The owner of Palm Valley, a 55-and-older community in unincorporated Seminole County, wants to replace the wastewater treatment plant that serves its homes, but county reviewers say they need far more detail before they can sign off.
Hometown Palm Valley LLC, listed by the county property appraiser as owner of the 227-acre property at 3700 Palm Valley Circle (Oviedo mailing address), filed a site plan application in August. County records place the proposed plant north of Christmas Palm Place and west of Palm Valley Drive.
That acreage covers the whole parcel, homes and RV storage included; the records do not give the plant's size or treatment capacity.
The community runs its own water and sewer utility, the Palm Valley Association, and sits outside Seminole County's utility service area, according to the county's review.
Where the county review stands
A staff comment document dated Oct. 1 lists 18 items as unresolved and calls for a resubmittal. Among them:
- Planning staff asked what exactly is being replaced, whether the entire plant or only parts of it, and asked the applicant to mark the work area on a plan of the full property.
- Comprehensive planning staff wrote that the use "does not appear consistent" with the parcel's medium density residential land use designation.
- Natural resources staff asked for a clearer plan showing whether any vegetated habitat would be affected, and planning staff asked for a note that the site lies in the Econ Protection Area.
- Engineering staff said notes on the submitted plan could not be read, so the scope of work could not be determined, and the fire marshal asked for fire access and gate details.
- Staff also asked for a current survey, noting the one provided was dated Jan. 4, 2019.
Under county code, an approved site plan can be appealed to the County Commission, which builds in a 30-day wait before work, the review notes.
Wednesday's agenda
WKMG reported that the owner would ask the county's Development Review Committee on Wednesday morning to approve the plan. The committee's final agenda for its 9 a.m. Oct. 14 session, however, placed the Palm Valley item under "comments only," which the agenda says are not discussed at the meeting.
