Subject:
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Countywide Plan Map Annual Update 2025
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Sitting as the Countywide Planning Authority, adopt a resolution accepting the amended Countywide Plan Map and direct its filing with the Clerk as the official record copy.
• This action is taken annually to incorporate all the amendments made to the Countywide Plan Map throughout the year.
• An official record copy of the Countywide Plan Map for Fiscal Year 2025 is created and filed with the Clerk.
• This year, the Map has been revised to include all amendments approved through the Countywide Planning Authority meeting on August 5, 2025, the last month of the fiscal year in which amendments were adopted.
• The Countywide Plan Map consists of three maps: the main map illustrating the Countywide Plan Map categories, Submap No. 1 focusing on the subcategories within the Scenic/Noncommercial Corridor category, and Submap No. 2 detailing the subcategories of the Target Employment Center category.
• Forward Pinellas and the Planners Advisory Committee each unanimously voted to recommend acceptance and filing of the updated Countywide Plan Map.
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Strategic Priorities:
Prosperity and Opportunity
3.1 Increase the availability of attainable housing.
3.3 Increase workforce opportunities.
3.5 Foster business growth.
Summary:
Summary
The Countywide Rules provide for the annual update and filing of the Countywide Plan Map, which is maintained by Forward Pinellas. The Map has been updated to include all the amendments that have been approved by the Countywide Planning Authority through August 5, 2025.
Forward Pinellas, in its role as the Pinellas Planning Council, voted 16-0 to transmit this item via Forward Pinellas Resolution 25-5 and recommended acceptance and filing. The Planners Advisory Committee recommended acceptance by a vote of 13-0.
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Background Information:
Forward Pinellas Documentation is attached.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Staff Member Responsible:
Rodney Chatman, Planning Division Manager, Forward Pinellas
Partners:
N/A
Attachments:
Draft Countywide Planning Authority Resolution
Forward Pinellas Resolution 25-5
Draft copy of updated Countywide Plan Map series
* Countywide Plan Map
* Submap No. 1: Scenic/Noncommercial Corridor Map
* Submap No. 2: Target Employment Centers Map