COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD - 05/20/2014 - CONSENT AGENDA
May 19, 2014
CONSENT AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Time:
1:00 p.m.
rd
Place:
112 South Osceola Street, 3 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
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. Party status entitles parties to: personally
testify, present evidence, argument and witnesses cross-examine witnesses, appeal the decision
and speak on reconsideration requests.
If you have questions or concerns about a case, please contact the staff presenter from the
Planning and Development Department listed at the end of each agenda item at 727-562-4567.
www.myclearwater.com/gov/depts/planning
Community Development Board Agenda – May 20, 2014 – Page 1 of 4
A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ROLL CALL:
Chair Dame, Vice Chair Carlough, Members Adelson, Barker, Boutzoukas, Hinrichs,
van Weezel, Alternate Member Funk, City Staff
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
April 15, 2014
D. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ITEMS NOT HEARD ON AGENDA
E. REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO THE MEETING OF JUNE 17, 2014 (Items 1)
1. Case:
APP2014-00001 – 1001 South Fort Harrison Avenue
Owner/Applicant:
Harbor Oaks Condominium Association
Agent/Representative:
Thomas J. Trask, Esq.; Trask, Metz & Daigneault, LLP, (1001 South Fort
Harrison Avenue, Suite 201, Clearwater, FL 33756; (727)733-0494; email: ttrask@tmdlawfirm.com)
Location:
1.27 acres located at the southeast corner of South Ft. Harrison Avenue and Magnolia Drive
and on the north side of Magnolia Drive approximately 350 feet east of South Fort Harrison Avenue
adjacent to the west side of the Pinellas Trail
Atlas Page:
295B
Zoning:
Commercial (C) District
Request:
An appeal from a Level One (Comprehensive Sign Program) approval decision pursuant to
Community Development Code Section 4-502.A, that the requested additional attached sign as a
Comprehensive Sign Program is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Sign Program flexibility
criteria as set forth in Community Development Code Sections 3-1808.C.1.a and b.
Proposed Use:
Office
Neighborhood Associations:
Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition
Presenter:
Matt Jackson, Planner III
F. CONSENT AGENDA: The following cases are not contested by the applicant, staff,
neighboring property owners, etc. and will be approved by a single vote at the beginning of the
meeting (Items 1-4)
1. Case:
FLD2014-03008 – 23 Rockaway Street Level Two Application
Owner:
Clearpark, LLC.
Agent:
Katherine E. Cole; Hill Ward Henderson, P.A., 311 Park Place Boulevard Suite 240 Clearwater,
kcole@hwhlaw.com)
FL 33759-4904; phone: (727) 724-3900/(727) 259-6791; email:
Location:
0.2395 acres located along the south side of Rockaway Street approximately 100 feet west of
Mandalay Avenue
Atlas Page:
258A
Zoning:
Tourist (T) District
Request:
Flexible Development application for a Termination of Status of Nonconformity of a 16-room
Overnight Accommodation use where the otherwise maximum permitted density is 11 hotel units; a lot
area of 10,440 square feet and a lot width of 60 feet where the otherwise required lot area and width are
20,000 square feet and 100 feet, respectively, under the provisions of CDC Section 6-109.
