Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
BZA approves Centra/SIMTRA cafeteria work but continues landscaping variance to June 4
Summary
The Monroe County BZA approved a buildable-area variance for SIMTRA’s (formerly Baxter) cafeteria loading-dock modifications in the mapped FEMA floodplain and continued a separate interior-parking-landscaping variance to June 4, 2025.
The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals voted 4-0 to approve a buildable-area variance (VAR-25-8A) allowing exterior cafeteria-related work at the SIMTRA (formerly Baxter) campus, but it continued VAR-25-8B (interior parking-lot landscaping) to the June 4, 2025 meeting to allow more time for the petitioner and staff to negotiate a mitigation plan.
VAR-25-8A was requested to permit construction of an outdoor freezer and a canopy overhang that would occupy part of an existing loading dock. Planning staff said the loading-dock area lies within a FEMA mapped Special Flood Hazard Area (Zone AE / floodway) and that the site’s surveyed…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
