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Case No. CW 23-04 - Pinellas
Countywide Plan Map amendment from Recreation/Open Space to Public/Semi-Public, regarding 0.116 acre more or less, located on the west side of Ridgemoor Drive, approximately 300 feet north of Ridgemoor Boulevard.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Sitting as the Countywide Planning Authority, adopt an ordinance approving Case No. CW 23-04, a proposal by Pinellas County to amend the Countywide Plan Map from Recreation/Open Space to Public/Semi-Public, regarding 0.116 acre more or less, located on the west side of Ridgemoor Drive, approximately 300 feet north of Ridgemoor Boulevard.
• The applicant is seeking to amend a small, 0.116-acre, portion of a neighborhood park serving the Ridgemoor community.
• The applicant desires to construct a 150-foot monopole telecommunications tower near the south end of the 6.5-acre parent tract.
• A telecommunications tower is considered a transportation/utility use, which the Countywide Rules permit in the Recreation/Open Space category up to a threshold of five contiguous aces.
• The corresponding Pinellas County future land use category of the same name does not permit transportation/utility uses.
• Thus, the proposed use of the property requires a local future land use map amendment to Transportation/Utility, triggering a corresponding Countywide Plan Map amendment to Public/Semi-Public.
• With this amendment, a telecommunications tower is generally permissible; however, a height of 150 feet will require Board of Adjustment & Appeals approval as a Type-2 Use, requiring a public hearing subsequent to the land use change.
• Forward Pinellas and the Planners Advisory Committee each unanimously recommended approval of this proposal.
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Strategic Plan:
Foster Continual Economic Growth and Vitality
4.3 Catalyze redevelopment through planning and regulatory programs
Summary:
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Forward Pinellas, in its role as the Pinellas Planning Council, voted 11-0 to recommend approval of the proposal. The Planners Advisory Committee recommended approval of this case by a vote of 12-0.
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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
Carol Stricklin, Director, Housing & Community Development
Partners:
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Attachments:
Ordinance
Forward Pinellas Staff Report
Case Maps
Draft PAC Minutes
Presentation/Site Visit Photos
Affidavit of Publication