Community Development Board Agenda - August 18, 2009 - Revised 8/18/09
Revised 08/17/2009
CONSENT AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date:
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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.
www.myclearwater.com/gov/depts/planning
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A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ROLL CALL:
Chair Fritsch, Vice Chair Coates, Members Adelson, Barker, Behar, Dame, DiPolito,
Alternate Member Carlough, City Staff
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
July 18, 2009.
D. CONTINUED ITEMS (Items 1-2):
1. Case:
APP2009-00002 – 1520 McMullen Booth Road
Owner:
Goral Tov, Ltd.
Appellant:
Todd Pressman.
Agent:
Todd Pressman (P.O. Box 6015, Palm Harbor, FL 34684; phone: 727-804-1760; fax: 1-888-
977-1179).
Location:
20.169 acres located at the southwest corner of McMullen Booth Road and State Road 590.
Atlas Page:
274A.
Zoning:
Commercial (C) District.
Request:
An appeal from a Level One (Comprehensive Sign Program) approval decision pursuant to
Community Development Code Section 4-502.A, that the requested additional attached sign as a
Comprehensive Sign Program is inconsistent with the Non-Residential Attached Sign review
principles as set forth in Community Development Code Sections 3-1806.B.3.a.i and ii; and the
Comprehensive Sign Program review principles as set forth in Community Development Code
Sections 3-1807.C.1.a and b.
Existing Use:
Retail Sales and Services.
Neighborhood Association(s):
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; and Del Oro Groves Estates.
Presenter:
Matthew Jackson, Planner II.
2. Case:
TA2009-01004 Amendments to the Community Development Code Level Three Application
Applicant:
City of Clearwater, Planning Department.
Request:
Amendments to the Community Development Code to create a new Resort Attached
Dwellings use in the Tourist District, and to establish criteria addressing accessory uses for overnight
accommodations in the Commercial and Tourist Districts.
Neighborhood Association(s):
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter:
Lauren Matzke, Planner III.
E. CONSENT AGENDA: The following case is not contested by the applicant, staff, neighboring
property owners, etc. and will be approved by a single vote at the beginning of the meeting
(Item 1):
1. Case:
LUZ2009-06001 – 2337 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Level Three Application
Owner/Applicant:
Lokey Oldsmobile, Inc.
Agent:
E.D. Armstrong III, Esquire and Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP (PO Box 1368,
Clearwater, FL 33757; phone: 727-461-1818; fax: 727-462-0365.
Location:
0.613 acres located on the south side of Gulf to Bay Boulevard approximately 1,090 feet
west of Edenville Avenue.
Atlas Page:
299A.
Zoning:
Mobile Home Park (MHP) District.
Request:
(1) Future Land Use Plan amendment approval for one parcel located at 2337 Gulf to Bay
Boulevard (Parcel Number 18-29-16-00000-310-0710), to change from Residential Medium (RM)
category to Commercial General(CG) category; and (2) Zoning Atlas amendment approval to change
from Mobile Home Park (MHP) District to Commercial (C) District under the provisions of Section
4-602 and Section 4-603.
Proposed Use:
Vehicle Sales/Display.
Neighborhood Association(s):
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter:
Cate Lee, Planner II.
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F. LEVEL THREE APPLICATION (Item 1):
1. Case:
TA2009-01002 Amendments to the Community Development Code Level Three Application
Applicant:
City of Clearwater, Planning Department.
Request:
Amendments to the Community Development Code to bring consistency between the
Countywide Plan Rules and the Community Development Code, and address off-street parking for
overnight accommodations in the Tourist District, docks, site visibility triangles, site lighting, design
standards for parking lots and parking garages, off-street loading and vehicle stacking spaces, hearing
officer appeals, and transferred development rights.
Neighborhood Association(s):
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter:
Lauren Matzke, Planner III.
G. DIRECTOR’S ITEM (Item 1):
1.
Historic Designation Process
H.
ADJOURNMENT
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