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Panel forwards PDC for Talavast convenience store and 13‑pump fueling station despite traffic capacity concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission on Feb. 13 recommended a PDC and preliminary site plan for a 6,157‑square‑foot convenience store with 13 pumps at Talavast Road and U.S. 301, but transportation staff warned an exiting left movement from the county fleet driveway will exceed capacity in peak hours.
The commission recommended approval, by a 5‑2 vote, of a rezone and preliminary site plan to unify a 0.66‑acre outparcel at the southeast corner of a 36.28‑acre parent parcel at US‑301 and Talavast Road into the Planned Development Commercial (PDC) zoning district and to permit a 6,157‑square‑foot convenience store with 13 fueling pumps (including five diesel pumps and eight regular pumps).
Linda Stewart of Morris Engineering presented the plan for the applicant; Jane Caldera, the applicant’s traffic engineer, described a site design that uses the existing private Fleet Center Drive (Manatee County Transit fleet driveway) as the…
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