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BZA denies special exception for outdoor vehicle storage on Harness Road after years of noncompliance
Summary
The Charlotte County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to deny a special exception to allow outdoor storage of boats, trailers and RVs at 10102 Harness Road in Placida, citing incompatibility with surrounding residential zoning and a history of noncompliance and outstanding enforcement actions.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY — The Charlotte County Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 10 denied a special exception request to allow outdoor storage of vehicles, boats and recreational vehicles at 10102 Harness Road in Placida after staff and neighbors said the use is incompatible with surrounding residential zoning and the operator had repeatedly failed to meet conditions from a prior approval.
Community Development staff recommended denial, saying the property sits in a small commercial pocket surrounded by single-family residential zoning and that outdoor storage is better suited to industrial areas. Elizabeth Nocek, AICP, senior planner, told the board the parcel and two adjacent lots total about 1.5 acres, much of the site had been covered with shell or gravel and no stormwater or protected-species reviews had been completed. She also said an earlier special-exception approval from 2022 had expired because the applicant did not…
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