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Pinellas Park Planning Area Interlocal Agreement with the City of Pinellas Park.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Conduct a public hearing and approve the Pinellas Park Planning Area Interlocal Agreement with the City of Pinellas Park.
• Allows the City of Pinellas Park to include unincorporated properties within the proposed Planning Area in their comprehensive planning efforts.
• Ensures that the County and unincorporated property owners within the proposed Planning Area would be advised of the City’s comprehensive planning activities.
• Ensures that unincorporated property owners within the proposed Planning Area can participate in administrative, legislative, quasi-judicial or judicial proceedings for the City’s comprehensive plan amendments.
• Establishes the boundaries of the proposed Planning Area.
• A similar Planning Area Interlocal Agreement between the County and City was established in 2000 and extended in 2010. It expired in 2020.
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Summary:
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The proposed Pinellas Park Planning Area Interlocal Agreement was approved by the Pinellas Park City Council on May 22, 2025. The purpose of the Interlocal Agreement is to enable the City to include unincorporated enclaves and properties that border the City boundary in their comprehensive planning efforts and to ensure that subject property owners and the County are notified of these activities. The Agreement would also ensure that the unincorporated property owners could participate in any administrative, legislative, quasi-judicial or judicial proceedings for the City’s comprehensive plan amendments. If approved, the Agreement would have a term of 10 years.
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Background Information:
The City of Pinellas Park and Pinellas County established a Planning Area Interlocal Agreement in 2000 to ensure a coordinated approach regarding unincorporated enclave parcels surrounded by the City. Prior to that, the City could annex such parcels but could not proactively plan for them in their comprehensive planning efforts since the properties were unincorporated and outside of their jurisdiction.
The 2000 Agreement created a requirement for informing the unincorporated property owners within the Planning Area of actions from both jurisdictions and established procedures for planning activities. The following applied: One (1). the County retained comprehensive planning authority for the unincorporated parcels in the Planning Area; Two (2). the City could include the entirety of the Planning Area in their comprehensive planning efforts to advise the property owners and the County on planning for those parcels; Three (3). the subject unincorporated property owners were given a voice in the City’s planning efforts for the Area; and Four (4). if a property owner wanted to be annexed (voluntary annexation) they could look to the City’s comprehensive plan for density/intensity allowances.
In 2010, the initial Agreement was extended for another 10 years to avoid expiration. In 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic the Planning Agreement was not extended again and subsequently expired. The City is now requesting that the County enter into a new Interlocal Agreement to reestablish the above outlined provisions.
The proposed 2025 terms are primarily consistent with the 2000/2010 Agreement, however the current version ensures that the Planning Area boundary does not overlap with the Lealman Community Redevelopment Area. It also states that upon annexation a property’s density and intensity must be consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and can’t exceed the County’s maximum allowances. If the property owner wishes to exceed the County’s maximum allowances, they must seek an amendment to the City’s Plan subject to Countywide Plan Rules (Forward Pinellas).
The key benefit of the Planning Agreement to the City is that it allows for the inclusion of subject unincorporated properties in their comprehensive planning efforts. The key benefit to unincorporated property owners and the County is that the City would be required to advise them of their comprehensive planning activities. Unincorporated property owners could also participate in any administrative, legislative, quasi-judicial or judicial proceedings for the City’s comprehensive plan amendments.
Fiscal Impact:
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Staff Member Responsible:
Glenn Bailey, Interim Director/Planning Manager, Housing and Community Development
Partners:
City of Pinellas Park
Attachments:
City’s Executed Planning Area Interlocal Agreement
Planning Area Boundary Map
Enclave Map
2000 Planning Area Interlocal Agreement
2010 Planning Area Interlocal Agreement Extension
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