Staff recommends referral of Apalachee Drive variance after misadvertising

Drew told commissioners that VAR 2531 at 2485 Apalachee Drive had been misadvertised and that staff recommended referral to the Nov. 19, 2025 session. “We’re recommending the referral to 11/19/2025 because we misadvertised it,” Drew said.

The Chair asked whether the board should open the public hearing if no members of the public had submitted comment cards; the Chair said that if no one with a comment card appears, he would not reopen the public hearing and would instead ask a commissioner to make a motion for deferral so the public hearing would be formally deferred to the corrected date. A staff member confirmed one letter in support had been received but that staff did not have a full staff report for the misadvertised component.

No formal vote was recorded during the work session; staff’s recommendation for referral will be placed on the agenda packet for the noted future hearing.