Winter Park City Commission meeting set for Feb. 26, 2018

Winter Park City Commissioners will have a chance to approve a resolution on Monday. Feb. 26 that will oppose a project for a Racetrac gas station at 2300 S. Semoran Blvd. – land sitting just outside Winter Park city limits. 

The resolution has come before the City Commission in response to several Winter Park residents living near the project voicing their concerns.

Orange County staff held a community meeting on Jan. 17, 2018 at which 52 Winter Park residents from the nearby Golfside neighborhood as well as the owner of the adjacent Winter Park Pines neighborhood attended to voice their opposition.

According to the agenda item, Winter Park residents had expressed concerns about noise coming from the gas station 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. Light coming from 30-foot poles at night was also an issue brought up by residents, and the owner of the Winter Park Pines golf course was reportedly very concerned about the negative impact on the golfing experience at two holes while looking at the adjacent Racetrac gas station.