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Orange Beach council approves Bayside Garages conditional use with 100‑year stormwater condition
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing on drainage and wetlands, the Orange Beach City Council approved a conditional-use permit for a 12-unit enclosed storage building at Pelican Place, making final approval contingent on a stormwater system that provides detention through the 100‑year storm event.
The Orange Beach City Council on the city’s May meeting voted to approve a conditional‑use request for the Bayside Garages project at Pelican Place with a new condition requiring the stormwater management system to provide detention through the 100‑year storm event.
The council heard a detailed presentation from city planning staff describing the North Building proposal — one single‑story, metal exterior self‑storage building of roughly 15,800 square feet on a 2.25‑acre parcel in the Mango Place subdivision — and read staff and planning‑commission recommended conditions, including a 20‑foot gated driveway to Pelican Place, south‑side buffering and landscaping, and wetlands permitting and mitigation as required by state and federal agencies.
Residents raised extensive concerns about flooding…
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