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Commission recommends reestablishing residential treatment use at Manatee Cottage East despite neighbor concerns over traffic and past site conditions
Summary
Following lengthy public testimony and debate, the Planning Commission voted 5‑1 to recommend approval of a General Development Plan to reestablish Manatee Cottage East as a large residential treatment or assisted‑living facility, while directing staff to impose conditions and require technical documentation to resolve prior code inconsistencies.
After several hours of testimony and technical debate, the Planning Commission voted 5‑1 to recommend approval of a General Development Plan to reestablish Manatee Cottage East as a large residential treatment facility (up to 90 beds) or as an assisted‑living facility consistent with historical site use and with updated stipulations the county will require.
Applicant representatives and The Crossings, the organization that operates the site, described long‑standing service operations. Attorney Mark Barnaby and operator Jim Rouches told the commission the site has provided care or residential treatment uses since the 1980s and that the current request clarifies and resolves inconsistencies between older approvals and current LDC definitions. The applicant submitted a GDP that mirrors the existing…
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