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Tampa board approves grand-tree removals and parking reduction for proposed 174-unit affordable complex
Summary
The Tampa Variance Review Board granted a variance to remove specified grand trees and approved a reduced parking requirement for a 174-unit affordable housing project at 5709 North 47th Street, finding staff reports and alternate site plans supported the request.
The Tampa Variance Review Board on an unspecified 2025 meeting granted variances allowing removal of certain grand trees and a reduction in required parking for a proposed 174-unit affordable housing project at 5709 North 47th Street.
Staff and the applicant said the project, proposed by Tampa 47th Street Apartments LLC and presented by land-use attorney Nicole McKinnis of Stearns Weaver Miller, is zoned RM-24 and will limit units to households at or below 80% of area median income. McKinnis told the board the preferred plan preserves 16 grand trees while removing nine, and that alternate site plans were considered that preserved fewer trees.
The board heard comments from Natural Resources and multiple internal reviewers, all of whom found the requests consistent with conditions. Staff explained the code references for the tree removal…
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