Largo planning board unanimously approves adult day‑training center and bartending trade school

The Largo Planning Board voted unanimously on Dec. 4 to recommend approval of two Class 2 conditional uses.

Staff presented CU‑25‑0003, a request to locate an adult day training facility in a 1.12‑acre parcel at 13710 49th Street North. Staff said the use is conditionally allowable in Industrial Limited where private schools or training uses are permitted as conditional uses, and noted that all activities would be contained indoors with no outdoor activities proposed. The board approved the request 7–0.

Later the board considered CU‑25‑0004, a petition to establish a bartending/commercial trade school in a roughly 300‑square‑foot tenant space in a mixed office/medical building on Belcher Road South. Staff recommended approval, noting the proposed mock bar training area would not store or serve actual alcohol on site and would be indoors only. Applicant Anthony Campbell told the board the business has multiple locations, expects small class sizes (about 3–6 attendees at a time), charges roughly $295 per course and helps students with job placement. No public opposition was recorded; the board voted 7–0 to forward approval to the City Commission.

Both approvals are advisory recommendations; any change to the conditions of operation or expansions would require subsequent board review. Staff reminded the board that any operational expansions would require additional conditional use review.

Votes at the meeting were recorded on the public record; both motions carried unanimously (7–0).