CRESTVIEW — The City Council unanimously rejected a developer’s plan for a 28-home subdivision off Live Oak Church Road for having no recreation facility.
A provision in the city code requires developers to provide 4 percent of a development for recreation. But no recreation area was indicated in Seaside Engineering and Surveying Inc.'s plans for a planned Camille Cove subdivision.
Growth Management Director Teresa Gaillard said that many developers pay an additional fee toward city recreation rather than give up space in their subdivision.
During the council’s Dec. 14 meeting, Councilman JB Whitten said the code clearly states that any subdivision over more than 10 units “shall” provide a park.
“I think our people deserve what our ordinance says they should get,” Whitten said.
The council directed Gaillard and her staff to return the plans to SEAS to provide a neighborhood park in the development.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview council sends subdivision plans back to developers