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Also, Belize has no private beaches. All beaches are owned by the public and the public has free access to the beach up to 66 feet above the high tide line. Therefore, the development cannot have "400 feet of private beach."

I drove by the site of the development yesterday and it seems that the developer is installing an irrigation system across the road from the condos.

I hope the sprinkler system will be using gray water from the development's sewage treatment system because no one is sure about the capacity of the aquifer that provides fresh water to the Peninsula. (The Belize Audubon Society says that the aquifer has already been essentially depleted.)
Therefore, it would be near criminal to use precious clean drinking water for a resort sprinker system.

Finally, the property on which this resort will be located is quite small -- MUCH smaller than depicted in the artist's rendering. I doubt there will be any space between the center building (which is currently under construction) and the two 6-story buildings planned for either side of it.]]>May 10th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/ Most of the buildings on the beach are at 2 stories, due to the immensive blocking of sea breeze to the people that live on the lagoon side, and secondly, 6 stories are just flat ugly, this changes the whole concept of what we are, who we are and the cultural aspects of this 17 mile long peninsula that alot of us call "home".. I am not against development, but, how many of your guests or owners will even care about the critters of our peninsula or its year around locals and other foreigners?? ]]>May 10th 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/May 11th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/May 19th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/09/palmetto-bay-resort-planned-for-belize/
I invite you to visit Palmetto Bay Resort www.palmettobayresort.com for yourself and come to your own conclusions. Phase 1 is currently under construction with all development permits and approvals in place.

We recognize that Belize is a special place and Ravenspur Investments Inc. has gone further than any other developer in Belize to ensure responsible development. For example, Palmetto Bay Resort will be built green from the ground up:

1. Geothermal - a renewable green energy source that is generated from the earth's core and used for natural heating or cooling.

2. Gray Water - 3, 50,000 gallon tanks will be installed underground to capture rain water, shower and sink basins
and re-used to water the trees, grass and vegetation around the site. In addition to this, a state of the art system will break down sewage and run through a filteration system to be re-used for the toilet water. This is completely odorless and the cycle takes 24hrs to complete.

3. Solar and Wind Power will be used throughout the site to help generate renewable energy to be used for lighting the property at night. LED lights will also be used.

The international sales and marketing campaign has commenced. Please visit www.palmettobayresort.com to meet the world class team behind this exciting project and register your interest.

Sincerely,

Dave Bauman




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Looking at Palmetto Bay's artist rendering, it appears that they have a large piece of land. Reality is that there is an existing house to the north that will be 30 feet or so from the wall of the 6 story building. They will never see sunshine from the south west after it is built. Not very neighborly. Also the buildings are on the only road into or out of the peninsula. Constant traffic less than 100 feet from the buildings.



Speaking of green and neighborly, what sort of wind power are you talking about? Noisy wind turbines?



I am not anti-development but this is the wrong project for this area. There are many condo projects on the drawing board or under construction in the Placencia area. Mostly 2-3 story. Nice and low density. I can only offer this advise, Take the time to do your due diligence and if purchasing anything preconstruction, insist on any deposits being placed in escrow so you have recourse if a project fails.
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