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Commissioners remove conditional-use restriction, rezoning 3.39 acres on Hawkins Avenue to light industrial
Summary
The Lee County Board of Commissioners approved a zoning map amendment to remove a conditional-use restriction on a 3.39-acre property fronting Hawkins Avenue, Stanley Drive and High Street, restoring full LI (light industrial) zoning for the parcel.
The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted June 2 to approve a zoning map amendment that removes a conditional-use overlay on a 3.39-acre parcel with frontage on Hawkins Avenue, Stanley Drive and High Street and returns the property to standard LI (light industrial) zoning.
Planning staff told the board the Planning Board had unanimously recommended approval after its May 19 hearing. Staff said the property previously had a conditional use permit approved in 1994 limiting the site to a self-storage use; commissioners were told that surrounding parcels and the corridor have seen commercial and light-industrial growth since 1994 and that light-industrial zoning is consistent with the current Stanley land-use maker-district designation.
County planning staff recommended two votes: a consistency finding (the proposed zoning is consistent with Stanley's maker-district designation because light industrial is in both the current and proposed districts) and a second motion to approve the zoning map amendment. The board approved both motions by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the public transcript.
Staff noted that LI zoning allows a range of uses (including billboards subject to Unified Development Area standards) and that the Planning Board's unanimous recommendation was based on compatibility with adjacent land uses and frontage on Hawkins Avenue.
