02/06/2008
CITIZEN’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
EAR-Based Amendments
Issue of Local Concern: Community Character and Livable Neighborhoods
And Statutory Changes to the Coastal Management Element
Meeting Agenda – Wednesday February 6, 2008
Main Library Meeting Room A/B on First Floor
Time: 1:30 – 3:00 pm
I.OVERVIEW – Michael Delk, Planning Director
II.COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENT – Catherine Porter, Long Range Planning
Manager
III. ISSUE OF LOCAL CONCERN: Community Character And Livable Neighborhoods
– Priyanka Thatte, Urban Designer
A. Hierarchy Of Places
B. Draft Of Goals, Objectives And Policies
IV. SUMMARY
DRAFT 01/29/08 FOR CAC OF 02/06/2008
OVERALL DESIGN STRUCTURE
HIERARCHY OF PLACES
MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS-
Activity centers are high intensity, high-density multi-use areas designated
as appropriate for intensive growth and routinely provide service to a significant number of citizens of more
than one county. Activity centers are proximate and accessible to interstate or major arterial roadways, and are
composed of multiple destination points, landmarks and neighborhood centers and character features.
Regional Tourist
(as per State) Activities Shopping Centers Medical Industrial
Downtown Clearwater Clearwater Mall/ Parkplace Morton Plant Hospital Hercules
Beach Area Campus Industrial Park
Countryside Mall/ Westfield
Area
DESTINATION POINTS
– Destination points typically are active man-made features that create community-
wide interest in an area and draw people to them.
Transportation Sports / Recreation Tourist / Government / Other
Entertainment Education
Airpark Bright House Field Clearwater Marina City/ County Govt. Church of
Complex Scientology
campus*
P.S.T.A Park Eddie C. Moore Clearwater Marine Main Library
St. Terminal Complex Aquarium
Long Center Coachman Park St. Petersburg College
– Clearwater Campus
Downtown Boat Pier 60
Slips (currently in
design phase)
Seminole Boat Ramp Ruth Eckerd Hall
Sand Key Park
MULTI-NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTERS AND SURROUNDING NON-RESIDENTIAL
USES-
Multi-Neighborhood Centers are commercial establishments that serve more than one neighborhood and
these can be pedestrian friendly or automobile oriented.
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La Belle Plaza
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Northwood Plaza
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Shoppes on Sand Key
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Sunset Point Plaza and Wal-mart Shopping Area
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Generally located between Drew St., Court St., Myrtle Ave. and Clearwater Bay
NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTERAND SURROUNDING NON-RESIDENTIAL USES-
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commercial establishments that fulfill the basic needs
Neighborhood Centers typically consist of a limited number of
of residents within one mile of the center.
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Bayside Bridge Plaza
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Clearwater Plaza
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Cleveland Plaza
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Gulf to Bay Plaza
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Harbor Oaks Shopping Center
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Highland Plaza
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Imperial Square Shopping Center
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Island Village Shopping Center
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Sunset Square Shopping Center
LANDMARKS
– Landmarks are passive natural or man-made features that are prominent or well-known
objects in a particular landscape, as well as features and facilities that build pride in local residents.
“Natural” Features Historic
Clearwater Country Club US Post Office (Downtown)
Cooper’s Bayou Park Harbor Oaks Historic District
Countryside Country Club Telephone Building in Downtown
Crest Lake Park Pinellas County Courthouse
Moccasin Lake Nature Park Peace Memorial Church
Glen Oaks Lake Park Bank of Clearwater Building in
Downtown
Kapok Tree
Lake Chautauqua and Chautauqua Park South
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER FEATURES
- Neighborhood character features can be natural or
manmade elements that give neighborhoods their distinct personalities.
“Natural” Features Historic Other Special
Features
Beckett Lake Clearwater’s Municipal High-rise Residential
Cemetery Towers, view corridors
and Landscaping on
Sand Key
Clearview Lake Rousseau Cemetery (Hercules Lakeside Trail Park
St.) Neighborhood –
College Street Names
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Lake Bellevue Jack Russell Stadium Site Magnolia St. Docks
Oak Lake McMullen Family Cemetery Morningside Meadows
Neighborhood –
Boulevards and tree
lined streets
Spring Lake Plumb House Salvation Army
Complex and YMCA
on Highland / Druid
Sylvan Abbey Cemetery Skycrest – Planetary
Street Names
Countryclub Addition-
U.S. President’s Names
SUGGESTED ITEMS BY CAC MEMBERS
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Sunset Sam Park at Island Estates
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St. Brendan Roman Catholic Church
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LINKAGES
GATEWAYS TO THE CITY
1.Bayside Bridge
2.Belcher Rd. and Belleair Rd.
