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Buckroe Master Plan

The Buckroe Master Plan was developed as part of an extensive public process and resulted in specific recommendations for several strategic areas of the community. These recommendations were designed to balance preservation of Buckroe's unique characteristics while encouraging public and private actions which would enhance the community and set the stage for future successes.

Bayfront Initiative

Under the Bayfront Initiative section of the Buckroe Master Plan enhanced public improvements such as additional park space and parking, construction of a new pier, improved beaches, streets, lighting and landscaping are called for. Residential development is recommended for certain privately owned parcels as well as a few select parcels of city-owned land. Commercial development along Buckroe Avenue, considered the main street of Buckroe, is also encouraged.

Since the adoption of the Buckroe Master Plan, the city has completed several projects to fulfill these recommendations:

• Residents and visitors alike are enjoying the new fishing pier which opened in May 2009.
• In addition to the replenishment of the public beach and preservation of the existing park area, additional land has been added to the beachfront park resulting in approximately 14 acres of waterfront park green space (see illustration one- parcel A).
• Upgrades to Pembroke Avenue have been completed and resulted in on-street-parking, new lighting and landscaping. New streets such as Coaster and Board Walk Way, and the extension of Resort Boulevard improve traffic circulation and access to the beach and pier.
• Rezoning of the park space in order to preserve it for public use has taken place, thereby securing this land for future generations.
• With the adoption of the Buckroe Pattern Book, a new standard has been established for the design characteristics and scale of new construction as well as lot patterns and setbacks. This book, combined with the new voluntary zoning category Special Public Interest - Buckroe Bayfront District (SPI-BBD), will ensure the new development will preserve the special characteristics of the Buckroe community.

The latest step taken in the ongoing efforts to fulfill the Plan recommendations is the development of four city-owned parcels as suggested in the Plan. In order to safeguard development quality, all city-owned land will include rezoning to the SPI- BBD zoning category, adherence to the Buckroe Pattern Book, incorporation of green design and construction principles and will require close attention to design details such as wide front porches, rear loading garages and other high-quality features.

Parade of Homes - Located two blocks away from the beach, parcel B will be developed in two phases (see illustration one - parcel B). The first phase is a spring 2010 Peninsula Home Builder's Parade Of Homes. This event will feature seven single family homes as well as four mansion style condominium buildings with each mansion containing three to four individual units (see illustration two). Built by local builders, Parade homes will have top of the line craftsmanship and showcase high-quality construction materials and amenities. The remainder of the parcel will be developed by the same builders after the Parade of Homes is completed and the houses have sold.

Buckroe Residential Development - As part of creating new homes in Buckroe, parcel E will be developed with a similar mix of single-family and mansion-style condominium units (see illustration one - parcel E).

Future Development - Parcels C and D will include a similar mix of residential development. Parcel D will have the opportunity for commercial or mixed-use development on the portion of land fronting Buckroe Avenue (see illustration one - parcels C&D).

In addition to creating new housing in Buckroe, the new development on the city-owned parcels will introduce green design, high-quality architecture design and materials and help set the standard for future development on private land.

Below is an artist's rendering of what the beach could look like after the Buckroe Master Plan is complete.