Work on the next phase of the coming Margaritaville resort will include changes in the planned unit development to accommodate a housing development. A first phase featuring a condo complex and bungalows is already under construction. The new complex, dubbed The Wharf Landing, is across the Intracoastal Waterway from The Wharf retail, dining, and entertainment district.

Developers will appear before the Orange Beach Planning Commission during its regular session on April 13 in the council chambers at City Hall.

The latest phase calls for rezoning 28 acres in the complex to create 142 residential lots with houses ranging from two to five bedrooms. Another item on Margaritaville for the commission to consider deals with reconfiguring a lot line between lots one and two of the PUD.

Rezonings must be approved by the city council, and the planning commission will hear the proposal and offer a recommendation to the council.

Another item not meeting the second deadline for consideration includes a new featured attraction connected to Dolly Parton, looking to come to the heart of Orange Beach.

Orange Beach citizens have raised concerns about the complex and the traffic it might generate on Orange Beach Boulevard in several social media posts. A town hall meeting is set for Wednesday, May 6, at the performing arts center, and officials said residents can ask questions on the project then. The item will then be taken up in the May planning commission meeting.

Kadre Engineering will request to rezone 24 acres on behalf of Beech’s Camper and Mobile Home Park to a planned unit development with the initial phase of the PUD using 13 acres for a 59,000-square-foot building to house the Pirate Voyage Dinner Theater. There are currently pirate theaters in Panama City, Pigeon Forge, and Myrtle Beach.

The group seeking to develop the dinner theater is owned and managed by World Choice Investments, which also has ties to Parton's Stampede Dinner, Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud, and the Titanic Museum, all in Pigeon Forge.

During the meeting, the commission will also discuss:

• Approving a conditional use permit for the development of a second building at Bayside Orange Beach Garages located at 24701 Pelican Place, east of Lauder Place. Conditional use permits must be approved by the city council upon review of the commission’s recommendation.
• Approval of a site plan for an open-air pavilion at the Orange Beach Church, doing business as Orange Beach Methodist Church, at 28751 Canal Road.

These two items did not meet the second deadline for consideration in the April 13 meeting:

• Repurposing an existing parking lot at Wind Drift condominiums for additional overflow parking. The condo is located at 28735-28783 Perdido Beach Blvd.
• A site plan review for the Terrell Office Building, where developers hope to build a 7,500-square-foot multi-tenant commercial building in the southwest corner of the intersection of Canal Road and Lindsey Lane.