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City of Stuart board asks staff to research 300-foot rule and measurable criteria for downtown "formula businesses"
Summary
City staff will research how other municipalities apply waivers and metrics after a joint City Commission/CRA/CRB discussion about the Formula Business District code's 300-foot separation rule and the lack of a clear matrix for exceptions.
Jody Coogler, development director for the City of Stuart, told a joint meeting of the City Commission, Community Redevelopment Agency and Community Redevelopment Board that the city's land-development code defines formula businesses and requires they not locate within 300 feet of an existing formula business, but the code lacks a clear matrix for granting waivers. "The formula business shall not locate shall not locate within 300 feet of an existing formula business in the old downtown district," Coogler said as she reviewed the 2005 ordinance and current district map.
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