From what I have heard, the developer of the Seagrove Market project is asking the county planners and BCC to waive the 250-foot buffer required for residential preservation neighborhoods – down to 20 feet – with removal of the dense trees and bushes that provide screening. This request is stunning and shows total disregard for longtime residents and homeowners. There is a reason the 250-foot buffer exists for residential preservation neighborhoods.
This restaurant/bar area is 5,518 sq ft, souvenir store is 1,225sqft, and the dining porches are 1,232 sq ft. That is 7,975square feet, with a restaurant about the size of Cafe 30A(exclusive of offices) that serves 600 people on a weekend night and 300 on a weekday evening in season. There are 51parking spaces planned. Traffic, noise, parking problems and daily garbage pickup will impact these residential areas.
The parking abuts lots with single-family homes in the Sugarwood Beach neighborhood, as does the retention pond that is likely to breed mosquitoes. Sugarwood Beach has many full-time residents, including many who purchased their lots and built a quiet, stable community based on Seagrove's neighborhood character.
Plans call for patio and porches of more than 1,200 square feet, where food and liquor will be served, with noise traveling across the small buffer and through the wetlands i.e. people eating and drinking, music playing, not to mention the traffic, noise, parking problems and daily garbage pickup .
While my husband and I have always considered the Market Cafe to be one of our favorite eat out places, I think this is way over the top. I am glad we do not live in the neighborhoods near this proposed project and empathize with those that do. Surely, there can be some kind of compromise reached.
This restaurant/bar area is 5,518 sq ft, souvenir store is 1,225sqft, and the dining porches are 1,232 sq ft. That is 7,975square feet, with a restaurant about the size of Cafe 30A(exclusive of offices) that serves 600 people on a weekend night and 300 on a weekday evening in season. There are 51parking spaces planned. Traffic, noise, parking problems and daily garbage pickup will impact these residential areas.
The parking abuts lots with single-family homes in the Sugarwood Beach neighborhood, as does the retention pond that is likely to breed mosquitoes. Sugarwood Beach has many full-time residents, including many who purchased their lots and built a quiet, stable community based on Seagrove's neighborhood character.
Plans call for patio and porches of more than 1,200 square feet, where food and liquor will be served, with noise traveling across the small buffer and through the wetlands i.e. people eating and drinking, music playing, not to mention the traffic, noise, parking problems and daily garbage pickup .
While my husband and I have always considered the Market Cafe to be one of our favorite eat out places, I think this is way over the top. I am glad we do not live in the neighborhoods near this proposed project and empathize with those that do. Surely, there can be some kind of compromise reached.
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