5181-92
ORDINANCE NO. 5181-92
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY AS ADOPTED
ON NOVEMBER 15, 1989, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE
LAND USE, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, AND CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENTS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development
Regulation Act empowers and requires the City Commission of the City of
Clearwater to plan for the future development and growth of the city, and to
adopt and amend from time to time a comprehensive plan, including elements and
portions thereof, to guide the future growth and development of the city; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the comprehensive plan of the city have been
prepared in accordance with all applicable requirements of law, after the
performance of necessary studies and surveys, the collection of appropriate data,
and public participation through numerous pubic hearings, the dissemination of
proposals and alternatives, opportunity for written comments, open discussion,
and the consideration of public and official comments; and
WHEREAS, the Clearwater Planning and Zoning Board, serving as the
designated Local Planning Agency for the city, has held public hearings on the
proposed amendments and has recommended adoption of the proposed amendments to
the following elements of the Comprehensive Plan: Future Land Use, Coastal Zone
Management, and Capital Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments have been transmitted to the Florida
Department of Community Affairs for review and comment, and the objections,
recommendations and comments received from the Florida Department of Community
Affairs have been considered by the City Commission, together with all comments
from local and regional agencies and other persons, in preparing the final draft
of the amendments; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it necessary, desirable, and proper to
adopt the amendments to the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan in order
to clarify ambiguous statements, reflect changing conditions in current and
future funding; now, therefore,
r BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Purpose and Intent. This ordinance is adopted to carry out
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the purpose and intent of, and to exercise the authority granted pursuant to, the
Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, and
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more generally to exercise the authority granted pursuant to the Florida
Constitution and the Charter amendments as adopted by this ordinance are declared
to be the minimum requirements of the City of Clearwater. The provisions of this
ordinance and the comprehensive plan necessary to accomplish the purpose, intent
and objectives as set forth herein and the comprehensive plan as adopted on
November 16, 1989.
Section 2. Amendments to the Adopted Plan. The amendments to the
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Clearwater, Florida, as set forth in Exhibit
A attached to the original of this ordinance, are hereby adopted.
Section 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or of the
comprehensive plan or amendments as adopted by this ordinance should ever be
adjudicated invalid for any reason, such provision shall be deemed severable from
the remaining provisions of this ordinance and the comprehensive plan and
amendments to the extent that the remaining provisions may independently be valid
and enforceable.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING March 5, 1992
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING
AND ADOPTED AS AMENDED September
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Attest:
Cyn is E. Goudeau
Cit Clerk
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Approved as
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City Attorney Rita Garvey
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M. A. GalbrUith,(_111
Mayor-Commissioner
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ATTACHMENT
PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The following amendments to the Comprehensive Plan indicate the precise wording being proposed. The
capital letters on the left side of the page indicate the amendment as described in the preceding
summary.
A. 1.4. Objective - Population densities (included in the Coastal Management Element and the
Future Land Use Map) in coastal areas are restricted to a maximum of twenty-eight (28)
residential units or hotel/motel equivalent units per acre and shall be consistent with the
Pinellas County Hurricane Evacuation Plan and the Regional Hurricane Evacuation Plan and
shall be maintained or decreased.
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1.4.1, lnd'yidl rBequests for increased population density in the coastal zone shall
specifically consider hurricane evacuation plans and capacities and shall only
be approved if the proposed development will maintain evacuation times (pre-
landfall clearance times) as specified by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning
Council.
1.4, 2, By. 1992, gn analysis ofp(7pulation density on Clearwater Beach shaft be
umd_erta_kp,n_Jo rmin h f i ill of 12roviding n i ince?tivgs to
promote r v l m n in of rmi with F E.M.A. r n local
Uil in cgdes, and localland_dey_Qiopmpnt rpgulptions: no r-oMlop-ment
ingenlives shall be ;adopted wh h will_repult in a net increase in the densit
established-under Obigctive.,1.4.
B. 2.1. Objective - By 1 9 4992, the City shall have designated one (1) additional area as a
community redevelopment district.
C. 2.2.1. By 1992 1993, -the City shall review the boundaries of the downtown
redevelopment district to determine whether boundary adjustments are
needed.
2.2.2. By 1993 1992, Clearwater shall have an adopted economic development
strategy to encourage the location of office headquarters lobs and related
growth (finance, insurance and real estate offices and business-quality hotels),
with emphasis on the U.S. 191S.R. 60/McMullen-Booth Road/Drew St.
regional activity center.
D. 3.2.1. Land uses on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Map shall be interpreted as
follows:
Plan Classification Zoning Districts
EXHIBIT A
-5_1V - 7,2
Downtown
Ddvelopment
District: The Downtown-Deyelopmem Districts recognize) the unique problems and
opportunities of redeveloping the traditional urban core.4heWG(B) is- pr4nelpe0y-a-pablle
use eeneA howeyef, there re-sev y`-ewned-pates-whielare-planned --#er
e: The CIEQ #i2ur sdistricts within the Urban
Qente_r_ "base" district permit retail, office, hotel, governmental services, and business
services In a high density compact urban environment. Ne l
in these zenes. Development tvoe and intensity is controlled through both local land
ggaglrglly greeds tbgt allgwgd in other zoning districts.
Conservation: AL zones are aquatic land designations which are applied to areas which experience
seasonal or periodic flooding or are seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line.
Permitted uses are limited to passive recreation and non-habitable improvements such
as boardwalks, piers and cabanas. A maximum No floor area ratios of 0.1 Is em set in
Jhgs!a zone). Ibe, Q5113 zgRilig district 1? the public and private lands which are
rowbO as r r inl moximuro floor r
Cga2crvatign,
E. 19.1.1. xcept where explicitly approved through variances to state and IQCaf regulations.
or for public access, rccreptign or other projggts delineatgj in this Comprehensive
Plan, dpvQ1opMe9t-shaU_not _be permitted l3eyelopment de 'es--shale
assigned seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line.
F. 19.7. Objective - Potential small scale, planning redevelopment areas have been determined to be
Clearwater Beach/East Shore Drive (boundaries S.R. 60, Poinsettia Street, Baymont Avenue,
and Clearwater Harbor), Clearwater Beach/Marina Area, Bayfront/N. Osceola, and Clearwater
Beach/Mandalay Avenue, North (boundaries: Bay. Esplanade, Poinsettia Avenue, Somerset
Street, and the rear of properties fronting on Mandalay Avenue). By 1993 449+, Planning
fedevelepment strategies, procedures, and programs fot at least two (2) of these areas shall
be adopted.
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