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In short
Staff position: The City of Clearwater Planning & Development Department requested withdrawal of the case on September 13, 2024, after the property representative, Mark Bentley, Esq., requested withdrawal on September 12, 2024.
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The facts on file
Case number
CW24-17
Case type
Comp-Plan / FLU Amendment
Product
Commercial / retail
Site size
2.29 acres
Future land use
Retail & Services
Approved
November 25, 2024
Jurisdiction
City of Clearwater
The story so far
September 5, 2024
Introduced (Countywide Planning Authority)
September 11, 2024
Forward Pinellas (PPC) hearing
November 19, 2024
Countywide Planning Authority (BCC) hearing
November 25, 2024
Approved
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What this case is
Comprehensive plan amendment. A comprehensive plan amendment changes the future land use designation on the land, which is the ceiling on what the zoning can later allow. In Florida a small-scale amendment adopts in one local step; a larger one is transmitted to the state for review before the local board adopts it. Adoption changes the plan, not the zoning. A rezoning usually follows, sometimes filed as a companion case at the same time.
Who decides what on this record:
Countywide Planning Authority. The county commission sitting in its countywide planning role. Its vote here is the final one on a countywide plan change. This vote is the final one on a countywide plan change.
Introduced. The item was formally placed before this body for the first time. It marks the start of that body's review, not a decision. A public hearing and a vote follow at a later meeting.
Forward Pinellas (Pinellas Planning Council) (Forward Pinellas). The countywide planning agency for Pinellas. It reviews changes to the countywide plan map and makes a recommendation. The Countywide Planning Authority, which is the county commission, takes the final vote afterwards.
Pinellas Planning Council (Forward Pinellas) (PPC). The countywide planning agency for Pinellas. It reviews changes to the countywide plan map and makes a recommendation. The Countywide Planning Authority, which is the county commission, takes the final vote afterwards.
Board of County Commissioners (BCC). The county's elected board. It is the final word on county land use decisions. Nothing further is needed. This vote is the county's decision.