NORTH PORT – Wellen Park made its case Tuesday to 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Hunter W. Carroll in its suit to end the contraction petition process started by residents seeking to separate themselves from the city of North Port.
And while the bulk of the two-plus hour hearing was taken up by the testimony of attorney Jeff Boone – the attorney partly responsible for the land annexations in question, as well as the legislation that created the West Villages Improvement District – Carroll noted that his decision will come down to a concept in Florida law that says all contracts wrap into them all laws that existed at that time.
NORTH PORT When the North Port City Commission approved a change in zoning for neighborhood commercial land on Dec. 8, it eliminated – among other things – gas stations from those parcels.
But a contentious application to build a 7-Eleven gas station and car wash on a 4.15-acre parcel at the northwest intersection of Price and Cranberry boulevards is technically grandfathered under previous zoning, which was known as commercial high intensive.
The owners of the property stopped their efforts to mediate a deal with the city of North Port and are now deciding whether to sue for the right to develop the property.