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Recommended approval (Jan 2026) · Council outcome not on recordConditional Use

LDCU-2025-21 (Stericycle CU)

Description

The medical waste processor operating since 1999 will replace its 18,000-square-foot building with a 38,000-square-foot facility and 6,200-square-foot transportation office; all processing stays indoors.

Impact summary

A modernized, fully indoor medical waste facility with few odor or external impacts in an established industrial park.

Applicant

Name
Stericycle, Inc.
Address
4235 & 4245 Maine Avenue, Lakeland

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
1
Total mentions
1

Last vote · Planning Commission

Recommended approval (Jan 2026) · Council outcome not on record7–0, unanimous

A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.

Last discussed Jan 7, 2026.

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