Community Development Board Agenda - May 20, 2008 - Revised
Revised 5/20/2008
CONSENT AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Time:
1:00 p.m.
rd
Place:
112 South Osceola Street, 3 Floor,
Clearwater, Florida, 33756
(City Hall Council Chambers)
Welcome the City of Clearwater Community Development Board (CDB) meeting. The City
strongly supports and fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please
advise us at least 72 hours prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations. Assisted
listening devices are available. An oath will be administered swearing in all participants in
public hearing cases. If you wish to speak please wait to be recognized, then state and spell
your name and provide your address. Persons speaking before the CDB shall be limited to
three minutes unless an individual is representing a group in which case the Chairperson may
authorize a reasonable amount of time up to 10 minutes.
Kindly refrain from conducting private conversations, using beepers, cellular telephones, etc.
as they are distracting during the meeting.
Florida Statue 286.0105 states: Any person appealing a decision of this Board must have a
record of the proceedings to support such appeal. Community Development Code Section 4-
206 requires that any person seeking to: personally testify, present evidence, argument and
witness, cross-examine witnesses, appeal the decision and speak on reconsideration requests
should request party status during the case discussion. Party status entitles parties to: personally
testify, present evidence, argument and witnesses cross-examine witnesses, appeal the decision
and speak on reconsideration requests.
If you have questions or concerns about a case, please contact the staff presenter from the
Planning Department listed at the end of each agenda item at 727-562-4567.
Make Us Your Favorite! www.myclearwater.com/gov/depts/planning
Community Development Board Consent Agenda – May 20, 2008 – Page 1 of 4
A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ROLL CALL:
Chair Fritsch, Vice Chair Coates, Members Adelson, Behar, Dame, Tallman,
DiPolito, Alternate Member Carlough, City Staff
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
April 15, 2008
D. CONSENT AGENDA: The following cases are not contested by the applicant, staff,
neighboring property owners, etc. and will be approved by a single vote at the beginning of the
meeting (Items 1 – 5):
1. Case:
FLD2006-02003 – 701 Pennsylvania Avenue
Owner:
Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
Representative:
E.J. Robinson (608 North Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755; phone: 727-442-
4155; fax: 727-446-4911).
Location:
0.095 acres located at the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Eldridge Street.
Atlas Page:
278A.
Zoning District:
Medium Density Residential (MDR) District.
Request:
Extend the time frame of the Development Order.
Proposed Use:
Detached dwelling.
Presenter:
Michael Delk, AICP, Planning Director.
2. Case:
FLD2005-06057 – 691 S. Gulfview Blvd.
Owner:
Enchantment LLC.
Representative:
Uday Lele, President, Enchantment LLC (691 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, FL
33767; phone: 800-298-0696).
Location:
1.459 total acres located on the south side of South Gulfview Boulevard, approximately
700 feet west of Gulf Boulevard, including 1.359 acres zoned Tourist District and 0.100 acres zoned
Open Space/Recreation District.
Atlas Page:
285A.
Zoning Districts:
Tourist (T) and Open Space/Recreation (OS/R) Districts.
Request:
Extend the time frame of the Development Order.
Proposed Use:
Attached dwellings (90 condominiums).
Presenter:
Wayne M. Wells, AICP, Planner III.
3. Case:
FLD2008-03008 – 711 Cleveland Street Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant:
Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.
Representative:
James Bond(319 S. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33756; phone: 727-638-9088;
fax: 727-445-7277).
Location:
0.53 acres on the south side of Cleveland Street, approximately 115 feet west of Myrtle
Avenue.
Atlas Page:
286B.
Zoning:
Downtown (D) District.
Request:
Flexible Development approval for an existing 50-room hotel in the Downtown (D) District
with a reduction to the minimum off-street parking requirement from 50 spaces to 23 spaces as a
Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, pursuant to Community Development Code Section 2-
903.C.
Proposed Use:
Overnight accommodations.
Neighborhood Association:
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition (President, Shelley Kuroghlian,
1821 Springwood Circle S, Clearwater, FL 33763).
Presenter:
Robert G. Tefft, Planner III.
Community Development Board Consent Agenda – May 20, 2008 – Page 2 of 4
4. Case:
FLD2008-03007 – 1573 S. Ft. Harrison Avenue Level Two Application
Owner:
1573 LLC.
Applicant:
Wayne Seifried.
rd
Representative:
Trevor Howard, Howard Civil Engineering(1601 3 Street South, Suite A, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701; phone: 727-490-1784; fax: 727-490-1787; email:
Trevor@howardcivilengineering.com).
Location:
0.96 acres located on the east side of S. Ft. Harrison Avenue, approximately 500 feet north of
Belleair Rd.
Atlas Page:
313B.
Zoning:
Commercial (C) District.
