Winter Park City Commission Meeting set for April 9, 2018

Winter Park City Commissioners will have the chance to vote on a proposed project for 18 two-story townhouses along Aloma Avenue during their meeting on Monday, April 9.

The project includes townhouses at the 1.81-acre cluster of properties located at 1791, 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1835 Aloma Avenue — all sitting at the northwest corner of the intersection of Aloma and Lakemont avenues.

Winter Park Planning Manager Jeff Briggs said at the Dec. 5, 2017, Planning and Zoning Board meeting that the proposed 18 townhouse units will be developed in building clusters of two to four units. The units are an average size of 2,390 square feet, with about 2,000 square feet of living area, Briggs said.

The proposed townhouse buildings range in height, with the tallest portion being just over 28 feet in height, which is under the 30 foot height permitted by the PURD (planned unit residential district) zoning. 

Briggs told the Planning and Zoning Board a traffic study showed the project would only create 32 additional trips along Aloma Avenue, which currently sees 43,000 cars per day.

Zoning changes from office to medium residential on the site were approved unanimously by the board, while the project itself passed 6-1, with board member Laura Walda dissenting because of residents’ concerns about density and traffic.

The project was approved with the condition that staff impose additional buffer requirements along the rear property line for the surrounding properties following a community meeting.