3.Belcher Rd. and Countryside Blvd..
4.Courtney Campbell Causeway
5.Curlew and McMullen Booth Rd
6.Edgewater
7.Gulf Blvd
8.Keene Rd. and Druid Rd.
9.Keene Rd. and Union St.
10.Highland Ave. and Union St.
11.Missouri Ave. and Belleair Rd.
12.S. Ft. Harrison
S.R. 580 and McMullen Booth Rd. (Main St. from Oldsmar-Dunedin, McMullen Booth Rd in
13.
Clearwater)
TRAILS
EXISTING:
1.Pinellas Trail
2.Progress Energy Trail
ST.
3.Ream Wilson Trail
PROPOSED:
1.Belleair Trail
2.Bayshore Trail
3.Druid Trail
4.Enterprise Trail
5.Landmark Trail
6.Old Coachman Trail
7.Progress Energy Trail
DESIGNATED SCENIC NON-COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS
1.Bayshore Blvd.
2.Bayside Bridge
3.Courtney Campbell Causeway
4.Edgewater Drive
5.McMullen Booth Rd.
6.Memorial Bridge
7.Belcher Rd.
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SCENIC CORRIDORS
- (per Section 3-1203 of the Community Development Code)-the primary and
secondary scenic corridors are those that establish areas in the city which have particular significance, in terms
of tourism, economic development or community character, and which therefore should have enhanced and
differentiated landscaping requirements.
PRIMARY CORRIDORS:
1.Bayshore Blvd.
2.Belcher Rd.
3.Causeway Blvd.
4.Chestnut St.
5.Cleveland St.
6.Coronado Dr.
7.Court St.
8.Courtney Campbell Causeway
9.Druid Rd.
10.East Shore Dr.
11.Ft. Harrison Ave.
12.Gulf Blvd.
13.Gulf-to-Bay Blvd.
14.Gulfview Blvd.
15.Hamden Dr.
16.Mandalay Ave.
17.Marianne St.
18.McMullen Booth Rd.
19.Memorial Causeway
20.Missouri Ave.
21.Pierce Blvd.
22.Poinsetta St.
23.State Rd. 580
24.U.S. 19
SECONDARY CORRIDORS:
1.Bayshore Dr.
2.Belleair Rd.
3.Countryside Blvd.
4.Curlew Rd.
5.Drew St.
6.East Ave.
7.Edgewater Dr.
8.Enterprise Rd.
9.Hampton Rd.
10.Hercules Ave.
11.Highland Ave.
12.Keene Rd.
13.Lakeview Rd.
14.Landmark Dr.
15.Myrtle Ave.
16.Northeast Coachman Rd.
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17.Nursery Rd.
18.Old Coachman Rd.
19.State Rd. 590
20.Sunset Pt. Rd.
VIEW CORRIDORS-
A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of
buildings or trees.
1.Union St. looking West from Douglas Ave.
2.Palmetto looking West from Wood Ave.
3.Magnolia Dr. looking West from Druid Rd.
4.Jeffords Rd. looking West from Druid Rd.
5.Bayview Ave. looking South-East
6.CR 31 looking South-West
7.Thornton Rd. looking South
8.Damascus Rd. looking South-West
CORRIDORS TO PRESERVE (due to Landscaping or Character)
1.Belcher from Belleair to Druid and from Countryside to N.E.Coachman
2.Belleair Rd.
3.Countryside from S.R. 580 to Curlew
4.Harn Blvd.
5.Keene Road
6.Landmark Dr.
7.Nursery Rd.
CORRIDORS TO REDEVELOP
1.Belcher Rd. from Gulf-to-Bay Blvd. to N.E.Coachman Rd.
2.Drew St.
3.Ft. Harrison from Belleair to Druid and from Sunset Pt. Rd. to Seminole St.
4.Gulf-to-Bay Blvd.
5.Hercules Ave. from Drew St. to Sunset Pt. Rd.
6.Missouri Ave.
7.Myrtle Ave. from Lakeview Rd. until it merges with Ft. Harrison
8.U.S.19
P.S.T.A Routes
See Map / http://www.psta.net/systemmap.htm
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