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AGENDA
COMMUI�TITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: 112 South Osceola Street, 3`a Floor,
Clearwater, Florida, 33756
(City Hall Council Chambers)
July 9, 2013
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Community Development Board Agenda — July 16, 2013 — Page 1 of 6
A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ROLL CALL: Chair Coates, Vice Chair Dame, Members Adelson, Barker, Carlough, Hinrichs, van
Weezel, Alternate Member Funk, City Staff
C. APPROVAL OF NIINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: June 18, 2013
D. ITEMS NOT HEARD ON AGENDA
E. REQUEST TO CONTINUE ITEMS (Items 1-2)
1. Case: FLD2013-05018 —1010 S. Myrtle Avenue Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Rosemarie Rem Ceralo-O'Donnell
Agent: Bret Krasman, P.E.; Krasman & Associates (PO Box 422, Dunedin, FL 34697; phone: (727)
738-0359; email: bret(a�ksaen r.�com)
Location: 0.20 acres located on the west side S. Myrtle Avenue; approximately 300 feet south of
Magnolia Drive
Atlas Page: 295B
Existing Zoning: Commercial (C) District
Request: Flexible Development application to allow a mixed use (850 square feet of office space and
850 square feet for one dwelling unit) in the Commercial (C) District with front (east) setbacks of five
feet (to pavement) and 43.6 feet (to building); side (north) setbacks of 23 feet (to existing carport)
and 12.16 feet (to building); side (south) setbacks of zero feet (to driveway), 1.5 feet (to proposed
brick pavers) and 43.5 feet (to building); rear setbacks of nineteen feet (to proposed deck) and twenty-
nine feet (to building); a building height of 18.5 feet (to mid-point of pitched roo fl; and three off-
street parking spaces as a Comprehensive In�ll Redevelopment Project, under the provisions of the
Community Development Code Section 2-704.E., as well as a reduction to the east perimeter
landscape buffer from fifteen feet to five feet; a reduction to the south perimeter landscape buffer
from five feet to 1.5 feet; a reduction to the north perimeter landscape buffer from five feet to 2.3 feet,
as a Comprehensive Landscape Program under the provisions of the Community Development Code
Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Mixed Use (Office/Residential)
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Old Clearwater Bay
Neighborhood Association
Presenter: Kevin W. Nurnberger, Planner III
Community Development Board Agenda — July 16, 2013 — Page 2 of 6
2. Case: FLD2013-03010 —1498 Belleair Road Level Two Application
Owner: S. Murphy Enterprises, Inc.
Agent: Adam Carnegie, AICP, Stantec (2205 N 20`� Street, Tampa, FL 33605; phone: 813-223-9500;
email: adam.carne�(�a,stantec.com)
Location: 0.575 acres located at the northwest corner of Belleair Road and Highlan� Avenue.
Atlas Page: 315A
Zoning: Commercial (C) District
Request: Flexible Development application to permit a 3,016 square foot automobile service station
in the Commercial (C) District with a lot area of 25,050 square feet, lot widths of 167 feet (along
Belleair Road) and 150 feet (along Highland Avenue), building heights of 14 feet (to midpoint of
pitched roof of existing building) and 17.5 feet (to top of proposed gas pump canopy), front (south)
setbacks of 29.56 feet (to canopy) and 5.04 feet (to pavement), front (east) setbacks of 38.45 feet (to
canopy) and 13.97 feet (to pavement), side (north) setbacks of 10.1 feet (to building) and five feet (to
pavement), a side (west) setback of 9.98 feet (to building) and 11 off-street parking spaces, as a
Comprehensive Iniill Redevelopment Project, pursuant to Community Development Code (CDC)
Section 2-704.E. along with reductions of the front (south) landscape buffer from 15 feet to 5.04 feet
(to pavement), the front (east) landscape buffer from 15 feet to 13.97 feet (to pa�ement), the area of
interior landscaping from 1,484 square feet to 268 square feet, eliminate 57 linear feet of the required
foundation plantings along the front (east) fa�ade of the building, and eliminate the shrubs required
in the foundation plantings along the front (south) facade of the building as part of a Comprehensive
Landscape Program under the provisions of 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Automobile Service Station
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition, Lake Bellevue Neighborhood
Association and Brookhill Ambassadors Neighborhood Association
Presenter: Matt Jackson, Planner III
Community Development Board Agenda — July 16, 2013 — Page 3 of 6
F. CONTINUED ITEMS (Items 1)
1. Case: FLD2013-04016 —1403 North Fort Harrison Avenue Level Two Application
Continued from the meeting of June 18, 2013
Owner/Applicant: R:eligious Community Services, Inc.
