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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. Ryder said, “the requested rezoning to commercial highway C-3 is appropriate and compatible with the surrounding area” and noted the change would allow a use consistent with nearby development and establish uniform zoning across the petitioner’s properties.
Ryder also told the commission the parcel—identified in the record as approximately 0.46 acres at 2001 First Street North—lies at a major intersection of First Street North/State Road 544 and Martin Luther King Boulevard, and that the Florida Department of Transportation has a State Road 544 widening project in the design phase that includes adjacent right-of-way; right-of-way acquisition is anticipated to begin later this year, followed by utility relocations and construction, she said.
The public portion of the hearing included a comment from Jeremy Anderson, the engineer of record for the project, who identified himself as representing the applicant. Anderson said he had reviewed the staff report and “agree[d] with the contents in the report” and offered to answer commissioners’ questions.
After no questions from commissioners, the chair moved to recommend approval of case P-26-12 (rezoning from MX to C3 for 2001 First Street North). The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; no opposition was recorded in the transcript. The Planning Commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Winter Haven City Commission for final action.
In other business, staff updated the commission that a rezoning for 8th Street Southwest heard in February had been approved by the City Commission in March, that an Avenue H Southeast rezoning from the March meeting will go to the City Commission this month, and that the commission will not meet in May; the next scheduled meeting is June 2.
The meeting was called to order and adjourned by the chair on April 7, 2026.
