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Commission approves Troubled Waters Brewing expansion, including potential distillery and patio
Summary
The commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit allowing Troubled Waters Brewing to expand into adjacent tenant space at 680 Main Street, adding brewing equipment, a bar, a small kitchen, an outdoor patio and the option to include a microdistillery; site-plan approval for exterior changes is required before permits.
The Safety Harbor City Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit for Troubled Waters Brewing to expand its microbrewery into adjacent tenant space at 680 Main Street and to include an optional microdistillery and a new patio. The motion to approve the staff-recommended stipulation passed 5-0.
Derek Reeves, assistant community development director, presented the request as an expansion of an already-approved microbrewery into a roughly 2,200-square-foot adjacent tenant space, adding brewing equipment, relocating the bar, constructing a small kitchen and modifying the parking layout to allow an outdoor patio. Reeves summarized the land-use standards and code definitions, noting that “staff believes that the request meets the standards for review for conditional uses under section 228.01 of [the] land development code.”
Under the code definitions Reeves read aloud, a microbrewery is limited to production of up to 15,000 barrels per year; a microdistillery is limited to up to 75,000 gallons per year. Reeves explained the applicant’s parking calculations: the proposed use requires 19 spaces and the property currently provides creditable spaces (18 on-site plus one on-street), which staff found acceptable pending final site-plan review.
Commissioners asked technical questions about whether the proposal combined microbrewery, microdistillery and nanobrewery uses; Reeves responded that the code groups those uses by scale and that the distillery component would be new. Commissioners also asked whether the restaurant/food service is a separate conditional use; Reeves clarified that restaurant service is a permitted accessory use in the Main Street Marketplace character district.
The planning and zoning board had unanimously recommended approval on July 9, including the staff provision that the outdoor patio and parking changes require site-plan approval before permitting. The commission approved the conditional use with that stipulation.
Final exterior improvements, landscaping and the patio layout remain subject to site-plan review and permitting before construction can begin.
