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FLD2025-05012: Flexible Development approval for a school, retail sales and services (daycare) and offices in the Office (O) District as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project for the property at 861 N. Hercules Avenue. The building does not exceed 30 feet in height and includes 69 off-street parking spaces. Requested is flexibility for the uses and reduced interior landscaping and landscape buffers along the property lines through a Comprehensive Landscape Program. (Community Development Code Sections 2-1004.A and Sections 3-1202.D., E. and G.) (Level Two Application)
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Case: FLD2025-05012 - 861 N. Hercules Avenue
Owner(s): Hercules Avenue LLC
Applicant: Brian Aungst, Jr.; Macfarlane, Ferguson & McMullen, P.A, 625 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756; phone: (727)444-1403; email: bja@macfar.com
Location: 861 N. Hercules Avenue; east side of N. Hercules Avenue, 143 feet south of the southeast corner of N. Hercules Avenue and Palmetto Street. (1.55 acres)
Request: Flexible Development approval for a school, retail sales and services (daycare) and offices in the Office (O) District as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project for the property at 861 N. Hercules Avenue. The building does not exceed 30 feet in height and includes 69 off-street parking spaces. Requested is flexibility for the uses and reduced interior landscaping and landscape buffers along the property lines through a Comprehensive Landscape Program. (Community Development Code Sections 2-1004.A and Sections 3-1202.D., E. and G.)
Associations: Board of County Commissioners, Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition, Pinellas County School Board
Assigned Planner: Ryan Green, MPA, Planner II; email: Ryan.Green@MyClearwater.com; phone: 727-444-7791
The application, supporting documents, and a complete plan set are attached to this agenda item. The staff report will be attached by the close of the business day on the Thursday prior the CDB.