Community Development Board Consent Agenda - December 16, 2008
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CONSENT AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: 112 South Osceola Street, 3rd 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.
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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: October 21, 2008 and November 18,
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 - 2):
1. Case: FLD2008-07019 - 473 East Shore Drive and 475 Poinsettia Street Level Two Application
Owner: William A. Day Living Trust.
Applicant: Billy Day.
Representative: Albert P. Carrier, P.E., Deuel and Associates (4625 East Bay Drive, Suite 211,
Clearwater, FL 33764; phone: 727-822-4151; fax: 727-821-7255; email: al@deuelengineering.com).
Location: A total of 0.64 acres located on the east (0.37 acres) and west (0.27 acres) sides of East
Shore Drive, approximately 280 feet north of the intersection of Papaya Street and East Shore Drive.
Atlas Page: 267 A.
Zoning: Tourist (T) District.
Request: Flexible Development approval to permit the addition of a 3,269 square-foot, 10-slip dock
as a marina and marina facility in conjunction with an existing 13-unit overnight accommodation use
in the Tourist (T) District with an increase to the maximum length of the dock from 75 percent of the
lot width (90 feet) to 207 percent of the lot width (248.6 feet), under the provisions of Sections 2-
803.E, 3-601 and 3-603.
Proposed Use: Marina for 10 boat slips.
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Beach Association and Clearwater Neighborhoods
Coalition.
Presenter: A. Scott Kurleman, Planner III.
2. Case: FLD2008-10030 - 20060 US Highway 19 N Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Congo River Golf & Exploration Co.
Representative: Ty Maxey, Engelhardt, Hammer & Associates, Inc. (3001 N. Rocky Point Drive E.,
Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33607; phone: 813-282-3855 fax: 813-286-2308; email:
tym@ehaplanners.com).
Location: 1. 73 7 acres located at the southwest comer of the intersection of US Highway 19 Nand
Druid Road.
Atlas Page: 299B.
Zoning: Commercial (C) District.
Request: Flexible Development approval to permit modifications due to an eminent domain taking of
property for additional right-of-way for an existing outdoor recreation/entertainment use (miniature
golf) in the Commercial (C) District with a lot area of 75,664 square feet (1.737 acres), a lot width of
480 feet, a front (east) setback of 0.5 feet (to existing pavement), a side (north) setback of five feet (to
existing concrete putting green and pavement), a side (south) setback of four feet (to existing
pavement), a rear (west) setback of 30 feet (to existing concrete putting green), a building height of 25
feet (to midpoint of pitched roof) and 51 parking spaces, as well as the allowance of a three-year time
frame to submit for a building permit, as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, under the
provisions of Section 2-704.C and a reduction to the perimeter landscape buffer width on the east side
from 15 feet to 0.5 feet (to existing pavement), as a Comprehensive Landscape Program, under the
provisions of Section 3-1202.G.
Existing Use: Outdoor recreation/entertainment use (miniature golf).
Neighborhood Associations: Tropic Hills Association and Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter: Wayne M. Wells, AICP, Planner III.
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E. CONSIDERATION OF APPEAL (Item 1):
1. Case: APP2008-00006 - 513 North Belcher
Owner/Appellant: Murphy Business and Financial Services, Inc.
Representative: Steven W. Moore, Law Offices of Steven W. Moore (8200 Bryan Dairy Road, Suite
300, Largo, FL 33777; phone: 727-395-9300; fax: 727-395-9329; email:
attorneymoore@tampabay.rr.com).
Location: 0.82 acres located at the northeast comer of Belcher Road and Sharkey Road.
Atlas Page: 281A.
Zoning: Office (0) District.
Request: An appeal from a Level One (Comprehensive Sign Program) approval decision pursuant to
Community Development Code (CDC) Section 4-502.A., that the requested increase from one
attached sign to five attached signs as a Comprehensive Sign Program is inconsistent with the
comprehensive sign program review principles as set forth in CDC Section 3-1807. c.1.
Proposed Use: Existing Office.
Neighborhood Association(s): Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter: A. Scott Kurleman, Planner III.
F. LEVEL III APPLICATION (Item 1):
1. Case: CPA2007-06003 - Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Level Three Application
Applicant: City of Clearwater, Planning Department.
Request: Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan of the City as adopted on May 18, 2000, and
subsequently amended, by amending the Table of Contents and all elements of the comprehensive
plan, making substantial changes to the elements based on the 2006 Evaluation and Appraisal Report
(EAR) of the Comprehensive Plan, and making minor editorial changes, in accordance with Florida
Statutes.
Type of Amendment: Large Scale
Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter: Sandra E. Herman, Planner III
G. DIRECTOR'S ITEM
1. Amendments to the Community Development Board Rules of Procedure Regarding PowerPoint
Presentations (Gina Clayton).
H. ADJOURNMENT
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