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Martin County

File #: 25-0715   
Type: Public Hearing Quasi Judicial Status: Passed
In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 3/11/2025 Final action: 3/11/2025
Title: PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE MARTIN COUNTY ZONING ATLAS TO CHANGE THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR GASTON FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC (S280-002)
Attachments: 1. 2025_0214_S280-002_Staff_Report_Final.pdf, 2. 2025_0311_S280-002_Draft Resolution.pdf, 3. Exhibit A_Legal Description.pdf, 4. 2025_0204_S280-002_Application Materials.pdf, 5. 2025_0204_S280-002_Disclosure of Interest Affidavit.pdf, 6. 2025_0206_S280-002_Sample Letter to Surrounding Owners.pdf, 7. 2025_0204_S280-002_Surrounding Owners Certification.pdf, 8. 2025_0116_S280-002_Sign Posting Affidavit.pdf, 9. 2025_0219_S280-002_Legal Ad Tearsheet.pdf, 10. 2025_0311_S280-002_Draft Reso to Deny.pdf, 11. Staff Presentation.pdf
PLACEMENT: Public Hearings - Quasi-Judicial
TITLE:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE MARTIN COUNTY ZONING ATLAS TO CHANGE THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR GASTON FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC (S280-002)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request by Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., on behalf of Gaston Family Holdings, LLC, for a proposed amendment to the county zoning atlas to change the zoning district classification for an approximately 2.15-acre marine sales and service facility from the current B-1, Business District, and R-3A, Liberal Multiple-Family District, to the GC, General Commercial District. The site is located at 4900 SE Federal Highway in Stuart. Included with this application is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Exemption.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: John Sinnott
Title: Senior Planner
REQUESTED BY: Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., Robert S. Raynes, Jr., Esq.

PRESET:
PROCEDURES: Quasi-Judicial

BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:

The site is located at 4900 SE Federal Highway, approximately 120 feet south of the intersection of SE Carroll Street and SE Federal Highway, in Stuart. The eastern portion of the site is currently zoned B-1, Business District, while the western portion of the site is zoned R-3A, Liberal Multiple-Family District. The Future Land Use (FLU) designation of the site is General Commercial. The B-1, Business District, and R-3A, Liberal Multiple-Family District, are Category "C" districts. The R-3A district is not consistent with the General Commercial FLU assigned to the site; therefore, this request to rezone is considered mandatory.

The GC, General Commercial District, is the only standard Category "A" zoning district available which both implements the General Commercial land use policies of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (CGMP) and permits the current use of the property as a marine sales and service facility. Furt...

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