Peary Court on agenda tonight

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Peary Court on agenda tonight

BY JOHN DeSANTIS Citizen Staff

The Key West City Commission is expected to decide tonight whether to approve a special zoning designation for the Peary Court housing development, allowing a density of nine housing units per acre, paving the way towards consideration of a full-scale development plan being prepared by investors.

If approved, the designation for what is currently a 160-unit tract of housi...

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Spot Zoning

Submitted on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 3:10am by Observer

"Contract zoning occurs when a local zoning authority accommodates a private interest by rezoning a district or a parcel of land within that district. Then the private interest may then be allowed to develop the land where before the zoning regulations prohibited such a land use. This is spot zoning in all instances."

Spot zoning is illegal in most instances.