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Approve a Future Land Use Map Amendment from the Residential Low (RL) category to the Institutional (I) category for 2425 McMullen Booth Road and an unaddressed parcel on McMullen Booth Road; and pass Ordinance 8791-16 on first reading. (LUP2015-09003)
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SUMMARY:
This Future Land Use Map amendment involves two parcels of land totaling 6.522 acres located on the west side of McMullen Booth Road approximately 836 feet south of East Enterprise Road. One parcel is currently occupied by a single family residence, and the other parcel is currently vacant. The applicants are requesting to amend the properties’ Future Land Use Map category of Residential Low (RL) to the Institutional (I) category, indicating the intention to redevelop the site as an assisted living facility; however, no plans have been submitted at this time. The applicants have submitted three additional applications being processed concurrently with this case:
1. A Petition for Annexation for the 4.522-acre property (vacant) (ANX2015-09024);
2. A Petition for Annexation for the 2-acre property (existing single-family residence) (ANX2015-09025); and
3. A Zoning Atlas amendment to rezone the two parcels (6.522 acres) from the A-E Agricultural Estate Residential District (Pinellas County) to the Institutional (I) Zoning District (REZ2015-09002) upon annexation.
The proposed Institutional (I) category would permit development at a density of 12.5 dwelling units per acre, or a FAR of 0.65. However, the City’s Community Development Code limits development within the Institutional (I) District to nonresidential or residential equivalent uses. The Institutional (I) future land use category requested is consistent with the surrounding future land use categories that exist in the vicinity of the subject property. McMullen Booth Road is designated a Scenic/Non-Commercial Corridor, and there is an existing pattern of institutional and residential uses along the corridor, consistent with this designation. The proposed Institutional (I) future land use category will allow the site to develop with a more intense use while providing a transition from the residential properties to the south and west to the commercial properties to the north of the subject site at the Enterprise Road intersection.
The Planning and Development Department determined that the proposed Future Land Use Map amendment is consistent with the provisions of Clearwater Community Development Code as specified below:
• The proposed amendment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the Countywide Plan Rules.
• The proposed amendment is compatible with the surrounding property and character of the neighborhood.
• Sufficient public facilities are available to serve the property.
• The proposed amendment will not have an adverse impact on the natural environment.
• The proposed amendment will not have an adverse impact on the use of property in the immediate area.
In accordance with the Countywide Plan Rules, this land use plan amendment is subject to the approval of the Pinellas Planning Council and the Board of County Commissioners acting as the Countywide Planning Authority. The application is a small-scale amendment so review and approval by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (Division of Community Planning) is not required.
The Community Development Board reviewed this application at its November 17, 2015 public hearing and recommended approval with a vote of 6-1.
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