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Fort Pierce commissioners table zoning overlay for Port of Fort Pierce after broad public comment
Summary
After lengthy presentations and public testimony, the Fort Pierce City Commission voted to table Ordinance 25-003, a proposed Port Overlay District for the Port of Fort Pierce, to allow staff to revise permitted/conditional use lists and to consult property owners and St. Lucie County before a new first reading.
The Fort Pierce City Commission on March 3 tabled Ordinance 25-003, a first-reading text amendment that would create a Port Overlay District (POD) intended to guide redevelopment in the Port of Fort Pierce.
Kevin Freeman, city planning director, told the commission the overlay stems from the Port of Fort Pierce Master Plan (adopted December 2020) and is intended to align zoning with the port master plan’s goals — including a megayacht facility, marine services, stormwater improvements and a working waterfront — while protecting existing property rights. Freeman said the draft overlay covers more than 40 parcels and “probably 12 or 13” distinct property owners and that staff tried to balance fast-tracking certain ‘‘permitted’’ uses through a minor site-plan path and sending other uses to the conditional-use review that comes before the commission.
The commission…
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