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Board approves additional soccer fields, allows limited night lighting with 9 p.m. weekday cutoff
Summary
Pinellas County approved a Type 2 use modification to add three soccer fields at East Lake Tarpon fields, allow site lighting and remove prior operating restrictions, subject to conditions including a 9 p.m. weekday lighting limit and site-plan review.
The Pinellas County Board of Adjustment and Appeals voted Sept. 3 to conditionally approve a Type 2 use modification to expand the Eastlake Recreation soccer complex at 3631 Old Keystone Road in East Lake Tarpon. The board approved the addition of three new soccer fields (bringing the site to five fields), nighttime field lighting and removal of earlier conditions on concessions, amplified sound and hours, while limiting weekday lighting to 9 p.m.
Staff told the board the application affects a 22.13-acre portion of a larger Facilities-Based Recreation (FBR) overlay and that current county code requires Type 2 approval for more than three fields and for nighttime lighting. The site already has two soccer fields and a parking lot;…
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