Council declines change-of-ownership conditional use for State Road 7 pawnshop; retail gun sales variance left moot

The City of Plantation City Council on July 23 declined to approve a change‑of‑ownership conditional use for a 2,200‑square‑foot pawnshop at 340 N. State Road 7. Because the conditional use failed, a separate request for a use variance to permit retail gun sales as an accessory use could not be approved and was rendered moot.

Staff summary and police input

Planning staff presented the application and recommended approval of the conditional use to allow continued pawnshop operation with the new owner, and recommended conditional approval of a variance that would preserve retail firearm sales as an accessory use limited to no more than 5% of the floor area and with locked display and overnight secure storage. Plantation Police provided a brief service history for the site, telling the council that their records showed only four calls for service in the previous year…