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Council denies rezoning request for 801 E. Saint Claire St. after neighbor opposition and code-enforcement history
Summary
Tampa City Council denied a request to rezone 801 East Saint Claire Street from RS-50 (single-family) to RM-18 (multifamily) after neighbors and council members said the property had a history of code violations and attempts to legalize existing nonconforming units.
The Tampa City Council voted unanimously to deny a rezoning request for 801 East Saint Claire Street after extensive public comment and council discussion about repeated code violations and prior council review.
The applicant asked the council to rezone the parcel from RS-50 (residential single-family) to RM-18 (residential multifamily) so that three existing rental units operating on the lot could be made lawful without demolition or a longer permitting process. Development Coordination staff described the site and reported the property is located between North Mitchell Avenue and North Nebraska Avenue in the East Tampa overlay district; staff found the rezoning request consistent with land-development regulations as a Euclidean rezoning but noted that if the applicant intended to vest existing structures they…
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