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Commission approves Spice & Tea Exchange downtown after debate over 300-foot rule; vote 4-1
Summary
After a quasi-judicial hearing and split public comment, the City of Stuart commission approved Resolution 98-2025 to allow the Spice & Tea Exchange as a conditional use at 39 SW Osceola St. and waived the 300-foot separation between formula businesses by a 4-1 roll-call vote; the approval includes design, signage and operational conditions.
The City of Stuart commission on Nov. 10 approved Resolution 98-2025, granting a major urban-code conditional-use exception to allow the Spice & Tea Exchange (a formula business) to occupy a 1,318-square-foot storefront at 39 Southwest Osceola Street and to waive the land-development-code'required 300-foot separation between formula businesses in the downtown historic area.
Planner Michelle Arbazow reviewed the criteria the commission must apply and noted the proposal meets size and frontage thresholds: the subject space is approximately 1,318 square feet with a 24-foot street frontage. The resolution as presented includes conditions staff and the applicant agreed on: the business must comply…
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