Commissioners approve SRQ AutoPort garage-condo plan and related comprehensive-plan amendment

Apr 23, 2026

The board unanimously approved a plan amendment and a general development plan to allow a specialized garage-condominium (’motor enclave’) project on US-41, citing infill redevelopment and site cleanup; staff and the applicant pledged wetland buffers and recipient-site tortoise mitigation.

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Manatee County commissioners unanimously approved a comprehensive-plan text amendment and a companion General Development Plan for the SRQ AutoPort — a proposal to increase permitted commercial square footage on a small US-41 parcel and to permit ‘garage condominium’ units (private vehicle-storage units often built with mezzanine owner spaces).

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