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FLD2026-03006: Flexible Development approval for retail sales and services, restaurant, and bar (shipping container plaza) in the Commercial (C) District as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project and accessory improvements (seating and landscaping) in the Medium Density Residential (MDR) District for the property at 1317 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. The buildings do not exceed 30 feet in height and parking spaces will be provided off-site. Requested is flexibility for the use and reduced interior landscaping and landscape buffers along property lines through a Comprehensive Landscape Program. (Community Development Code Sections 2-704.F and Sections 3-1202.D, E. and G.) (Level Two Application)
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Case: FLD2026-03006 - 1317 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Owner: City of Clearwater, Community Redevelopment Agency of Clearwater
Applicant: Sean Cashen, Gulf Coast Consulting Inc.; 13825 Icot Blvd., Suite 605, Clearwater, FL
33760; phone: (727) 432-0365
Location: Northeast corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and Tangerine Street. (0.34 acres)
Request: Flexible Development approval for retail sales and services, restaurant, and bar (shipping container plaza) in the Commercial (C) District as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project and accessory improvements (seating and landscaping) in the Medium Density Residential (MDR) District for the property at 1317 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. The buildings do not exceed 30 feet in height and parking spaces will be provided off-site. Requested is flexibility for the use and reduced interior landscaping and landscape buffers along property lines through a Comprehensive Landscape Program. (Community Development Code Sections 2-704.F and Sections 3-1202.D, E. and G.)
Associations: Board of County Commissioners, Clearwater Neighborhood Coalition, Pinellas County School Board
Assigned Planner: Ava Schmidt; Planner II; email: Ava.Schmidt@myclearwater.com; phone: 727-444-8028
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.