A developer is seeking a change in its planned unit development of Turquoise Place. The developer wants to add a small condo building on the west side of the opulent 30-story towers on what used to be a public access.

The request will come during the Oct. 14 meeting of the Orange Beach Planning Commission with a work session at 3 p.m. and the regular session at 4 p.m.

The request for change is being made by October Investments and it's owner, Larry Wireman. It is not being made by Turquoise Place Condominiums.

The request to the city is stated in the Planning Commission's Agenda as follows:

Forrest Daniell & Associates, on behalf of Larry Wireman, requests recommendation to the City Council for approval of a Major PUD Modification to the Turquoise Place Planned Unit Development (PUD) Master Plat for a six-unit condominium with a clubhouse and rooftop pool deck amenities on 1.17 acres between the Turquoise Place and The Palms Condominium. The property is located at 26302 Perdido Beach Boulevard. 

Larry Wireman, October Investments and the City of Orange Beach recently settled a lawsuit over land that developers conceded to the city as part of the agreement to allow the original huge project to proceed.

The public access portion is about 1.17 acres and Turquoise Place PUD is asking to build a six-unit condo with a clubhouse and rooftop pool deck amenities. The other lot conceded to the city is directly across beach road from the towers and developers once had plans to build 70 condo units and a marina on Cotton Bayou, but the city council gave it a negative vote at the Jan. 16 council meeting.

As part of the deal to accept the land, the city was contractually obligated to develop the Cotton Bayou lot within four years with a public safety building – fire station or police station – and public access and amenities. The lot on the west side was developed to a seldom-used public beach access.

As part of the settlement in the 2020 lawsuit, Turquoise PUD developer Larry Wireman will hand over two tracts of 1.2 acres and 1.13 acres west of the middle/high school complex to the city.

During the meeting, the commission will also discuss:

• A request from Daniel G. Blackburn for a major subdivision on a 45-acre parcel at the northwest intersection of Canal Road and Sampson Avenue calling for 76 single-family residences. It was deferred from the Sept. 9 meeting.
• An approval for a final subdivision and replatting of some lots in the Moondance planned unit development located east of Mississippi Avenue on Perdido Bay in Bear Point.
  A request from Weygand Wilson Surveying to combine three lots at the northwest corner of Jefferson Avenue and Cusack Court.
• A request from Compass Construction to rezone four acres on the beachfront from single-family residential to planned unit development containing five single-family houses. The parcel is located east of the Original Romar House B&B.
• A change to the zoning text ordinance to amend the definition of “grade plane” for the Community Development Department.
• A request from the city to approve a site plan review to build a 30-foot-by-70-foot greenhouse at the new Orange Beach Wildlife Center located west of Fire Station No. 3.

UPDATES WERE MADE: Updates were made in the article to reflect the name of the actual project developer.