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Planning board approves manufactured‑home sales lot with conditions to limit traffic and visual impacts
Summary
The board approved a special exception for a manufactured‑home sales lot on Highway 98 but attached conditions including temporary skirting of displayed homes, removal of units if use lapses, trailer delivery only from Highway 98 with DOT permit, and prohibition on used‑home sales.
The Okeechobee County Planning Board on Dec. 9 granted a special exception for a manufactured‑home sales lot (petition S20250837) on Highway 98, adding conditions intended to limit traffic impacts, preserve neighborhood character and prevent long‑term storage of unsold units.
Staff characterized the site — a vacant parcel just north of the intersection with State Road 70 and south of the county administration building — as appropriate for a display/retail sales lot in the county’s commercial district. The applicant, James Raesbrook, described a layout with up to eight display homes and…
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