Agent: Robert Fudge, P.E.; GLE Associates, Inc. (4300 W. Cypress St., Ste. 400, Tampa, FL 33756;
phone: 813-241-8350 ext 521; email: rfud�gleassociates.com)
Location: 131 acres located on the east side of North Fort Harrison Avenue; approximately 400 feet
north of North Fort Harrison Avenue and Engman Street intersection
Atlas Page: 268B
Existing Zoning: Commercial (C) District
Request: Flexible Development Application to allow a 4,390 square foot building to an existing
residential shelter use in the Commercial (C) District with a lot area of 57,210 square feet, a lot width
of 263.55 feet (along Fort Harrison Avenue) and 207.87 feet (along North Garden Avenue), front
(west) setbacks of fifteen feet (to new pavement), 30.32 feet (to new planter), and 34.5 feet (to new
building); front (east) setbacks of 8.17 feet (to existing pavement), 20.97 feet (to existing building),
and 129 feet (to new building); side (north) setbacks of one foot (to existing shed), 10.14 feet (to
existing pavement), and 10.41 feet (to new building); side (south) setbacks of 4.42 feet (to existing
pavement), 25.74 feet (to existing building),and 47 feet (to new pavement), and 170 feet (to new
building); a rear (east) setback of 12.52 feet (to new building); a building height of 30 feet; and 28
parking spaces as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, under the provisions of Community
Development Code Section 2-704.E.; as well as a reduction to the perimeter landscape buffer along
Garden Avenue from 10 feet to 8.17 feet; a reduction to the perimeter landscape buffer along the side
(south) from five feet to 4.42 feet; a reduction to the perimeter landscape buffer along the side (north)
from five feet to zero feet; reductions to the foundation landscape requirement on the front (west)
facade from fve feet zero feet and the front (east) facade from five feet to zero feet; a reduction to the
number of required shade tree plantings from 32 trees to 16 trees ; and a reduction to the required
landscaping in the vehicle use area from 10 percent to 4.5 percent, as part of a Comprehensive
Landscape Program under the provisions of Community Development Code Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Residential Shelter
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition and Old Clearwater Bay
Presenter: Kevin W. Nurnberger, Planner III
Community Development Boazd Agenda — July 16, 2013 — Page 4 of 6
G. LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1-4)
1. Case: FLD2013-05019 — 880/900 North Osceola Avenue Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: David McComas; Clearwater Basin Marina, LLC
Ageut: Richard Kelley, P.E.; AVID Gro�xp, AVID Group (2300 Curlew Roacl
Palm Harbor, FL 34683; phone: (727) 789-9500; email: richard.kelley(c�avid rg_oup.com)
Location: 5.10 acres (3.55 acres upland and 1.55 acres submerged) located on the west side of North
Osceola Avenue at the terminus of Nicholson Street, appro�mately 500 feet north of Seminole Street.
Atlas Page: 277B
Existing Zoning: Downtown (D) and Preservation (P) Districts
Request: Flexible Development applic�ation to amend a previously approved Flexible Development
application to permit the addition of 200 dry slips and 14 new wet slips to an existing 66 wet-slip
marina (87-wet slips originally approved) including a 53,727 square foot high and dry storage
building with a height of 53 feet as measured from Base Flood Elevation (BFE) to roof deck with an
additional 12 feet to rooftop architectural embellishments; 95 parking spaces (including two handicap
spaces) (0.68 spaces per two slips); and a 1,000 square foot retaiUoffice building as accessory to the
marina with a height of 14 feet (as measured from BFE) in the Downtown (D) District and the Old
Bay Chaxacter District of the Clearwater powntown Redevelopment Plan as a Comprehensive Iniill
Redevelopment Project, under the provisions of Community Development Code (CDC) Section 2-
903.D.
