Florida Keys Electric Inc. mixed-use structure variances
Description
Variances to setback, loading space and drive aisle rules were requested for a building combining an office with an employee housing unit.
Impact summary
The project adds an office and an employee housing unit to a constrained Stock Island parcel.
Applicant
- Name
- Florida Keys Electric Inc.
- Address
- 5720 2nd Avenue, Stock Island, FL
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Recorded in the meeting · Planning Commission
Last discussed Aug 26, 2026.
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Related issues (2)
Stock Island mixed-use variances
Commissioners want to make it easier for small businesses on Stock Island to rebuild by relaxing parking, setback, open-space and building-size rules through a new overlay district. It would also screen outdoor storage and possibly ban new outdoor vehicle lots — tackling the derelict vehicle problem from the land-use side. Still has to go through community meetings, the planning commission and two board meetings.
Employee housing on infill lot in Stock Island
Florida Keys Electric wants to add an affordable apartment to a skinny 50-foot-wide commercial lot — the kind of small-scale workforce housing the Keys need, but it required four variances to fit.
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