03/18/2014 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF CLEARWATER
March 18, 2014
Present: Vice Chair Frank L. Dame, Board Member Richard Adelson, Board Member
Brian A. Barker, Board Member Kurt B. Hinrichs, Board Member Norma R. Carlough,
Board Member Donald van Weezel, Board Member Michael Boutzoukas, Alternate
Board Member John Funk
Also Present: Jay Daigneault - Attorney for the Board, Leslie Dougall-Sides - Assistant
City Attorney, Gina Clayton - Assistant Planning & Development Director, Robert Tefft -
Development Review Manager, Patricia O. Sullivan - Board Reporter
A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Vice Chair called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. at City Hall, followed by the
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
B. ROLL CALL: Vice Chair Dame, Members Adelson, Barker, Carlough,
Hinrichs, van Weezel, Michael Boutzoukas , Alternate Member Funk, City
Staff
C. WELCOME NEW BOARD: Michael Boutzoukas
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: February 18, 201
Member Adelson moved to approve the minutes of the regular Community Development
Board meeting of February 18, 2014, as submitted in written summation. The motion
was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Alternate Member Funk did not vote.
E. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD RE ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA: None.
F. LEVEL THREE APPLICATIONS (Items 1):
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1. Case: TA2014-00001 - Amendments to the Clearwater Community Development
Code Level Three Application
Applicant: City of Clearwater
Request: Amendments to the Clearwater Community Development Code
regarding numerous provisions, including: adding Planned Medical Campus and
Planned Medical Campus Project as permitted uses and providing for
development standards, flexibility criteria and definitions for those uses;
providing clarification as to Community Residential Home separation
requirements; and establishing rules pertaining to valet parking.
Neighborhood Association: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition
Presenter: Robert G. Tefft, Development Review Manager
For Staff Report TA2014-00001 see Agendas\Community Development Board\2010
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Development Review Manager Robert Tefft reviewed the Staff Report. A definition of
outdoor storage was added and language was corrected re retail in IRT (Industry,
Research, & Technology) districts. Amendments to valet parking language allow
exceptions to design but do not limit opportunities to provide valet parking. Staff spoke
with a hotel representative; this language is consistent with other codes. Overnight valet
parking is permitted for hotels and time shares, not condominiums.
Staff worked with Morton Plant Hospital re changes for planned medical campus and
planned medical campus project to allow flexibility to updates to the hospital's master
plan, which will be submitted to the CDB (Community Development Board) for approval.
Attorney Ed Armstrong, representing Morton Plant Hospital, said proposed amendments
create a mechanism to activate the hospital's master plan for $200 million worth of
improvements over the years. He thanked staff for their work on this issue.
In response to questions re community residential homes, staff reviewed related City
requirements and said Code language reflects State regulations, which limit the number
of residents and require a 1,000 foot separation between homes, that they be treated as
single-family homes, and that they register with the State.
Concern was expressed that to protect and preserve the stability of residential
neighborhoods, Code needs to permit Code Enforcement and the Police to stop
homeowners from renting out beds in their homes. It was stated these homes are
similar to rooming houses and disruptive to neighbors.
Member Hinrichs moved to recommend approval of Case TA2014-00001 based on the
evidence and testimony presented in the application, the Staff Report and at today's
hearing, and hereby adopt the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law stated in the
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Staff Report. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously. Alternate
Member Funk did not vote.
G. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 1: 24 p.m.
Vice Chair
Community Development Board
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