COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD AGENDA - March 15, 2011Clearwater
AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: 112 South Osceola Street, 3ra Floor,
Clearwater, Florida, 33756
(City Hall Council Chambers)
02/25/2011
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. Parry 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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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: February 15, 2011.
C. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Chair and Vice Chair
D. LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1-3):
1. Case: FLD2011-01001- 900 Osceola Avenue Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Clearwater Basin Marina, LLC.
Agent: E.D. Armstrong III, Esquire, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP. (P.O. Box 1368,
Clearwater, FL 33757-1368; phone: 727-461-1818; email: edagipfirm.com)
Location: 5.10 acres (3.55 acres upland and 1.55 acres submerged) located on the west side of N.
Osceola Avenue at the terminus of Nicholson Street, approximately 500 feet north of Seminole Street
Atlas Page: 277B.
Zoning: Downtown (D) District.
Request: Amend a condition of approval (#2 on Development Order FLD2009-08030 dated
December 16, 2009) as follows: That, prior to the issuance of any permits,
the owner of the
subject property shall execute and record a perpetual access easement over and across the proposed
easement area shown on the approved site plan, to the benefit of the owner of Clearwater
Bgy Marina Lot 1, so as to provide access to Lot 1 from Osceola Avenue e* and be r-eeer-ded a a
copy of the recorded easement shall be provided to the City.
Proposed Use: Marina
Neighborhood Association(s): Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition and Old Clearwater Bay
Neighborhood Association.
Presenter: A. Scott Kurleman, Planner III.
2. Case: FLD2011-01002 -1000 Eldorado Avenue Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Kevin W. Phillips and Lana M. Phillips.
Agent: Steven A. Williamson, Esq. and Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP. (P.O. Box 1368,
Clearwater, FL 33757; phone: 727-461-1818; fax: 727-462-0365)
Location: 0.23-acre property located on the west side of Eldorado, approximately 300 feet north of
Juniper Street.
Atlas Page: 238A.
Zoning: Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District.
Request: Flexible Development approval for the construction of a new swimming pool and deck for
an existing single-family detached dwelling within the Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR)
District with a rear (west) setback of zero feet (to Coastal Construction Control Line) where zero feet
is allowed as a Residential Infill Project under the provisions of Community Development Code
Section 2-204.E.
Proposed Use: Detached dwelling.
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Beach Association and Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition.
Presenter: Ellen Crandall, Planner II.
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3. Case: FLD2011-01003 - 921 Lakeview Road Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Mark and Dorothy B. LeBlanc
Agent: Renee Ruggiero, Northside Engineering Services, Inc. (300 S. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL
33765; phone: 727-443-2869; fax: 727-446-8036; email: renee@northsideengineerin .net)
Location: 0.253-acre property located on the south side of Lakeview Road, approximately 600 feet east
of South Myrtle Avenue and 50 feet west of Prospect Avenue.
Atlas Page: 306A.
Zoning: Commercial (C) District.
Request: Flexible Development approval to permit a 1,996 square foot restaurant in the Commercial
(C) District with a lot area of 11,018 square feet, lot widths of 146.79 feet (Lakeview Road) and 89.77
feet (Dempsey Street), front (north) setback of 18.1 feet (to existing building) and four feet (to
pavement), front (south) setbacks of 30.2 feet (to existing building) and one-foot (to pavement), a side
(east) setback of three feet (to existing building), a side (west) setback of five feet (to pavement), a
building height of 29.25 feet (to midpoint of existing roof), and 16 off-street parking spaces as a
Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project under the provisions of Community Development Code
Section 2-704.C., along with a reduction to the 15-foot perimeter landscape buffer along Lakeview
Road to four feet, a reduction to the 10-foot perimeter landscape buffer along Dempsey Street to one-
foot, a reduction to the five-foot east perimeter landscape buffer to three feet, a reduction to the interior
landscape requirement from 10 percent to 7 percent of the vehicular use area, and reductions to the
width of the foundation landscape area on both the north and south sides of the building from five feet
to zero feet as a Comprehensive Landscape Program under the provisions of Community Development
Code Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Restaurant.
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition and Lake Bellevue Association.
Presenter: Robert G. Tefft, Development Review Manager.
E. DIRECTOR'S ITEM (Item 1):
1. Clearwater Greenprint
F. ADJOURNMENT
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