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Planning Commission approves Home Depot at Venice Crossing, including outdoor sales and three design alternatives
Summary
The commission approved a 106,651 sq ft Home Depot with a 28,156 sq ft garden center at Venice Crossing (site plan 2551 SP), along with conditional‑use approval for outdoor sales (2552 CU) and design alternatives (2553 DA) for signage, parking medians and lighting. Commissioners and engineers described off‑site traffic mitigation and signal coordination with county and school officials; community speakers urged further county coordination on cumulative traffic.
The City of Venice Planning Commission on Jan. 6 approved three petitions from the Home Depot USA Inc. project at Venice Crossing: conditional use petition 2552 CU (outdoor sales and display), design alternative petition 2553 DA (signage, parking median layout and perimeter lighting height), and site and development plan petition 2551 SP (106,651 sq ft retail building with a 28,156 sq ft garden center). Each approval passed on unanimous 7–0 votes.
City planner Brittany Smith summarized staff findings that the project, located at 204 Chillingham Ave within the Laurel Road/Laurel Road neighborhood mixed‑use corridor, meets comprehensive‑plan strategies and the land development code where applicable. Smith said…
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