Developers to Resubmit Plans for 333 Coconut Mixed‑Use Project After City Flags Multiple Code Issues

Sarasota — City of Sarasota planners and technical reviewers reviewed a new site‑plan submittal for 333 Coconut, a proposed mixed‑use development at the intersection of Fourth Street and Coconut Avenue, and required a resubmittal after identifying multiple code and infrastructure issues.

The applicant team described the project as a 0.36‑acre downtown‑core site with 18 residential units and about 1,500 square feet of ground‑floor retail. Camden Jenkins, a development‑services planner, told the applicants that the site data table should reflect a proposed density of 50 dwelling units per acre to match the maximum allowable density tied to 18 units and asked the team to replace an incorrect reference to the “MENA code” with “City of Sarasota zoning code.”

Jenkins and other reviewers flagged design and dimensional items that must be corrected. Staff said rooftop “towers” that contain habitable space must be dimensioned and that habitable rooms above the roof should be…