Midtown board approves plan-development rezoning and site plan for 129 Marion Street with multiple waivers

The Midtown Redevelopment Board voted to approve staff’s recommendation to rezone about 0.59 acres at 129 Marion Street from the RDM-5 zoning district to a site-specific Plan Development designation and approved the related site plan, allowing industrial, commercial and other uses and several requested code modifications.

The recommendation before you is provided all land development code modifications are accepted, staff recommends approval to rezone 0.59 plus or minus acres at 129 Marion Street and three adjacent vacant parcels from RDM-5 to Plan Development, the planning staff said. The board moved to approve the recommendation, a second was recorded, and the chair announced “motion carries; site plan is approved.” (Exact mover/second not specified in the transcript.)

Why it matters: the rezoning would formalize the property’s mixed-use proposal and allow continued industrial and outdoor equipment storage operations that currently do not meet several Land Development Code standards. The approval also clears the way for the item to go to the Planning Board and City Commission for later public hearings (planning board scheduled 02/27/2025; city…