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Panama City holds first reading for Gateway Overlay changes after residents warn of neighborhood impacts
Summary
Commission held the first reading of ordinance 32‑94 to allow 15 conditional uses in the Gateway Overlay (e.g., pawn shops, bail bonds, vape shops, drive‑thrus, gas stations); residents urged care to avoid displacing neighborhood businesses and asked staff to clarify overlay boundaries and zoning interactions.
The Panama City Commission opened the first of two readings Dec. 16 on ordinance 32‑94, a proposed amendment that would permit a set of conditional uses inside the city’s Gateway Overlay with specific compatibility and distance standards.
Staff described the Gateway Overlay as an additional set of standards applied along major thoroughfares (including U.S. 98/Business 98, MLK Boulevard, Harrison Avenue and portions of 11th Street) intended to guide the appearance…
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