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Commissioners reject mediated settlement for disputed Take 5 rezoning after repeated neighborhood opposition
Summary
After months of hearings and a FLUDRA process, the Sarasota County Commission unanimously denied a proposed mediated settlement that would have advanced a contested Take 5 oil-change rezone; residents repeatedly told the board the use is incompatible with the neighborhood.
Sarasota County commissioners unanimously denied a proposed mediated settlement on April 8 that would have allowed a contested Take 5 oil-change facility to proceed through a revised rezoning process.
The property in question sits at U.S. 41 and Habitat Boulevard near Willow Bend and Oscar Scherer State Park. Residents and neighborhood organizations told the board the parcel is residentially oriented and incompatible with an automotive oil-change business; planning staff and the planning commission previously recommended denial.
Why it matters: the Take 5 applicant used Florida’s FLUDRA (Florida Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolution Act) process to seek…
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