Coral Bay Community Council,Inc.

Land Use Planning

REZONING REQUEST - HEARING Sept 7th, 2011

The people who have contracted to purchase the vacant Voyages Restaurant building on the waterfront in Coral Bay are requesting a rezoning from W-1 to B-2 so that they can remodel it into an Inn with up to 27 rooms. The need to rezone is due to the increased density of site use. They plan to add a third story within the current building footprint, and more parking in the rear, among other changes. Both the current and proposed zoning allows for 3 stories and hotel use, but the current zoning requires a larger lot size for the number of proposed hotel rooms.

DPNR is holding a Public Hearing here in Coral Bay on Wednesday, Sept 7th, at 6 pm in the Guy H. Benjamin Elementary School, Rm 6. A number of development concerns, such as density, wastewater treatment, parking, and future CZM permitting, as well as the business value and general impact of the proposed small hotel to the community, will be probably be discussed during the hearing. Come be a part of the discussion - listen to the presentations and the responses of others and also have your chance to ask questions and offer your thoughts about the rezoning. After this hearing, the process is: DPNR makes a recommendation to the VI Senate, then the Senate holds a hearing, then the Senate votes, and the Governor signs, to make the rezoning law. The development will also have to go through usual CZM and building permit processes.

The full DPNR file will be available for view at the St. John DPNR office (now across from the library in Cruz bay) beginning Tuesday Sept 6th. You may also write letters to DPNR with your views.

To learn more, click on the file icon below to download a site plan and other documents provided to CBCC by the applicant. If anyone wishes to have their own analysis or comments added to this file for public view, please email to CBCC, as an attachment.

Here are the latest draft modules of the DPNR/Rutgers Zoning Code Revision Project along with comments by the authors, and others, as they are added. We welcome your input. Email to CBCC and it will be included in this file too. The next public review meeting will be August 11th, 2011, 6pm at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cruz Bay.

Public Infrastructure Land Use Planning:

Parcel - 6-4 Carolina - Public Infrastructure Proposals:

Where is 6-4 Carolina? Just below Mill Vista, Sugar Apple Rd. and Cedar Lane, accessed off Centerline.
See the map and photo below. This is where Public Works currently stores dirt from landslide and other supplies.

See topography maps of 6-4 Carolina and surrounding terrain: Link

1. Proposed Waste Management Recycling and Household Solid Waste Convenience Center Click link for explanation of Concept from WMA:
This will be discussed at the CBCC Planning Discussion Series Meeting, 6pm Monday, May 9th, at the Guy H. Benjamin Elementary School, Rm 6.

2. Proposed Water Storage Tank and Standpipe to fill water trucks, to support Reverse Osmosis Water Plant - plan documents will be posted soon. Meeting to discuss on May 16th - same time/ location as above.

3. Other plans for this site??? Public Works? Parks and Recreation? What else?

WHAT KIND OF LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS SHOULD CORAL BAY HAVE? HOW SHOULD THE VI GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS? Join us to discuss all these issues productively.

Here is is photo highlighting the development on St. John through about 2007.

"That's Right - Coral Bay is ... Not Cruz Bay!

In every vision focus session CBCC held a couple years ago - all the residents said they did not want Coral Bay to become like Cruz Bay or St. Thomas, or the states. Thanks to the anonomous person who put up the sign along Centerline Rd. (Tell us who you are and we will credit you!) It may have been a response to the proposed condo development on Bordeaux Mountain, for which there was a well-attended public hearing on March 7th, 2007.

Beginning in April 2004 and continuing through October, vision sessions were held with small groups of residents representing a cross section of people in Coral Bay to gain their input on three questions vital to the future of Coral Bay and creating a vision and framework for citizen-based planning, in cooperation with the V. I. government.

Purpose: This is a first report based on those discussions and includes
some background statistics. The next step is active discussion of this
draft - encouraging residents to comment on it, make improvements, and work toward achieving a written draft of a Vision for Coral Bay that has community consensus for final approval and adoption, in cooperation with the VI government.

The Vision Statement will be used as a guiding document in land use and infrastructure planning for Coral Bay.