What will Greater Bay be building at the Beach?

Above is a color copy of the illustrative site plan showing the Lake Worth beach property with the buildings as proposed by Greater Bay. Note that this site plan has not been submitted by the City of Lake Worth (who would be the applicant for site plan review), it has not been reviewed by any City departments and has not been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board. Furthermore, it has not been reviewed by other permitting agencies such as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, South Florida Water Management District, etc.

Review by the City and the other permitting agencies will begin once private financing is secured for the project.

The table above lists the square footages assigned to the various structures that will be constructed at the beach. This information is an excerpt of the staff report to the City Commission regarding the land use and zoning for the property. The footprint of the pool will remain the same. The new Casino building, in the center of the site will have a footprint of approximately 20,000 square feet.

Do you see a shopping mall? Do you see any condos, townhouses or a hotel?

The square footage of buildings on the site represents 8.25% of the beach property and a building coverage (total amount of land covered by buildings) of 5.7% assuming an 18 acre total site. The remaining 94.3% consists of parking, pool, open green area, pedestrian and vehicular circulation.

Can one honestly claim that this represents "over-commericialization" of our public beach property?