Save Boynton’s Forest: Reject Turtle Square as Currently Proposed and Protect the Remaining Forest Parcels
We, the undersigned residents and concerned members of the community, respectfully ask Palm Beach County and the City of Boynton Beach to help Save Boynton’s Forest by protecting the remaining wooded parcels near Quentin Avenue / Nickels Boulevard and requiring any proposed development to meet applicable standards.

The immediate County issue is Turtle Square, Palm Beach County application CA-2025-01327 / Control No. 2006-00304, a proposed 72-townhome development on the wooded parcel near Quentin Avenue / Nickels Boulevard.

The applicant is seeking Class A Conditional Use approval to allow townhomes in the RS Residential Single-Family zoning district, using a Workforce Housing density bonus.

Our position is not anti-workforce housing.

Our position is pro-standards, pro-safety, pro-environment, and pro-neighborhood compatibility.

What we are asking Palm Beach County to do
We respectfully ask Palm Beach County to deny, continue, or withhold certification/approval of Turtle Square as currently proposed unless and until the applicant proves, with publicly available supporting documents, that the project satisfies all applicable standards.

Palm Beach County should not certify, approve, or authorize development-related clearing, tree removal, land disturbance, or permits unless the applicant demonstrates that:

• Quentin Avenue provides safe and adequate legal access for the proposed 72-townhome project;
• the project can safely accommodate daily traffic, construction traffic, fire rescue, sanitation trucks, delivery vehicles, and moving trucks;
• the dead-end condition and limited turnaround area on Quentin Avenue have been fully evaluated;
• drainage and stormwater impacts to nearby homes will be prevented;
• gopher tortoise, FWC, native vegetation, specimen tree, and environmental issues are fully resolved;
• any tree removal, vegetation removal, clearing, grading, land disturbance, or development-related site work is properly permitted and reviewed;
• the project is compatible with the surrounding single-family neighborhoods;
• the WHP density bonus is not being used to override access, environmental, drainage, traffic, fire/sanitation, construction-access, and compatibility standards;
• COBWRA’s position is not treated as consent from directly impacted abutting residents unless those residents were meaningfully consulted;
• all supporting documents are publicly available with enough time for meaningful resident review before any public hearing or approval.

The County’s own review record has identified important review issues involving Environmental Resources Management, Land Development, Traffic, Zoning, gopher tortoise/FWC documentation, native vegetation, specimen trees, Quentin Avenue access, and other development-review concerns.

Residents are asking for a fair, transparent, standards-based review.

What we are asking the City of Boynton Beach to do
Separate from the County Turtle Square application, we also ask the City of Boynton Beach to follow through on protection of the remaining City-owned forest parcels near this area.

Residents request that the City adopt and record meaningful deed restriction / public-purpose protection language for remaining City-owned forest parcels so those parcels cannot later be sold, transferred, or converted for incompatible development without proper public review and legal protection.

Why this matters
This wooded area is not just vacant land. Applicant and County materials identify environmental, access, traffic, drainage, vegetation, and wildlife issues that require careful review. The surrounding neighborhoods are primarily single-family residential, and the proposed access depends on Quentin Avenue, a narrow dead-end residential street with limited turnaround and no through access.

Saving Boynton’s Forest means protecting the remaining wooded parcels, requiring responsible public review, and ensuring that development pressure does not override safety, environmental compliance, drainage protection, traffic review, wildlife protection, and neighborhood compatibility.

Our request
We respectfully ask Palm Beach County and the City of Boynton Beach to:

• reject Turtle Square as currently proposed;
• withhold certification, approval, or development-related permits unless all applicable standards are met;
• require full public disclosure of supporting documents before hearings or approvals;
• require compliance with applicable protections for gopher tortoises, native vegetation, specimen trees, drainage, and surrounding homes;
• recognize direct-neighborhood opposition separately from umbrella organization comments;
• require meaningful deed restriction / public-purpose protection for remaining City-owned forest parcels;
• include this petition and resident comments in the official public record where appropriate.

For residents who want their address/proximity and personal comments included in the County record, please also complete the resident sign-on form at:

https://saveboyntonsforest.com

Important: Signing this Change.org petition helps show public support and visibility. Nearby residents, direct abutters, Quentin Avenue / Nickels Boulevard residents, and anyone directly affected should also complete the resident sign-on form at https://saveboyntonsforest.com so address/proximity, specific concerns, and consent can be included in the County record.

Save Boynton’s Forest will not publicly post full residential addresses without permission. However, comments, names, addresses, or evidence submitted to government officials may become public records.