FCFP has continued to monitor the potential sale of the Town of Briny Breezes after Ocean Land Development abandoned their purchase and redevelopment plans in July of 2007. There have been several purchase offers over the past year, but seemingly none the Board of Directors felt the offers were strong enough to present to the Town shareholders for approval.
In June 2008, the Town of Briny Breezes re-instated their Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Board and elected five Board members. The P&Z Board is charged with completing the Town's Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) and revising their 1989 Comprehensive Plan: two documents which are required to be submitted to the State every seven years for evaluation and approval. FCFP has attended all Briny P&Z meetings and monthly Town meetings to monitor the discussions and preparation of the EAR (the first of the two documents to be completed and submitted to the State). The drafting of an EAR is a visioning process where citizens gather to consider how they want the community to be in the future. The EAR also serves as a foundation for potential future revisions to a community's Comprehensive Plan.
The recently completed EAR most notably plans for:
single-story/multi-story dwellings;
The Coalition remains steadfast in insisting that any future plans for redevelopment be consistent with state and local mandates regarding density. State (Florida Statute 9J-5) and Regional policy calls for a long term movement of populations away from vulnerable coastal high hazard areas such as Briny Breezes. Click here to read Florida Statute 9J-5.
The final EAR will be submitted to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) at the State for their comments. After the Town transmits the EAR to the DCA and reviewing agencies, the DCA has 60-90 days to issue comments to Briny. If any elements within the EAR are deemed "non-sufficient" by the DCA, Briny must address the issues and re-submit. It is customary that the EAR be found "sufficient" prior to municipality beginning revisions on their Comprehensive Plan. All submittals and responses will be added to the web site as soon as available. If you would like to receive an email notice of web site additions, please sign up on the Home page for our electronic newsletter.
Click here to review the 2008 preliminary EAR and for comparison, the 1987 Comprehensive Plan.
Click here to access the Town of Briny Breezes' web site.