Community Development Board

Main Library - Council Chambers

Agenda — 12 items

1. 1 Welcome to the City of Clearwater Community Development Board (CDB) meeting. We are glad to have you join us. Charts at the end of the agenda show the order in which CDB meetings are conducted, as well as how much time each person has to speak during each type of agenda item. An oath will be administered swearing in all participants in public hearing cases, including persons wanting to speak to agenda items. There are two capacities in which you may to speak on an agenda item during the meeting: 1. Request Party Status (Quasi-Judicial Hearings Only): Community Development Code Section 4-206 requires that any person seeking to: personally testify, present evidence, argument and witness, cross-examine witnesses, appeal the decision and speak on reconsideration requests should request party status during the case discussion. If the CDB grants a person party status, that person is then entitled to these listed rights. The CDB Chair will invite persons requesting party status to identify themselves at the beginning of each applicable case. During the hearing, persons granted party status will have five minutes to present to the Board, time allocated to cross-examine witnesses, and three minutes for closing remarks. 2. Comments by the Public: Persons not requesting party status may still provide comments about a case. The Chair will announce when it is the appropriate time. If you wish to speak you should come to the podium and wait to be recognized, then state and spell your name and provide your address. Persons speaking before the CDB shall be limited to three minutes unless an individual is representing a group in which case the Chairperson may authorize a reasonable amount of time up to 10 minutes. The City strongly supports and fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Please advise us at least 72 hours prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations at 727-562-4567. Assisted listening devices are available. Kindly refrain from conducting private conversations, using cell phones, etc. as they are distracting during the meeting. Questions or concerns about a case? Contact the assigned planner from the Planning and Development Department listed at the end of each agenda item at 727-562-4567. The Clearwater Citizens Guide to Community Development Board Hearings, available online through the link below, offers a step-by-step look into the workings of the CDB and its procedural hearings to assist affected parties and the public when participating in the process. http://myclearwater.com/communitydevelopmentboard
2. 1. Call To Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance ▶ jump to 0:58
3. 1.1 Roll Call: (Chair) Boutzoukas; Members: Achinelli, Chenault, Haudricourt, (Alternate) Vacant, Hupp, Mastruserio, Park; Assistant City Attorney Matthew Mytych; Board Attorney Noah Daiker; and City Staff
4. 2. Approval of Minutes
5. 2.1 Approve the minutes of the April 21, 2026 CDB meeting. ID#26-0533 ▶ jump to 3:35
6. 3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda
7. 4. Consent Agenda: The following cases are not contested by the applicant or city staff.  If no objections are raised by a member of the public, and member(s) of the Board do not request to remove an item from the Consent Agenda, items will be approved by a single vote at the beginning of the meeting.
8. 4.1 FLD2026-03006: Flexible Development approval for retail sales and services, restaurant, and bar (shipping container plaza) in the Commercial (C) District as a Comprehensive Infill Redevelopment Project and accessory improvements (seating and landscaping) in the Medium Density Residential (MDR) District for the property at 1317 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. The buildings do not exceed 30 feet in height and parking spaces will be provided off-site. Requested is flexibility for the use and reduced interior landscaping and landscape buffers along property lines through a Comprehensive Landscape Program. (Community Development Code Sections 2-704.F and Sections 3-1202.D, E. and G.) (Level Two Application) ID#26-0534 ▶ jump to 4:55
9. 5. Director's Report ▶ jump to 6:53
10. 6. Board Members to be Heard ▶ jump to 7:24
11. 7. Adjourn
12. 12 Rollcall