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Council approves zoning and comp-plan changes to create 'Planned Public Hospital' district for Sarasota Memorial Venice
Summary
The Venice City Council approved a package of land‑use actions on first reading to create a new Planned Public Hospital (PPH) zoning district for Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Venice campus, permitting greater building height and density after debate over scale and traffic.
The Venice City Council voted this morning to permit Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) to rezone its Venice campus to a new Planned Public Hospital (PPH) district and to transmit a related comprehensive-plan amendment, allowing a taller, denser hospital campus at 2600 E. Laurel Road.
The actions — a land‑development text amendment, a comprehensive‑plan amendment and a zoning map amendment — were approved on first reading after staff and the applicant said entitlements would align SMH Venice with other SMH campuses. The rezoning passed 6–1, with Council Member Ron Smith casting the lone no vote.
The rezoning and plan changes would allow a maximum building height of 150 feet (up from the city’s typical 84-foot maximum) and increase the maximum floor‑area ratio (FAR) for the site to 3.0, according to staff and the applicant. The property is roughly 65 acres and is designated Mixed Use Corridor in the city’s future‑land‑use map.
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