CW21-13

Case CW21-13 · Comp-Plan / FLU Amendment · Commercial / retail · City of St. Petersburg

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Approved, no recent activity. Approved in December 2021.

In short

Greystar Development East, LLC, as contract purchaser of approximately 93.38 acres at the northwest corner of Gandy Boulevard and I-275, seeks to amend the future land use and zoning of approximately 17.94 acres from Industrial Limited/Employment Center-1 to Planned Redevelopment-Commercial/Corridor Commercial...

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The request, as filed

Proposed zoning: Activity Center. Existing use: Vacant. From: Activity Center. To: Activity Center.

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The facts on file

The story so far

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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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The official record

Open the filed document: ordinance →