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Manatee commissioners approve Heritage Harbor increase to 124-room hotel despite traffic concerns
Summary
The Board approved amendments to the Heritage Harbor DRI and a parcel-level GDP change to add 24 hotel rooms and raise Parcel 37 from four to five stories. The measures passed 4-2 after residents and commissioners debated traffic and infrastructure adequacy.
The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners approved an amendment to the Heritage Harbor Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and a companion general development plan amendment for Parcel 37, allowing an increase from 100 to 124 hotel rooms on that parcel and raising the permitted height from four to five stories.
The change, which increases the county-wide hotel entitlement within the Heritage Harbor DRI from 400 to 424 rooms, passed on Feb. 6 by a 4-2 vote with Commissioners Felt and McCann in opposition.
Supporters, including the applicant’s planner and a hotel partner representative, told the board the extra 24 rooms are needed to meet brand and economic thresholds. Linda Stewart, planner with Morris Engineering, said the request is “consistent with the other hotel rooms that were previously approved within Heritage Harbor” and that utilities and pedestrian infrastructure are already in place for…
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