TA2009-01002 Handout
To:
Community Development Board
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From:
Lauren Matzke, Planner III
Date:
June 16, 2009
RE:
Additional Amendments, Ordinance 8043-09
You recently received a draft of Ordinance 8043-09 proposing amendments to the Clearwater
Community Development Code. Many of these amendments are proposed to bring consistency
between the Countywide Plan Rules and the Community Development Code. The Pinellas
Planning Council (PPC) conducted a consistency review of Ordinance 8043-09 and determined
that the proposed amendments do not fully address certain issues raised by the PPC in their
original consistency report completed in 2007.
The following changes to Ordinance 8043-09 address these issues raised by the PPC on June
5,2009:
ORDINANCE SECTION 2 (PAGE 4)
Further amending CHART 2-100 Permitted Uses to read remove Overnight Accommodations as
a permitted use in the Open Space/Recreation District. This use was removed by Ordinance
7926-08, but the chart was not updated at that time.
CHART 2400 PERMITTED USES
Use Categories
Nonresidential
Overnight accommodations X
ORDINANCE SECTION 10 (PAGE 9)
Adding language to Section 2-801.1 in the Tourist District regarding acreage and floor area
restrictions included in the Countywide Future Land Use Plan. Similar language is proposed for
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all other zoning districts, other than the Downtown District where the Special Area Plan
regulations apply.
Section 2-801.1. Maximum development potential.
The Tourist District (tiT") may be located in more than one land use category. It is the
intent of the T District that development be consistent with the Countywide Future Land Use
Plan as required by state law. The uses and development potential ofa parcel of land within the
T District shall be determined by the standards found in this Development Code as well as the
Countywide Future Land Use Designation of the property, includinq any acreaqe or floor area
restrictions set forth in the Rules Concerninq the Administration of the Countywide Future Land
Use Plan, as amended from time to time. For those parcels within the T District that have an
area within the boundaries of and governed by a special area plan approved by the City Council
and the countywide planning authority, maximum development potential shall be as set forth for
each classification of use and location in the approved plan. Development potential for the
Countywide Future Land Use Designations that apply to the T District are as follows:
ORDINANCE SECTION 18 (PAGE 17)
Further amending Section 2-1302 proposed footnote (3), in the Industrial, Research and
Technology District that establishes limits to manufacturing in the Industrial Limited future land
use category. The additional language prohibits exterior processing and processing of
equipment or materials, consistent with the Countywide Plan Rules limitations of the same.
Section 2-1302. Minimum standard development.
(3)ln the Industrial Limited (IL) land use category, manufacturing shall be limited to a use
engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished
products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, storage,
sales and distribution of goods, and shall not include or allow for any exterior storaqe or
processinq of equipment or materials of any kind.
ORDINANCE SECTION 18 (PAGE 17)
Further amending Section 2-1302 proposed footnote (7), in the Industrial, Research and
Technology District that establishes use limitations to vehicle service uses in the Industrial
General future land use category. The additional language places acreage restrictions in the
Industrial Limited future land use category, consistent with the Countywide Plan Rules
limitations of the same.
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Section 2-1302. Minimum standard development.
(7) Vehicle service located in the Industrial General (IG) future land use category shall be
allowed only as an accessory use, located within the structure to which it is accessory, and shall
not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the principal use to which it is accessory. Vehicle
service located in the Industrial Limited (IL) future land use cateQorv shall not exceed five acres.
Any such use. alone or when added to contiouous like uses which exceed five acres shall
require a land use plan map amendment to Commercial General which shall include such uses
and all contiQuous like uses.
ORDINANCE SECTION 19 (PAGE 18)
Further amending Section 2-1303 proposed footnote (1), in the Industrial, Research and
Technology District that establishes limits to manufacturing in the Industrial Limited future land
use category. The additional language prohibits exterior processing and processing of
equipment or materials, consistent with the Countywide Plan Rules limitations of the same.
Section 2-1303. Flexible standard development.
(1) In the Industrial Limited (IL) land use category, manufacturing shall be limited to a use
engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished
products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, storage,
sales and distribution of goods. and shall not include or allow for any exterior storaoe or
processino of equipment or materials of any kind.
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