Request:
Flexible Development approval to permit offices and medical clinics in the Commercial (C)
District with reductions to the front (west) setback from 25 feet to 13.6 feet (to existing building), 16.3
(to proposed building) and 15 feet (to proposed pavement), a reduction to the side (south) setback from
10 feet to five feet (to existing building), a reduction to the rear (east) setback from 20 feet to 10 feet (to
proposed pavement) and an increase to building height from 25 feet to 26.33 feet for an entry parapet, as
a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, under the provisions of Section 2-704.C; and a
reduction to the perimeter buffer along S. Ft. Harrison Avenue from 15 feet to 13.6 feet (to existing
building), as a Comprehensive Landscape Program, under the provisions of Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use:
Offices and medical clinics.
Neighborhood Associations:
Harbor Oaks Neighborhood Association (President, Bob Fritz, 320
Magnolia Drive, Clearwater, FL 33756; phone: 727-461-9657); Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition
(President, Shelley Kuroghlian, 1821 Springwood Circle S, Clearwater, FL 33763).
Presenter:
Wayne M. Wells, AICP, Planner III.
5. Case:
FLD2008-03006 – 1120 N. Betty Lane (Main Address; Includes 1125 LaSalle Street; 1277 Otis
C. Green Drive; and 1101, 1113, 1119 and 1125 Fairburn Avenue) Level Two Application
Owner:
Everybody’s Tabernacle, Inc.
Applicant:
Everybody’s Tabernacle, Inc. and Homeless Emergency Project, Inc.
Representative:
Keith E. Zayac, PE, RLA, Keith Zayac & Associates, Inc.(701 Enterprise Road E.
Suite 404, Safety Harbor, FL 34695; phone: 727-793-9888; fax: 727-793-9855; email:
keith@keithzayac.com).
Location:
2.01 acres located between N. Betty Lane (east) and Fairburn Avenue (west) and between
Otis C. Green Drive (north) and Cedar Street (south).
Atlas Page:
269B.
Zoning:
Institutional (I) District.
Request:
Flexible Development approval to permit the expansion of a "social/public service agency" in
the Institutional (I) District by the construction of a new, two-story, 10,015 square foot building for the
Homeless Emergency Project (HEP) in conjunction with other existing uses (place of worship,
residential shelter and accessory dwelling) with reductions to the front (west) setback from Fairburn
Avenue from 25 feet to 10.18 feet (to proposed building), 8.3 feet (to existing building) and 20.5 feet (to
proposed pavement), a reduction to the front (north) setback from Otis C. Green Drive from 25 feet to
8.25 feet (to existing pavement), a reduction to the front (east) setback from N. Betty Lane from 25 feet
to 20.3 feet (to existing building) and a reduction to required parking from 122 to 43 spaces, as a
Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, under the provisions of Section 2-1204.A, and a
reduction to the landscape buffer along Otis C. Green Drive from 10 to 8.25 feet (to existing pavement),
as a Comprehensive Landscape Program, under the provisions of Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use:
Expansion of a "social/public service agency" in conjunction with other existing uses
(place of worship, residential shelter and accessory dwelling).
Neighborhood Associations:
Country Club Estates Neighborhood Association (Mark Woolridge, 800
N. Betty Lane, Clearwater, FL 33755; phone: 727-298-0096; email:
markwoolridge@palmettogba.com); Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition (President, Shelley
Kuroghlian, 1821 Springwood Circle S, Clearwater, FL 33763).
Presenter:
Wayne M. Wells, AICP, Planner III.
Community Development Board Consent Agenda – May 20, 2008 – Page 3 of 4
E. CONSIDERATION OF APPEAL (Item 1):
1. Case:
APP2008-00003 – 1996 Gulf to Bay Boulevard
Owner/Applicant/Appellant:
Z Y LLC/Alba Consulting Corp/John Atanasio (1420 Court St.,
Clearwater, FL 33756; phone: 727-443-0718).
Representative:
Joseph N. Perlman, Esq.
Location:
0.496 acres located on the northwest corner of Gulf to Bay Boulevard and Hercules
Avenue.
Atlas Page:
289A.
Zoning:
Commercial (C) District.
Request:
An appeal of an administrative interpretation of the Community Development Code (Code)
and appeal of a decision of an administrative official stating that it is necessary to reapply for
approval for an Automobile Service Station use at the site through the Flexible Development process
as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project. The prior Automobile Service Station use of the
site was discontinued in excess of six consecutive months requiring resumption of the use conform to
all Code requirements (Code Section 6-103.D) and the site not meeting development standards and
landscape criteria set forth in Code Section 2-703 and Section 3-1201.
Proposed Use:
Automobile service station.
Neighborhood Association:
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition (President, Shelley Kuroghlian,
1821 Springwood Circle S, Clearwater, FL 33763).
Presenter:
Michael Delk, AICP, Planning Director.
F. DIRECTOR’S ITEM (Item 1):
1.
County plans an ordinance to create Affordable Housing.
G. ADJOURNMENT
S:\Planning Department\C D B\Agendas DRC & CDB\CDB\2008\05 May 20, 2008\CDB Consent Agenda May 20, 2008.doc
Community Development Board Consent Agenda – May 20, 2008 – Page 4 of 4