Lakeland commissioners voted 5-2 Monday, April 6, to reopen Talbot House’s controversial proposal for a large social services campus and shelter on Memorial Boulevard, after a lively meeting that drew more than 75 residents.
The vote does not approve the project. It sends the case back for a new hearing April 20, where commissioners will reconsider the zoning request with fresh testimony and evidence.
The appeal was meant to focus on whether the Planning and Zoning Board properly applied city rules when it denied the request in December. Instead, it became a broader debate…