Community Development Board Agenda - November 16, 2010
Clearwater
10/27/2010
AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: 112 South Osceola Street, 3`d 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
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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
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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.
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Planning and Development Department listed at the end of each agenda item at 727-562-4567.
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Community Development Board Agenda - November 16, 2010 - Page I of 4
CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A. ROLL CALL: Chair Fritsch, Vice Chair Coates, Members Adelson, Barker, Hinrichs, Dame,
DiPolito, Alternate Member Carlough, City Staff
B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: October 19, 2010.
C. LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1- 5):
Case: FLD2010-05001 A - 113 N Betty Lane Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: SP Country Club Homes, LLC.
Agent: Sean Cashen, Gulf Coast Consulting, Inc. (13825 ICOT Blvd, Suite 605, Clearwater, FL
33760; phone: 727-524-1818; fax: 727-524-6090; email: scashenC?,gulfcoastconsultinginc.com).
Location: 2.21 acres located on the south side of Drew Street between Fredrica Avenue and Betty
Lane.
Atlas Page: 287B.
Existing Zoning: Medium High Density Residential (MHDR) District.
Request: Delete a condition of approval (#8 on Development Order of July 20, 2010) requiring the
existing overhead utility lines which run along N. Betty Lane to be placed underground and amend the
conditions of approval.
Proposed Use: Attached Dwellings.
Neighborhood Associations: Country Club Addition Neighborhood Association and Clearwater
Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter: A. Scott Kurleman, Planner 111.
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2. Case: FLD2010-08002 - 2230 Drew Street Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Florida Spine Properties, LLC.
Agent: Gary Young, 2 Young Architects, Inc. (1532 Owls Retreat, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688; phone:
727-943-0080; fax: 727-943-0073; email: gary2ya(cDverizon.net).
Location: 0.59 acres located on the north side of Drew Street approximately 330 feet east of the
intersection of Belcher Road and Drew Street.
Atlas Page: 281A.
Existing Zoning: Office (O) District.
Request: Flexible Development Application to permit a building addition of 1,371 square feet to an
existing medical clinic in the Office (O) District with a lot area of 25,662 square feet, a lot width of 183
feet (along Drew Street), a front (south) setback of 8.7 feet (to existing pavement) and 16.75 feet (to
existing building), a side (east) setback of zero feet (to existing pavement) and 10 feet (to existing
building), a side (west) setback of five feet (to existing pavement) and 118.33 feet (to existing building),
a rear (north) setback of seven feet (to existing pavement) and 17 feet (to existing building), a building
height of 27 feet (to top of flat roof), and 32 parking spaces as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment
Project under the provisions of Community Development Code Section 2-1004.B., with a reduction to
the south perimeter landscape buffer from 15 feet to 1.5 feet, a reduction to the north perimeter
landscape buffer from 12 feet to seven feet, a reduction to the east perimeter landscape buffer from five
feet to zero feet, a reduction to the interior landscape requirements from 10 percent to eight percent, to
allow interior landscape islands of less than 150 square feet and less than eight feet in width from back
of curb to back of curb and a reduction to the foundation landscape requirement from five feet to zero
feet as a Comprehensive Landscape Program under the provisions of Community Development Code
Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Medical Clinic.
Neighborhood Associations: Skycrest Homeowners Association and Clearwater Neighborhood
Coalition.
Presenter: A. Scott Kurleman, Planner M.
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Case: t'LD2010-09027 - 1315 Cleveland Juet Level 1 WO APyciCaiivn
Owner/Applicant: Nemishawn, Inc.
Agent: Kevin Bessolo, Bessolo Design Group, Inc. (556 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone: 727-894-4453; fax: 727-896-8662; email: kbessolo a,bessolo.com).
Location: 0.656 acres located at the southeast corner of Chestnut Street and S Fort Harrison Avenue
Atlas Page: 287B.
