The request was recommended for approval by the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission.
The additional 23 units will bring the total to 936, attorney James Fuqua, representing Natelli Communities, told the council.
The 5 acres is surrounded by the Bay Forest Club, and if the area were a jigsaw puzzle, he said, the acreage would be the missing piece.
The density per acre of the community will increase from 2.19 units per acre to 2.22 units per acre, less than the four-units-per-acre maximum in the MR-RPC, medium-density residential district, the attorney said.
No one spoke in favor or against the request during the public hearing at the Tuesday, April 27, county council meeting.
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