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Council approves rezoning to split lot on Davis Islands despite staff concern over study area
Summary
Council voted unanimously on first reading to rezone 118 Bosphorus Avenue from RS-60 to RS-50 to allow subdivision into two single-family parcels; city staff said the request was inconsistent with the development pattern used in staff’s analysis while Planning Commission staff and the applicant argued consistency and cited precedents.
Tampa City Council voted unanimously on first reading to rezone 118 Bosphorus Avenue on Davis Islands from RS-60 to RS-50, clearing the way for the property owner to subdivide an oversized lot into two single-family parcels.
Christopher Dimanche and Emily Phelan, planning commission staff, presented competing analyses. Development Coordination staff told council the rezoning (REZ2506) was inconsistent with the broader study-area development pattern used in the staff conforming-map analysis and cited Comprehensive Plan policy 9.3.8 as the…
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