Planning and Zoning board recommends rezoning three Chapel Avenue parcels for boat/RV storage with access restriction

The Port Richey City Planning and Zoning Board on Thursday voted to recommend that City Council redesignate three parcels on Chapel Avenue from residential to commercial mixed use and rezone them from R-2 (two‑family residential) to C-3 (general commercial), with a condition limiting use to boat and RV storage and requiring access from River Gulf Road only.

Planner Tammy Vrana of Vrana Consulting told the board the applicant asked to change the future land use and zoning to allow outdoor recreational vehicle and boat storage on the roughly 0.9‑acre site. “Based on staff’s evaluation and finding that the request is inconsistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the comprehensive plan, our recommendation to the planning and zoning board is to find the request to be inconsistent and to recommend to city council that their request be denied,” Vrana said during her presentation, while also outlining how the site could be used if the change were approved.

The board discussed neighborhood compatibility, potential impacts on property…