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Commissioners approve PUD amendment allowing screened outdoor storage at South Florida Gateway
Summary
The Martin County Board approved a third amendment to the South Florida Gateway planned unit development to allow outdoor storage as an accessory use in loading areas, with screening and material-height limits; the amendment bars outdoor storage as a principal use and prohibits hazardous materials and on-site manufacturing in those areas.
Martin County commissioners on Tuesday approved the third amendment to the South Florida Gateway planned unit development zoning agreement, allowing outdoor storage as an accessory use in defined loading and service areas with screening requirements and limits on stored materials.
The amendment matters because it changes how tenants in a 216.37-acre industrial PUD can use outdoor space and ties county enforcement to new screening and siting requirements intended to limit visual and environmental impacts.
Growth Management staff described the amendment as narrowly tailored: outdoor storage will be allowed only as an accessory use within loading-bay and service areas shown on the revised master site plan; it will not be permitted as a freestanding principal use. The PUD language explicitly prohibits…
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