Naples City Council has approved rezoning NCH’s Baker Hospital campus for a new heart and stroke center at 87 feet in height and a new 30-foot parking garage.
The rezoning of 13.72 acres that encompasses the main block of the hospital campus from “medical” to the city’s “public services” zoning passed 4 to 1 with Vice Mayor Terry Hutchison casting the lone “no” vote.
A companion conditional use application to allow for the five-story heart center at 87 feet and other conditions passed 3 to 2 with Hutchison and Councilwoman Beth Petrunoff dissenting.
A site development plan passed 4 to 1 with Hutchison voting against it.
NCH’s plans for the $200 million heart and stoke center was initiated more than two years ago with extensive back-and-forth with the city on the height because it would not comply with the city’s 42-foot height limit for commercial buildings. City residents approved the limit by referendum in 2000.
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