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Commission approves land‑use change for Marian Anderson Brownfield; proffers ban crushing, refuse processing
Summary
The City Commission adopted a city‑initiated comprehensive‑plan amendment Nov. 3 to change the future land‑use of the southern portion of a Brownfield at 2046 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way to Production‑Intensive Commercial to allow light industrial uses and accepted a site‑specific proffer banning concrete/rock crushing and refuse processing.
The City Commission on Nov. 3 voted to advance a city‑initiated comprehensive plan amendment that changes the future land‑use classification for the southern two‑thirds of a 13.95‑acre Brownfield parcel at 2046 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way from Community Commercial to Production‑Intensive Commercial. The change is part of a purchase‑and‑sale agreement with Newtown Gateway LLC, which intends to market the site for light industrial and warehouse/distribution uses.
Staff explained the site’s constrained commercial visibility (cheek to adjacent businesses and limited frontage on U.S. 301), the railroad buffer to the east and that neighboring residential uses are largely in Sarasota County across the Seminole Gulf Railroad right‑of‑way. The planning board…
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