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File #: ID 26-5300    Version: 1 Name:
Type: New Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/25/2026 In control: Planning Board
On agenda: 4/3/2026 Final action:
Title: RESOLUTION - Variance Petition (VP-25-000187) Request regarding Minimum Landscape Requirements, Design Regulations, and Solid Waste Disposal & Recycling for Marco River Marina for Property Located at 951 Bald Eagle Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145 - Daniel J. Smith, AICP, Director, Community Affairs/Growth Management
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. Staff Report, 3. Application, 4. Response Letter 8/19/25, 5. Notice of Publication
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Agenda Item: 10(d)

Prepared By: Daniel J. Smith, AICP, Director

Business:  Resolution

Department:   Community Affairs/Growth Management

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RESOLUTION - Variance Petition (VP-25-000187) Request regarding Minimum Landscape Requirements, Design Regulations, and Solid Waste Disposal & Recycling for Marco River Marina for Property Located at 951 Bald Eagle Dr., Marco Island, FL 34145 - Daniel J. Smith, AICP, Director, Community Affairs/Growth Management

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

 

Marco River Marina, Inc. is requesting variances from Section 30-440(a)(4) and Section 30-441(g), of the City of Marco Island Code of Ordinances to reduce the perimeter planting requirements, which require 100 square feet per 1,000 square feet of proposed building ground-level floor area, Section 30-101(c)(2) of the City of Marco Island Code of Ordinances, requiring a 20’ wide Type C Buffer to allow for a 10’ Type C Buffer, Section 30-101(c)(2), of the City of Marco Island Code of Ordinances, to allow a trash dumpster within the landscape buffer,  and Section 30-1012(c)(3), of the City of Marco Island Code of Ordinances to allow a recycling enclosure to be further than 200’ from the building it serves.

 

 

FUNDING SOURCE / FISCAL IMPACT: Applicant has paid $2,000.00 in applicable fees.

 

PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS: 15 days prior to Planning Board hearing.

 

NOTICE APPEARANCE DATE(S): March 17, 2026

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 

 

Staff recommends that the Planning Board forward a recommendation of approval to the City Council for Variance Petition VP-25-000096 for the property located at 951 Bald Eagle, Marco Island, with the following conditions:

 

1.                     That SDPA 24-000139 is approved by the City of Marco Island Planning Board;

2.                     The Applicant/Contractor shall obtain a building permit before commencement of any construction; and

3.                     The Owner/Developer/ Petitioner is responsible for any private deed restriction approvals with Marco Island Civic Association.

 

POTENTIAL MOTION:

 

Move to approve Resolution 26-XX with the listed conditions of approval and forward a recommendation for approval to the City Council