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Council rejects Murphy USA gas‑station special exception after councilors cite traffic and intensity concerns
Summary
Council voted down a special‑exception application for a Murphy USA convenience store and fuel sales at SW Gatlin Boulevard and SW Impor Drive after staff described proposed off‑site turn‑lane extensions and council raised traffic safety and intensity concerns.
The Port St. Lucie City Council on Jan. 20 denied a special‑exception request for a Murphy USA convenience store with fuel sales at the northwest corner of Southwest Gatlin Boulevard and Southwest Impor Drive, citing traffic safety and intensity concerns.
Planning staff presented the conceptual site and landscape plans for the 1.73‑acre site and said staff and planning and zoning had been working with the applicant to identify off‑site mitigation measures after the item was tabled previously. Frances Forman of Planning & Zoning described agreed improvements, including a 573‑foot left‑turn‑lane extension from Gatlin onto Impor Drive and a roughly 365–385‑foot extension of the right‑turn lane from Impor onto Gatlin, as well as a divided median to…
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