Dozens of residents showed up at a St. Johns County Commission meeting Tuesday morning to call for the county to cancel an already approved 33,000-square-foot assisted living facility in their rural neighborhood.
After hours of public comment, the commissioners unanimously sided with the residents and put an end to the planned facility by voting to appeal the county staff’s interpretation of how the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code is applied for assisted living facilities when located in a Residential Future Land Use designation and zoned open rural. The vote will likely put an end to any future plans for the facility.
Neighbors in the quiet neighborhood near World Golf Village said the facility does not fit in with nearby farms and went against the county’s land development code. But the owners argued their plans were already approved by the county and said they chose the location because of the quiet setting.
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