182 Vilano Rd

This property is located in the unique Vilano Beach Town Center on Vilano Beach, a barrier island peninsula which is bordered on the west by the North River (Intracoastal Waterway) and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. This site includes six lots plus an alley and is zoned Mixed Use, which allows many uses, including commercial, multifamily, retail, Bed & Breakfast, etc. Underground utilities are already on site, including electric, water and sewer. With allowed 3-story build-out and rooftop, potential ocean and river views, St. Augustine views and sunset views. Share Vilano Road with Publix/Retail, the Hyatt and other hotels, million dollar-plus Townhomes (under construction), local beach restaurants and the Vilano Pier including a dock and water taxi service and featuring views of the St. Augustine skyline. Whether you are an investor, a developer or an individual with grand residential goals, this property offers excellent opportunities. Read cont. Vilano Beach Town Center History Vilano Beach Town Center History and current contact information. Vilano Beach was founded and platted in 1927 and encompasses the length of Vilano Road, from ocean to river, and surrounding lots and side streets. In 1999 as a result of the vision of local volunteer residents this approximately 23 acres was established as the Vilano Beach Town Center. Here is how this sea change for Vilano Beach was accomplished. Nearly three decades ago, in 1995, the alignment of the new Vilano (Usina) Bridge made Vilano Beach a destination instead of a drive-thru A1A beach. After that major change, the goal of our local residents and businesses became to redevelop ourselves as a small beach town -- a walkable/bikeable commercial/residential district, including a grocery/pharmacy where people would want to live, work and play. Since Vilano Beach is not an incorporated town, we embraced the Town Center Concept because it provides the look and feel of a small town -- without an extra layer of government or additional taxes. Also, when we decided to re-develop as a Town Center, the fact that this concept had already been adopted in the Florida Growth Management Act of 1985 made achieving our goal of becoming a "small beach town" possible. To accomplish this goal, local volunteer citizens in cooperation with our local commissioner and the County Planning Department staff met and worked together in four local committees (open to the public) for two years, 1998 and 1999, at the North Shore Improvement Assoc. building to do the planning with county staff and make recommendations on design, a new land use code and zoning for mixed use that resulted in St. Johns County moving forward to designate Vilano Beach a Town Center. With that designation, several of the volunteer resident committee members continued the next three years (1999-2002 and beyond) to represent Vilano at more than a thousand hours of County meetings to implement the Town Center rules and regulations, which resulted in the Vilano Beach Town Center Land Development Code and Mixed Use Town Center Zoning, Overlay Design Guidelines, as well as the Vilano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) for Infrastructure being adopted by the St. Johns County Commission. Opportunities for public input and involvement have continued thru the years because the County Commission established an appointed Vilano Town Center Design Review Board made up of local residents and business owners with four-year terms to advise the County Commission as the Town Center has redeveloped over the years. This Board, as well as permits for new development in the Vilano Town Center are managed by the SJC Growth Management Department (Planning and Zoning). Contact number (904-209-0675).