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Council grants special-use permit for Manatee Avenue event center, caps occupancy at 42 and requires change-of-use steps
Summary
The City of Bradenton approved a special-use permit May 14 to allow a reception/event center at 1710 Manatee Avenue East but limited occupancy to 42 guests, required a formal change-of-occupancy and prohibited residential occupancy of the property once change-of-occupancy is issued.
The City of Bradenton City Council approved a special-use permit on May 14 to allow a club/reception/event center at 1710 Manatee Avenue East, but set conditions intended to address neighborhood concerns about parking, safety and prior unauthorised use.
Planning staff informed council the property was originally permitted and occupied as a single-family residence; a code-enforcement complaint filed in February 2024 alleged the home was being used for events. Greg DeLong, assistant director of planning and community development, summarized the history and said the form-based T4O zoning district allows the requested club use only by special permit. DeLong told council the application included a submitted occupancy calculation that could reach 96 but that on-site parking supports a maximum of 42 visitors under current…
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