NuRock wants Wellington to waive impact and permit fees on two 106-unit Live Local projects. Rents would start at $1,130. The council takes it up Tuesday.

Two apartment projects with 212 affordable units are asking Wellington to waive the fees it normally charges new development. The Village Council considers the request at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10.

The developer is NuRock. Each project has 106 units, all of them affordable, on a 4.86-acre site:

  • Residences at Country Grove, 16651 Van Gogh Road
  • Residences at Country Landing, 16651 Velazquez Road

The details come from the staff report and presentation for Resolution No. R2026-36, item 9A on the Nov. 10 agenda.

Who could live there and what it costs

The apartments are for households earning between 30% and 80% of the area median income. The presentation puts that median at $107,600 for a household of four.

Rents in each project would be:

Unit Income level Square feet Units Monthly rent
2 bedroom, 2 bath 50% 850 16 $1,130
2 bedroom, 2 bath 60% 850 39 $1,380
2 bedroom, 2 bath 80% 850 8 $1,880
3 bedroom, 2 bath 30% 1,025 14 $1,312
3 bedroom, 2 bath 60% 1,025 22 $1,601
3 bedroom, 2 bath 80% 1,025 7 $2,178

Those rents include fees and utilities, the presentation said. For comparison, it lists market-rate two-bedroom rents of $2,631 to $3,154 at four complexes: Ryder Place, Axis, Polo Lakes and Waterstone. Most of those rents do not include fees and utilities.

What the developer wants waived

Country Grove Housing Partners LP and Country Landing Housing Partners LP asked for the relief on June 16, 2026. The village’s own estimate of the fees, for each project, is:

Fee Per project
Multimodal impact fee $125,228
Parks and recreation impact fee $358,068
Public facilities impact fee $99,110
Parks land, payment in lieu (2.98 acres) $327,800
Civic land, payment in lieu (0.3 acres) $33,000
Building permit fees (estimate) About $600,000

The draft resolution waives all of them. The staff presentation, though, marks the public facilities fee as “not waived,” so the version the council adopts may differ.

The building permit figure is based on a construction cost of about $30 million a project. Wellington must switch to permit fees based on the cost of the service by Jan. 1, 2027, the staff report said. That change will likely cut the permit fee for these projects.

Why the village can do this

Both projects fall under the Live Local Act, a 2023 state law amended every year since. It requires cities to allow affordable apartments on land zoned commercial, industrial or mixed use, without a rezoning. Staff approve such projects, not the council.

Florida law also lets a city waive impact fees for affordable housing. It does not have to make up the lost money from other revenue, the resolution says.

Palm Beach County has already chosen both projects for financing through its housing bond program. The county is also covering part of its own road, park and public building impact fees, the staff report said.

Other cities set limits. Palm Beach Gardens caps impact fee waivers at $250,000 for any one project in a fiscal year and building permit waivers at $100,000 a project, according to the presentation.

What it means for you

This vote does not decide whether the apartments get built. Under the Live Local Act that is an administrative approval. Tuesday’s question is who pays the fees that normally fund roads, parks and public buildings for new residents.

You can speak during public comment at the meeting at Village Hall, 12300 Forest Hill Blvd. The same agenda carries the first $28 million from the K-Park sale. Home and rent trends are on our home prices page.