Proposed Use:
Overnight Accommodations
Neighborhood Associations:
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Clearwater Beach Association
Presenter:
Mark T, Parry Planner III
Community Development Board Agenda – May 20, 2014 – Page 2 of 4
2. Case:
FLD2014-03009 – 2871 Gulf to Bay Boulevard Level Two Application
Owner:
Stowell, Allan J Family Trust
Agent/Representative:
Stephanie Tyrell (McDonald’s USA, LLC, 10150 Highland Manor Drive,
Suite 470, Tampa, FL 33610; (813) 630-9634; email:stephanie.tyrell@us.mcd.com)
Location:
1.28 acres located at the southeast corner of Gulf to Bay Boulevard and Cross Circle
Atlas Page:
300B
Zoning:
Commercial (C) and Medium Density Residential (MDR) District
Request:
Flexible Development application to permit a 5,206 square foot restaurant with drive-thru
facilities in the Commercial (C) District with a lot area of 55,751 square feet, a lot width of 150 feet
along Gulf to Bay Boulevard, front (north) setback of 4.6 feet (to proposed pavement for bike rack
pad) and 52.7 feet (to proposed building), front (west) setback of 8 feet (to proposed pavement) and
74.3 feet (to proposed building), side (south) setback of 55.5 feet (to proposed pavement) and 205.6
feet (to proposed building), side (east) setbacks of 4.5 feet (to pavement), 5 feet (to proposed
pavement for dumpster pad) and 29.9 feet (to proposed building), a building height of 15.58 (to top of
flat roof), 19.34 feet (to top of parapet) and 20.25 feet (to top of roof cap element) and 47 off-street
parking spaces as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project pursuant to Community
Development Code (CDC) Section 2-704.E; an increase in the height of a wall in the side (east) and
rear (south) setbacks from six to eight feet pursuant to CDC Section 3-804.B.2; and a reduction to a
portion of the front (north) perimeter landscape buffer from 15 feet to 4.6 feet, a reduction to the front
(west) perimeter landscape buffer from 15 feet to 8 feet, a reduction to a portion of the side (east)
perimeter landscape buffer from five feet to 4.5 feet, a reduction in the amount of interior landscape
island trees required from 19 to 16, a reduction to the foundation plantings along the north and west
building facades from five feet to zero feet and an increase in the percentage of accent trees from 25
to 33.3 percent, as part of a Comprehensive Landscape Program pursuant to CDC Section 3-1202.G.
Proposed Use:
Restaurant
Neighborhood Associations:
Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition
Presenter:
Matt Jackson, Planner III
3. Case:
FLD2014-03007 – 655 South Gulfview Boulevard Level Two Application
Owner:
Clearwater Grande Development, LLC
Agent:
Housh Ghovee; Northside Engineering Services, Inc., (300 South Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL
33765; phone (727) 443-2869; email: housh@northsideengineering.net)
Location:
1.437 acres located on the south side of South Gulfview Boulevard approximately 894 feet
west of Gulf Boulevard.
Atlas Page:
285A
Zoning:
Tourist (District)
Request:
Flexible Development application request to increase the number of rooms from 171 hotel
rooms to 181 hotel rooms; an increase in the projects overall density from 118.99 overnight
accommodation rooms per acre to 125.96 overnight accommodation rooms per acre in the Tourist (T)
District as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project under the provisions of Community
Development Code (CDC) Section 2-704.E and CDC section 4-406.
Proposed Use:
Overnight Accommodation
Neighborhood Associations:
Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition; Clearwater Beach Association
Presenter:
Kevin Nurnberger, Planner III
Community Development Board Agenda – May 20, 2014 – Page 3 of 4
4. Case:
FLD2014-03006– 22 Bay Esplanade Level Two Application
Owner:
Mathura Properties #5, LLC.
Agent/Representative:
James E. Wilkerson, A.I.A. (Wilkerson Architects, LLC.; 119 East Tallulah
Drive, Suite 470, Greenville, SC 29605; (864) 370-2582; email: wilkpoe@charter.net)
Location:
0.099 acres located on the north side of Bay Esplanade approximately 95 feet west of
Mandalay Avenue
Atlas Page:
258A
Zoning:
Tourist (T) District
Request:
Flexible Development application to permit a restaurant in the Tourist (T) District with a lot
area of 4,350 square feet, a lot width of 50 feet (along Bay Esplanade), a front (south) setback of zero
feet (to sidewalk) and 15 feet (to building), a side (west) setback of 10 feet (to building), a side (east)
setback of eight feet (to building), a rear (north) setback of 16 feet (to building), a building height of
21.46 feet (to top of flat roof) and 28 feet (to top of parapet) and zero parking spaces as a
Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project, under the provisions of Community Development
Code Section 2-803.C and a reduction to the foundation landscape requirement on the front (south)
facade 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 Neighborhood Coalition and Clearwater Beach Association
Presenter:
Melissa Hauck- Baker, AICP, Planner II
G. ADJOURNMENT
Community Development Board Agenda – May 20, 2014 – Page 4 of 4