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Safety Harbor commission approves indoor batting facility with noise-mitigation conditions
Summary
The Safety Harbor City Commission voted 5-0 to approve a conditional use allowing an indoor commercial recreation (batting/practice) facility at 1010 Park Court, imposing parking upgrades and noise-mitigation requirements after residents raised concerns about sound and spillover parking.
The Safety Harbor City Commission on June 2 approved a conditional-use permit for a commercial indoor recreation facility at 1010 Park Court, voting 5-0 to allow a four-lane batting/practice operation with required parking improvements and specified noise mitigation measures.
Senior planner and GIS analyst Cecilia Chen said staff had to classify the proposed indoor sporting use under the cityʼs commercial recreation facilities category and that the applicant must bring parking up to code. “Staff has made a determination that the closest category in our code is commercial recreation facilities,” Chen said during the staff presentation.
Applicant Brandon Algren told the commission he had hired an engineer to design parking and that his team could fit nine spaces where eight were…
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