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Rezoning and comp‑plan amendment proposed for Palm River site to allow industrial/open storage; staff and planning commission support
Summary
An applicant asked to rezone about 4.18 acres in Palm River to Planned Development, concurrent with a comprehensive plan amendment, to formalize industrial and open‑storage uses and to allow up to 52,000 square feet of industrial floor area.
An applicant seeking a rezoning and companion comprehensive plan amendment presented plans to rezone about 4.18 acres in the Palm River area from Commercial Neighborhood/Commercial Intensive to Planned Development to allow open storage and up to 52,000 square feet of industrial uses.
Applicant counsel described the site’s context — bounded by the Selmon Expressway, the Tampa Bypass Canal and 70th Eighth Street — and noted existing site uses include equipment sales, equipment service and open storage. The application seeks to capture the existing intensification and formalize manufacturing and accessory open‑storage uses while limiting access points and providing screening where the site abuts public property and the canal.
Development Services and Planning Commission staff concluded the proposed PD is compatible with surrounding heavy industrial and light‑industrial uses; staff noted the nearest residential properties are about 1,000 feet to the south. The applicant withdrew two previously proposed access points and retained two access connections along 70th Eighth Street; the applicant also requested a buffer/screening variation along the western boundary where a publicly owned waterway and utility property provide additional separation.
Planning Commission staff also reported the companion comprehensive plan amendment was found consistent at the commission’s April review; the hearing master closed the hearing and will file a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.
