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Pinellas LPA recommends denial of Gandy land‑use change, citing comprehensive‑plan prohibition in coastal storm area
Summary
At its September meeting the Pinellas County Local Planning Agency recommended that the Board of County Commissioners deny a requested future land‑use map amendment for 10636 Gandy Boulevard, finding the requested density increase inconsistent with the county comprehensive plan’s restrictions for coastal storm areas.
The Pinellas County Local Planning Agency on a vote of the body recommended denial of FLU25‑04, a future land‑use map amendment for 10636 Gandy Boulevard in unincorporated Saint Petersburg, after staff and members concluded the request conflicts with county comprehensive‑plan rules for coastal storm areas.
Staff described the site as an 8.94‑acre property currently operating as Twin City Mobile Home Park with 103 approved spaces in its original plan but far fewer occupied units today. Planning Division Manager Glenn Bailey told the board the park “was established in the 19 fifties prior to land use map and zoning code” and that units were “deemed substantially damaged” after recent storms, making the existing homes infeasible to elevate and retain as‑is.
The staff report recommended denial because the proposed change—from Residential Urban (RU, 7.5…
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