The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Regulation Board (PLDRB) is being asked to approve minutes from two recent meetings: a business meeting held August 19, 2026, and a workshop held September 16, 2026.
The August meeting included substantive actions on several land use items, most notably a split vote that failed to recommend approval of a Future Land Use Map amendment for the Seminole Trace project and a unanimous recommendation to deny the associated rezoning.
The September workshop was primarily an orientation session for newly appointed board members.
City Attorney Marcus Duffy is presenting a draft ordinance that would amend Chapter 10, Section 10.05 of Palm Coast's Unified Land Development Code to establish a comprehensive historic preservation framework.
The ordinance would create a Historic Preservation Board with defined composition and powers, appoint a Historic Preservation Officer, and set regulatory procedures for plan review, land disturbance, and development projects affecting cultural and archaeological resources.
Council is being asked for direction — not a final vote — on the proposed language, which is also designed to position Palm Coast to qualify for the Florida Certified Local Government program and access federal tax incentives and grant funding tied to the National Historic Preservation Act.
Oare Associates, LLC, through attorney Jay Livingston, is asking the City of Palm Coast to approve a Fourth Amendment to the Magnolia Trace Master Planned Development Agreement — a roughly 1,017-acre mixed-use continuing care retirement community originally approved in 2005.
The proposed changes would reduce the maximum number of permitted residential units from 754 to 624, add 4.41 acres to the MPD boundary, restructure internal tracts to allow more flexible commercial and residential configurations, and restrict access through Zonal Geranium Trail to emergency use only.
Staff recommends approval, with the condition that the minimum townhome lot width be increased from the proposed 18 feet to 20 feet to ensure compliance with landscaping and driveway requirements in the Land Development Code.