Existing Zoning: Commercial (C) District.
Request: Flexible Development application to permit a governmental use (WorkNet Pinellas and
Coordinated Child Care), in the Commercial (C) District within the East Gateway Character District
with a lot area of 91,093 square feet, a lot width of 250 feet (along Cleveland Street), 364 feet (along
Lady Mary Drive), 363 feet (along Fredrica Drive, a front (north) setback of 17.5 feet(to existing
building), a front (west) setback of 10 feet (to existing pavement) and 83.5 feet (to existing building), a
front (east) setback of 10 feet (to existing pavement) and 85.2 feet (to existing building), a side (south)
setback of 15 feet (to existing pavement) and 155.4 feet (to existing building), a building height of 23
feet (to midpoint of roof) and 111 parking spaces as Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project under
the provisions of Community Development Code Section 2-704.C.
Proposed Use: Governmental Use.
Neighborhood Associations: East Gateway and Neighbors Association and Clearwater Neighborhood
Coalition.
Presenter: A. Scott Kurleman, Planner 111.
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4. Case: FLD2010-09026 - 2043 N. Highland Avenue Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Highland Glen of Clearwater Home Owners Association, Inc. and Amanda Day
Agent: Karen Todd (6972 Lake Gloria Blvd. Orlando, FL 32809; phone727-493-2067; email:
Karen.f.toddg,gmail.com) and Michael J. Palmer, Synergy Civil Engineering, Inc. (3000 Gulf to Bay
Blvd. Suite 201, Clearwater, FL, 33759; phone727-796-1926; mobile: 727-470-1344; email:
mpalmer@synergycivileng.com).
Location: 4.4 acres located on the East side of N. Highland roughly 1000 feet south of Union
Street.
Atlas Page: 252A.
Existing Zoning: Medium High Density Residential (MHDR) District.
Request: Flexible Development application to permit the construction of six additional off-street
parking spaces for an existing 66-unit attached dwelling development in the Medium High Density
Residential (MHDR) District with a front setback of 7.45 feet where 10 feet is allowable as a
Residential Infill Project as per Community Development Code Section 2-404.F and a reduction of
the front landscape buffer from 15 feet to 7.45 feet as part of a Comprehensive Landscape Program as
per Community Development Code Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Attached Dwellings.
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition, Windsor Park Homeowners
Association.
Presenter: Ellen Crandall, Planner II.
5. Case: FLD2010-07003 - 2147 NE Coachman Road Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Clinical Research of West Florida, Inc.
Agent: Braulio Grajales, High Point Engineering (630 Chestnut Street, Clearwater, FL 33756; phone:
727-723-3771; fax: 727-723-7150; email: bgrajales@hpe-fl.com).
Location: 0.573 acre located on the south side of NE Coachman Road, approximately 1,100 feet west
of N. Belcher Road and 900 feet east of Graham Drive.
Atlas Page: 280B.
Existing Zoning: Office (O) District.
Request: Flexible Development application to permit a medical clinic in the Office (O) District with
a lot area of 25,000 square feet, a lot width of 100 feet, a front (north) setback of 18 feet (to
pavement and dumpster enclosure), a side (east) setback of 10 feet (to building) and five feet (to
pavement and sidewalk), a side (west) setback of 10 feet (to building) and five feet (to pavement,
dumpster enclosure and sidewalk), a rear (south) setback of 10.1 feet (to building), a building height
of 24.5 feet (to top of flat roof) and 24 parking spaces (including no loading space),as a
Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project under the provisions of Community Development Code
(CDC) Section 2-1004.B, with reductions to allow interior landscape islands of less than 150 square
feet and less than eight feet in width from back of curb to back of curb, as a Comprehensive
Landscape Program under the provisions of CDC Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Medical Clinic.
Neighborhood Associations: Coachman Ridge Homeowners and Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter: Robert G. Tefft, Development Review Manager.
D. ADJOURNMENT
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