Proposed Use: Marina (80 wet slips and 200 dry slips); retaiUoffice (1,000 square feet)
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Old Clearwater Bay
Neighborhood Association
Presenter: Mark T. Parry, AICP, Planner III
2. Case: FLD2013-05020 — 223 Island Way Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Island Way Tower, LLC
Agent: Greg Hembree; The Hembree Group (17608 Lee Avenue, Redington Shores, FL 33708; phone:
(727) 480-9285; email: �reg.hembree(a�aol.com)
Location: 1.8 acres located on the east side of Island Way; approximately 544 feet north of Windward
Passage
Atlas Page: 267B
Existing Zoning: High Density Residential (HDR) District / Island Estates Neighborhood Conservation
Overlay District (IENCOD)
Request: Flexible Development application to allow a 53 attached dwellings in the High Density
Residential (HDR) District with a lot area of 78,719 square feet (1.80 acres); a lot width of 385.66
feet; front (west) setbacks of 1.2 feet (to block walUpavement) and 42.11 feet (to porte-cochere); side
(south) setback of six feet (to curb and covered parking structure) and 72.6 feet (to building); side
(north) setback of 4.10 feet (to curb and covered parking structure) and 80 feet (to building); rear
(east) setbacks of five feet (to pavement), fourteen feet (to pool deck), 27.10 feet (to balconies), and
33 feet (to building); a building height of 72 feet (to top of roof slab); and 88 parking spaces as a
Residential Iniill Project under Community Development Code Section 2-504.F, as well as a
reductions to the front (west) perimeter landscape buffer from ten feet to 1.2 feet, the side (south)
perimeter landscape buffer from ten feet to six feet, the side (north) perimeter landscape buffer from
ten feet to 4.10 feet; a reduction from the interior landscape area from ten percent to eight percent;
and to allow more than ten consecutive parking spaces as part of a Comprehensive Landscape
Program under the provisions of the Community Development Code Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use: Attached Dwellings (53 units)
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Old Clearwater Bay
Neighborhood Association
Presenter: Kevin W. Nurnberger, Planner III
Community Development Board Agenda — July 16, 2013 — Page 5 of 6
3. Case: FLD2013-04012 — 350 Harbor Island Passage Level Two Application
Owner/Applicant: Gus & Zoe Saravanos
Agent: Anthony Saravanos; (31640 US Highway 19 N, Suite 1, Palm Harbor, FL 34683; phone: (727)
643-8922; email: as(a�boardwalk.com)
Location: 0.268 acres located on tr.e north side of Harbor Passage, approximately 104 feet east of
Harbor Passage
Atlas Page: 258B
Existing Zoning: Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR) District / Island Estates Neighborhood
Conservation Overlay District (IENCOD)
Request: Flexible Development application to allow a driveway with a side (west) setback of zero
feet (to pavement) as a Residential Infill Project where standards for Residential Infll Projects are
guidelines and may be varied in the Low Medium Density ResidentiaUIsland Estates Neighborhood
Conservation Overlay District (LMDR/IENCOD), under the provisions of the Community
Development Code (CDC) Section 2-1602.F.
Proposed Use: Detached Dwelling
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Old Clearwater Bay
Neighborhood Association
Presenter: Kevin W. Nurnberger, Planner III
G. LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1-2):
1. Case: REZ2013-05003 — 1515 S. Highland Avenue Level Three Application
Owner/Applicant: Highland Group Clearwater, LLC
Representative: Renee Ruggiero (1463 Citrus S., Clearwater, FL 33756; phone: 727-235-8475;
email: Renee11463(c�gmail.com)
Location: 4.91 acres located on the southeast corner of Nursery Road and South Highland Avenue
Atlas Page: 315A
Request: Zoning Atlas amendment from the Office (0) District to the Medium Density Residential
(NIDR) District
Proposed Use: Assisted living facility
Neighborhood Association(s): Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition
Presenter: Lauren Matzke, Long Range Planning Manager
2. Case: Amendment to Beach by Design Special Area Plan Level Three Application
Applicant: City of Clearwater, Planning Department.
Request: Amendment to Beach by Design: A Preliminary Design for Clearwater Beach and Design
Guidelines to reference the standards by which the public boardwalk must comply and to adopt the
"Marina District Boardwalk Design Guidelines and Specifications."
Neighborhood Association(s): Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Clearwater Beach Association
Presenter: Andrew Hayslip, Planner II
H. ADJOURNMENT
Community Development Board Agenda — July 16, 2013 — Page 6 of 6