Collier County planners have cleared one of the last hurdles for Costco to build a new location in East Naples, despite opposition from neighbors who tried to block the project over technical rules related to a proposed gas station.
The Hacienda Lakes area along Collier Boulevard is already zoned for commercial use, but Costco needed an exception to build its signature gas station.
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The planned pumps would sit just over 132 feet from a 7-Eleven station, well short of the 500-foot requirement…