Gulfport CRA Meeting Approves Conditional Use for Restaurant Seating – June 16, 2026
Gulfport Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting – June 16, 2026
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Love. The agency unanimously approved the minutes from the February 20, 2024 meeting and then considered a conditional use application for outdoor seating on the third floor of a proposed restaurant at 5427 Shore Boulevard South.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the February 20, 2024 CRA meeting minutes by unanimous vote.
Discussion Items
- Item 3A – CRA Resolution 2026-01: The agency considered an application for conditional use to allow 21 outdoor seats on the third floor of a new restaurant to be built on the vacant lot between Hurricane Eddies and Storm Runners. The project has 171 total seats and received a variance for 25 parking spaces in October, as well as site plan approval. No council discussion occurred before the vote.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Mary Hanrahan (7th Avenue South resident): Expressed concern that the resolution lacked sufficient information—no pictures or plans were presented during the meeting. She stated, "We have no pictures, we have no plans," and felt the process was not transparent. City staff clarified that the application materials were attached to the agenda as a PDF.
Key Outcomes
- Resolution 2026-01: Approved unanimously (5-0) by Councilmembers Early, Dodge, Vice Mayor Shaw, Webb, and Mayor Love. The applicant indicated construction could begin in a couple of months.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, now I call to order the June 16th, 2026 community redevelopment agency meeting. And this is my first. All righty. So, roll call, please. Councilmember Early? Present. Councilmember Dodge? Here. Vice Mayor Shaw. Present. Councilmember Webb? Here. Mayor Love? Here. City Attorney Salzman? Here. City Manager O'Reilly? Here. City Clerk Carico is present. All right. So I see the agenda says we're having public comment. All right. All right. So then we don't have comment again after the resolution is read. That would be up to you whether you wanted to take public comment on the resolution itself. Okay. All right. So I'm going to take comment itself on the resolution. So for now, I'm just asking, is there any public comment? That is not specific to our resolution. Seeing none, we're going to move along then. Two-minute approval. Item two A, consider approval of community redevelopment agency meeting minutes from meeting held February 20th, 2024. Motion to approve second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes unanimous. Moving on to resolutions. Item 3A, CRA resolution number 2026-01, a resolution of the community redevelopment agency of the city of Gulfport, Florida, approving application C26-01 and application for the conditional use for outdoor seating accessory to be approved to approve site for a restaurant to be located at 5427 Shore Boulevard South and approving and providing for conditions. Motion to approve. Second. And Mr. Griffin will give you an overview of this is the vacant lot project that's going to go on the vacant lot between Hurricane Eddies and Storm Runners. Thank you. So the property uh the proposed project will have 171 seats out of it with uh 21 of them out of the outdoor seats on the third floor itself. That's what this is applications for. They have gone through a variance process and approved for 25 uh parking spots variants back in October, as well as having receiving a site plan approval, um, and at this point the applicant is here as well. Okay, thank you.
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