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Collier County approves Costco PUD change and 500-foot gas-pump waiver after hours of public comment
Summary
The Collier County Board approved a waiver from the county's 500-foot separation rule and an insubstantial PUD change to allow a Costco warehouse and member-only gas facility in Hacienda Lakes, subject to a condition that any future increase in fueling positions return to the board for approval. The decisions followed hours of technical testimony and heated public comment on traffic, stormwater and safety.
Collier County commissioners on Wednesday approved two companion measures that clear the way for a Costco warehouse and a membership-only fueling facility at the southeast corner of Collier Boulevard and Rattlesnake Hammock Road.
The board voted unanimously to grant an Administrative Separation Waiver (ASW) from the county's 500-foot separation requirement for facilities with fuel pumps and to approve an insubstantial change to the Hacienda Lakes mixed-use PUD (ordinance 11-41) that allows deviations for glazing, facade massing, light pole heights, loading spaces, interior landscaping and signage. Commissioners added a condition that any future increase beyond the fueling positions authorized by this approval must return to the Board of County Commissioners for review.
Brad Wester, vice president of land use for Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Debonau, described the proposal as a 156,866-square-foot Costco warehouse on a roughly 25.86-acre commercial tract and said the proposed gas pod would be approximately 132 feet from the lot line of an existing…
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