes would be marketed as “environmentally sustainable ‘workforce-affordable housing,'” according to city documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chuck Barmby, Lakeland’s planning and transportation manager, said at Friday’s agenda study the developer has indicated the aim is to build primarily three-bedroom, two-bathroom units with a few four-bedroom, three-bathroom units along the ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The submitted plans show the townhomes will be two stories high with a minimum living space of 1,280 square feet. Each unit will have a one-car garage with a porch or stoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioner Bill Read said he has concerns about parking in the development, given the one-car garage and roadways in the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each unit will have space to park two to three vehicles, depending on overall size, Barmby said, with additional 36 on-street parking spaces provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re comfortable that sufficient parking is being accommodated on site,” Barmby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development will have roughly 14,900 square feet designated for open space, to be used by residents for recreational purposes. Commissioners will hold the second reading for this development at 9 a.m. Monday. All commission meetings are open to the public, who will have an opportunity to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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