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Panel recommends denial of storage‑facility special use permit in single‑family neighborhood
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended denial of a special‑use permit to formalize a storage facility and the parking of heavy construction equipment on an R‑1 lot in Ocala Waterways Estates, citing incompatibility with the adjacent single‑family neighborhood.
The Marion County Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend denial of a special‑use permit application by Ocala Freedom Investments LLC that would have allowed a 50‑by‑40 storage building and off‑site storage of heavy equipment and trailers on an R‑1 single‑family lot in the Liberty Triangle / Ocala Waterways Estates subdivision. Staff recommended denial, finding the commercial storage and equipment parking incompatible with surrounding single‑family homes and inconsistent with the county comprehensive plan.
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