PLACEMENT: Consent
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REQUEST ROAD OPENING OF SE DOUGLAS WAY, SE HASTON WAY, AND SE QUEEN DRIVE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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On behalf of Habitat for Humanity of Martin County, Inc., the Office of Community Redevelopment is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners designate SE Douglas Way, SE Haston Way, and SE Queen Drive as open roads once they are constructed.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Michelle Cullum, P.E.
Title: Development Review Administrator
REQUESTED BY: Office of Community Redevelopment, James Clasby
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Habitat for Humanity of Martin County, Inc. is the owner of approximately 2-acres of existing platted lots in Hobe Sound. The properties are east of SE Federal Highway, north of SE Pettway Street, and south of SE Washington Street. Habitat for Humanity of Martin County, Inc. plans to construct 18 affordable infill homes on said properties. The Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency in coordination with Habitat for Humanity has approved a project to install water and sewer facilities and roadway improvements on SE Douglas Way, SE Haston Way, and SE Queen Drive by way of a Road Opening Permit Application.
On October 9, 1939, the Revised Plat of Pettway Park was recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 36 of the public records of Martin County, Florida and included a dedication of the platted rights-of-way to the public. The platted roads were not constructed and therefore the roads were not included in the County's Road Inventory when it was adopted in 1972. For roads that were not constructed in rights-of-way that were platted prior to 1972, it has been the County's procedure to require the roads to be constructed in accordance with the County's standards prior to accepting the roads into the County's Road Inventory.
SE Douglas Way, SE Haston Way, and SE Queen Drive are proposed within existing unopened road right-of-way as...
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