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Local owner presses Sanford for clear path to amend Planned Development at 402 Celery; commission asks staff to meet

Sanford City Commission · November 11, 2025
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Summary

An owner seeking outdoor storage and automotive uses at a multi-parcel site at 402 Celery described conflicting staff guidance over 11 months. Commissioners asked planning staff to provide a single, written checklist and meet with the owner; the commission took no action and directed staff follow-up.

A lengthy exchange on Nov. 10 focused on a property owner’s long-running effort to amend or rescind a Planned Development (PD) for multiple parcels at 402 Celery. Owner representatives told commissioners they had received inconsistent instructions from planning staff about whether to file a PD amendment, a new PD, or other approvals and said that one tenant obtained a business license only to be told later the use was not permitted.

Owner Kelsey Briarley said the process had required repeated…

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