Comprehensive Plan Amendment Update

We need YOUR help to shape the future of North Palm Beach!

The Village is working with the North Palm Beach community to update our Comprehensive Plan over the next 12 months.  The plan provides long-range planning and policy direction for the next twenty (20) years for North Palm Beach.  This plan will guide land use, development, coastal management, land preservation, parks and recreation, transportation, public facilities, housing, and annexation.

The last major update to the plan occurred in 2017.  The current update will re-organize the plan around a few broad focus areas and shift to a user-friendly format easily accessible online.

If you are interested in collaborating in the process, please let us know!

The Village of North Palm Beach has begun the process to update its Comprehensive Plan. To conduct this update, the Village has hired consulting firms to prepare the draft for consideration by the Village Council. The update process includes:

  • Analysis. The Village of North Palm Beach has a large number of adopted documents and agreements that the Comprehensive Plan Update Team will review. The Team will utilize this information to maintain consistency with the work that the Village has completed. 
  • Meetings with stakeholders. As part of the process, the Comprehensive Plan Team will meet with staff from the County Planning Department, the Transportation Planning Organization, the School District, County Engineering Department, Florida Department of  Transportation and most of the department heads for the Village of North Palm Beach. 
  • Review by Village Council and Village Boards.  The Planning and Zoning Adjustment Board will review the proposed updated Comprehensive Plan goals, objectives, and policies over the next six months.  
  • A public participation opportunity. Over the course of the next few months, there will be opportunities for residents and business owners of North Palm Beach to provide feedback regarding the content of the Comprehensive Plan. Community meetings will be scheduled after the first of the year.
  • Development of the goals, objectives and policies. The analysis and input will result in the creation of recommended goals, objectives and policies. These will be devised to implement the vision of the Village of North Palm Beach. 
  • Council adoption of the Plan. The Comprehensive Plan Team will present the proposed updated Comprehensive Plan to the Village Council for input and eventual approval.
  • State Review. The Comprehensive Plan update will be submitted to the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and other reviewing state agencies such as the Department of Transportation, for review against significant state issues and/or conditions.

Once the plan has been reviewed by the state agencies and subsequently adopted by the Village Council, the updated Comprehensive Plan will be implemented in the Village of North Palm Beach.  The next step in the process will be to ensure the Land Development Regulations are consistent in implementing the Comprehensive Plan. 

Infrastructure Stakeholders Meeting

Recreation and Open Space Meeting

Transportation Stakeholders Meeting

Planning, Zoning and Adjustment Board recommends approval of Amendments and Village Council approves Amendments on First Reading

The Village hosted two public workshops with the Planning, Zoning, and Adjustment Board (PZAB) on June 4, and July 2, 2024. The goal was to provide information regarding each element and receive feedback from the Board. On August 6, the PZAB, sitting as the Local Planning Agency (LPA), made a recommendation to approve the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments. At the October 10, 2024 Village Council meeting, the Council considered the Comprehensive Plan Amendments as recommended by the LPA and approved them on first reading.

The approved Comprehensive Plan Amendments has been sent to the State of Florida for review and comments. The State has 60 days from receipt of the Comprehensive Plan Amendments to provide a letter. If no objections are received, the Comprehensive Plan Amendments will be scheduled for adoption at the next available Village Council meeting.

See the tentatively approved Comp Plan amendments