NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
STREET VACATION PETITION SV25-05 – BURR LANE
ENGLEWOOD
The Sarasota County Commission, at its regularly scheduled meeting on September 24, 2025, at the Sarasota County Administration Center, Commission Chamber, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, Florida, at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, will receive all testimony and evidence to consider a petition from William W. Merrill, III, Esq., Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P., on behalf of Buchans Bayside, Inc. (Petitioner) to vacate, abandon, discontinue and close the County’s interest in a public right-of-way, consisting of 6018 square-feet, known as Burr Lane, adjoining Cherokee Street, Englewood, and as shown on the Amended Plat of Englewood Park, recorded in Plat Book A, Page 28 of the Public Records of Sarasota County, Florida.
Legal Description of portion of public right-of-way to be vacated:
SEE ATTACHED “EXHIBIT A”.
The petition and/or other information are available for public inspection at the Sarasota County Property Management Office, located at 1000 Sarasota Center Boulevard, Sarasota during normal business hours.
All interested parties are invited to appear and be heard. Written comments filed with the Clerk of the Board will be heard and considered.
This notice is published pursuant to the requirements of Sections 177.101, 336.09 and 336.10, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to County Resolution No. 2019-024, citizen comments are limited to 5 minutes per speaker. The Chair may modify time limits to ensure due process to all participants. The hearing may be continued as announced at the hearing.
NO STENOGRAPHIC RECORD BY A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER IS MADE OF THIS MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, ANY PERSON WHO MAY SEEK TO APPEAL ANY DECISIONS INVOLVING THE MATTERS NOTICED HEREIN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE AT THIS MEETING UPON WHICH ANY APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, religion, or genetic information. Persons with disabilities who require assistance or alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), or who wish to file a complaint, should contact Sarasota County ADA/Civil Rights Coordinator, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, Florida 34236, Phone: 941-861-5000; TTY 7-1-1 or
1-800-955-8771, E-mail:
adacoordinator@scgov.net.
EXHIBIT A
Burr Lane Legal Description of Area to be Vacated
Southwesterly 5 feet of Lots 1 through 6 and the 15 foot wide un-named Right of Way lying adjacent to Lots 17 through 22 and 1 through 6, all of Block 7, Amended Plat of Englewood Park, recorded in Plat Book A, Page 28, Public Records of Sarasota County, Florida.
Parcel contains 6,018 square feet, more or less.
09/02/25 09/09/25 #11617375