1800 Stickney Point Rd, Sarasota, FL 34231

Boutique Resort Redevelopment/Planned Development District

This historically designated zoning district is intended to apply exclusively to historically significant properties containing existing transient accommodations and related tourism resort facilities developed prior to the establishment of current development standards. Historically significant properties means any building or structure which, in whole or in any structural part, has traditionally operated as a transient tourism facility and was built utilizing architectural development styles consistent with an important period in Sarasota County's history. The intent of allowing such properties to be rezoned to BRR/PD is to facilitate and encourage their being improved, redeveloped and expanded within such properties or expanded onto adjacent properties with boutique motel or hotel resort uses which have no more than 75 rooms total unique settings, and offer unique accommodations. This district is intended for properties on the mainland not on the Barrier Islands which possess the following characteristics: Contain nonconforming transient accommodation uses; Are located on the mainland along an arterial or collector roadway; Are proximate to tourist attractions, restaurants, and shopping facilities; Are able to be improved, redeveloped or expanded in a manner that is compatible with surrounding uses and in compliance with this district; The improvement, redevelopment and expansion of such transient accommodates and resort uses is a vital component to maintaining a thriving urban area and accommodating and enhancing tourism, which is of great importance to the economy of Sarasota County. The redevelopment of existing boutique transient accommodations and resort properties present greater challenges than the development of an undeveloped site. It is intended that this district will be utilized to facilitate the improvement, redevelopment and expansion of existing transient accommodations on the properties described in this section to implement the Comprehensive Plan within those areas shown as High Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, and Moderate Density Residential on the Future Land Use Map. This district shall not be utilized to implement the Comprehensive Plan within any other areas shown on the Future Land Use Map, including, but not limited to, Barrier Island, and Low Density Residential.