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Planning commission approves MRT Lawn and Garden Center conditional use and site plan for 385–395 US 41 Bypass N.
Summary
The City of Venice Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit and a site development plan for MRT Lawn and Garden Center, allowing outdoor sales and display on two existing restaurant parcels at 385 and 395 US 41 Bypass North. Both petitions passed 7-0.
The City of Venice Planning Commission approved two related applications for a proposed MRT Lawn and Garden Center, voting 7-0 to grant conditional-use approval and to approve a concurrent site development plan for the property at 385 and 395 US 41 Bypass North.
Planning staff presented the two quasi‑judicial petitions — conditional use petition 24-56CU for outdoor sales and display and site development plan petition 24-55SP — stating the parcel is about 2.1 acres with a commercial future land‑use designation and commercial (Centermass) zoning. Britney Smith, planner for the City of Venice, told commissioners the petitions had been reviewed by the technical review committee and were found to meet applicable provisions of the City of Venice Land Development Code and the comprehensive plan.
Agent Jackson Boone, attorney with the Boone Law Firm representing MRT Lawn and Garden Center, said the proposal would reuse two existing restaurant buildings (formerly Left Coast Seafood…
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