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Commission approves conditional‑use permit for warehouse at Bayou George Drive
Summary
The planning commission approved a conditional‑use permit to allow a warehouse on property zoned C‑2 at 7111 Bayou George Drive after staff found the use compatible with surrounding commercial/industrial activity and the applicant described buffering and rear placement of the building.
The Bay County Planning Commission voted Dec. 16 to approve a conditional‑use permit to allow a warehouse on property at 7111 Bayou George Drive in the unincorporated Panama City area.
Planning staff member Wayne Porter presented PLCUP 20250242 and said the subject property sits adjacent to a commercial/industrial park with existing warehouse structures. Porter noted the C‑2 (Plaza Commercial) zoning lists a set of allowable uses and that warehouse is not explicitly listed in C‑2 but that the property's general commercial future‑land‑use designation would permit warehouse under the comprehensive plan. "Staff feels that the proposed use will be compatible with the surrounding area and not create a nuisance for the surrounding land uses," Porter said.
Scott Rutherford of Rutherford Engineering, representing the applicant, described the project layout and said the building was intended to be located at the rear of the parcel and buffered from the street. "It was our goal in the layout of the property to place this building in the rear of the property, keeping it more in line with the industrial side of things and buffering that with the allowable use of it," Rutherford said.
There were no public speakers. The commission moved to approve staff's recommendation and recorded a roll‑call vote in favor of the CUP.
Staff cited Chapter 6, Section 604 of the Bay County Land Development Regulations in describing allowable uses for the C‑2 district and recommended findings consistent with the comprehensive plan.
