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Developer seeks rezoning for Parker Drive lot to build boat and RV storage; planning board had denied request

3280804 · May 14, 2025
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Summary

A property owner asked the Panama City Commission May 13 to approve a future land-use and zoning change to General Commercial (GC-2) for a 0.665-acre parcel on Parker Drive to create a small boat, RV and trailer storage lot.

Benjamin Jerakinis, the applicant and owner of the Parker Drive parcel, told the commission May 13 he wants to operate a small boat, RV and trailer storage lot on a 0.665-acre parcel that currently does not have a postal address. "My goal is to create a boat storage RV trailer lot. It'd be a small business. It'd be me and only me owning it," Jerakinis said during the public hearing.

City staff explained that storage uses are allowed in GC-2 zoning, so the applicant requested both a future…

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