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Planning commission recommends rezoning at 2001 First Street North to allow convenience store with fuel sales
Summary
The Winter Haven City Planning Commission voted April 7, 2026, to recommend approval of a rezoning request for a 0.46-acre parcel at 2001 First Street North from mixed use (MX) to commercial highway (C3), a change staff said would allow a convenience store with fuel sales; the recommendation goes next to the City Commission.
The Winter Haven City Planning Commission voted on April 7 to recommend approval of a rezoning request for a 0.46-acre parcel at 2001 First Street North that would allow a convenience store with fuel sales.
Heather Ryder, senior planner for Winter Haven City, presented maps and analysis and told commissioners the subject parcel is currently zoned mixed use (MX) while much of the surrounding block and intersection corners are zoned commercial highway (C3). Ryder said Beacon 6 Holdings LLC, the petitioner, owns adjacent parcels zoned C3 and proposes to redevelop the site in conjunction with those parcels.…
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