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Punta Gorda DRC approves minutes and two event permits, including Halloween celebration at Kelty Gray

September 27, 2025 | Punta Gorda City, Charlotte County, Florida


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Punta Gorda DRC approves minutes and two event permits, including Halloween celebration at Kelty Gray
This meeting of the Development Review Committee is hereby called to order at 9 a.m. on Sept. 26, 2025, Carl Benz, principal planner, said at the start of the session.

The committee approved the minutes from its Sept. 12, 2025 meeting and then moved to review event permits. The committee unanimously recommended approval of permit 25-195286 for "YMCA Harbor Nights," scheduled Nov. 1, 2025, subject to staff conditions. Urban design staff said the applicant must provide a copy of the IRS tax-exemption form, the name and license of the person or company serving or selling alcohol, and must keep the Harbor Walk open and accessible during the event.

The group then considered permit 25-195267 for a Halloween celebration listed on the agenda as Oct. 24–Nov. 2, 2025. Urban design staff noted that a tent permit likely will be required and that the fire marshal will determine whether a special fire detail is needed. Graham Tyler, representing the Celtic Ray, told the committee the agenda contained a misprint: the Halloween event is not at Lashley Park but at Kelty Gray (the application lists Nesbitt/that pub). "There's a misprint on the agenda. It was never at Lashley Park," Tyler said.

A motion to approve permit 25-195267 with conditions passed by voice vote. The committee recorded both event approvals as unanimous. Carl Benz also announced the committee's next meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, at the Lashley Community Room.

Details on the permits' conditions and any required follow-up (for example, receipt of the IRS form or fire-marshal details) were recorded in staff comments and will be handled through the permitting process.

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