COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD - 09/15/2015 - AGENDALL
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Clearwater September 15, 2015
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AGENDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: 112 South Osceola Street, 3rd Floor,
Clearwater, Florida, 33756
(City Hall Council Chambers)
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record of the proceedings to support such appeal. Community Development Code Section 4-
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Community Development Board Agenda — September 15, 2015 — Page 1 of 3
A. CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBER: John Quattrocki
C. ROLL CALL: Chair Barker, Vice Chair Allbritton, Members Adelson, Anuszkiewicz, Boutzoukas,
Funk, Lau, Alternate Member Quattrocki, City Staff
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: August 18, 2015
E. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, RE: ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
F. LEVEL TWO APPLICATIONS (Items 1- 2):
1. Case: FLD2015 -06025 — 706 Bayway Boulevard Level Two Application
Owner: Bayway Hotel Holdings LLC
Applicant: Housh Ghovaee (300 S. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765; phone: (727) 443 -2869;
email: houshnnorthsideen ing eering.net)
Location: 0.35 acres generally located at the northern terminus of Parkway Drive with Bayway
Boulevard
Atlas Page: 285A
Zoning: Tourist (T) District
Request: Flexible Development approval to permit a 32 -room overnight accommodation use in the
Tourist (T) District with a lot area of 15,264 square feet, a lot width of 135 feet, a front (south)
setback of 35 feet (to building) and eight feet (to pavement/ramp), a side (west) setback of six feet (to
building) and one foot (to pavement), a side (east) setback of 30 feet (to building) and three feet (to
paving) and six feet (to garage ramp) and a rear (north) setback of six feet (to building) and zero feet
(to pavement); and a building height of 75 feet and 90 feet to highest architectural feature; and a
minimum of 38 parking spaces at 1.2 parking spaces per hotel room, under the provisions of CDC
Section 2- 803.K; elimination of the required foundation landscaping and interior landscape
requirement as a Comprehensive Landscape Program under the provisions of CDC Section 3- 1202.G;
and to permit an existing 1,783 square foot, five -slip dock to remain with a length of 55 feet, width of
96 feet, west setback of 12 feet and an east setback of nine feet under the provisions of CDC Section
3 -601; and a two -year Development Order under the provisions of CDC Section 4 -407.
Proposed Use: Overnight Accommodations
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition and Clearwater Beach Association
Presenter: Mark T. Parry, AICP, Senior Planner
Community Development Board Agenda — September 15, 2015 — Page 2 of 3
2. Case: FLD2015 -06023 — 249 Windward Passage Level Two Application
Owner: Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Applicant: Scott McClelland (812 Louden Avenue, Dunedin, FL 34698; phone: (727) 734 -3673; email:
smcclellandgiog- ioc.com)
Location: 4.53 acres located on the south side of Windward Passage approximately 210 feet west of
Island Way
Atlas Page: 267B
Zoning: Commercial (C) District
Request: Flexible Development approval to permit the expansion of the Clearwater Marine
Aquarium within the Commercial (C) District with a lot area of 197,115 square feet (4.53 acres), a lot
width of 546.3 feet, front (north) setbacks of 101 feet (to building) and 14.8 feet (to pavement), rear
(south) setbacks of 11.8 feet (to building) and zero feet (to marina promenade), side (east) setbacks of
23.1 feet (to building) and zero feet (to marina promenade), side (west) setbacks of 34 feet (to
building) and zero feet (to marina promenade), and side (north) setbacks of 30.5 feet (to building) and
zero feet (to pavement), a building height of 28.5 feet, and 153 off - street parking spaces as a
Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project pursuant to Community Development Code Section 2-
704.F. along with reductions to the perimeter buffer requirements along the easternmost property line
from 10 feet to 3.5 feet, the south property lines from 15 feet to zero feet, and the north (non -
Windward Passage) property lines from 10 feet to zero feet, a reduction from the required number of
trees within interior landscape islands from 46 to 14, and a reduction to the width of interior
landscape islands from 17 feet to eight feet as a Comprehensive Landscape Program pursuant to
Community Development Code Section 3- 1202.G., with a two -year Development Order.
Proposed Use: Aquarium
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition and Island Estates Civic
Association
Presenter: Matt Jackson, Senior Planner
G. APPEALS (Items 1):
1. Case: APP2015-00001 — 1500 S. Belcher Road
Owner: McDonalds USA LLC
Applicant: Kim Seyer /Pam DeDea, The Seyer Group (7321 Merchant Court, Sarasota, FL 34240;
phone: (941) 552 -2200; email kim( c�segroup .com/pam(c�seyergroup.com)
Location: 0.833 acres located at the southwest corner of Belcher Road and Nursery Road
Atlas Page: 316B
Zoning: Commercial (C) District
Request: An appeal, pursuant to Section 4- 50I.A.4., Community Development Code, of the denial of
an amendment to a Comprehensive Sign Program to window signage on the north, south and east
building facades pursuant to Section 3 -1808, Community Development Code.
Existing Use: Restaurant
Neighborhood Associations: Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition
Presenter: Matthew Jackson, Senior Planner
H. DIRECTOR'S ITEMS (Items 1):
1. Changes to Agenda Appearance.
I. ADJOURNMENT
Community Development Board Agenda — September 15, 2015 — Page 3 of 3