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Planning board forwards two San Carlos Canal-basin vacation requests to commissioners

Charlotte County Planning and Zoning Board · March 10, 2025
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Summary

Charlotte County planning staff recommended vacating two undeveloped portions of the San Carlos Canal Basin to allow adjacent property owners greater developable area; the board forwarded both petitions with staff conditions including drainage and pedestrian easements and HCP mitigation requirements.

Charlotte County planning staff told the Planning and Zoning Board on March 1 that two adjacent street-vacation petitions would vacate portions of the undeveloped San Carlos Canal Basin behind properties in the Harbor Heights subdivision and, if approved by the Board of County Commissioners, would give the adjacent owners additional developable area while retaining residential development rights.

Johnny Shao of the Community Development Department described application SV-25-01 as a request to vacate about 26,142.97 square feet behind Lots 60–64, Block 191, and said staff recommended conditional approval. Jenny Hsiao presented the companion petition, SV-25-02, affecting about 24,382.06 square feet behind Lots 39–44, Block 199. Both staff presentations noted the site is zoned Residential Single-Family 3.5, designated low-density residential on the future land-use map, and that portions of the proposed vacated area…

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