City records indicate the main structure actually would not exceed the 150-foot height restrictions imposed by ordinance through the local Intracoastal Overlook Area zoning regulations. Such restrictions would have allowed 43 units within 12 residential levels.

However, the development team proposed four additional levels at the base of the main structure that raised the first residential level 26 feet above grade level. The design included three levels for parking and a fourth common level for community use.

Besides a favorable staff recommendation, the project received support at the Dec. 20 P&Z meeting from the local Central Beach Alliance, a nonprofit community group. Although no one then opposed the project, other citizens raised concerns about possible noise and light coming from a partially enclosed parking garage and potential impact of the temporary construction on the neighborhood.

The city received a letter of concern and subsequent visits from the neighboring Holiday Isle Yacht Club, a three-level condominium complex just to the north of the proposed La Rive project. Representatives of Holiday Isle argue the proposed La Rive would cast unwanted shadows on their property.