Two adjacent South Tampa map amendments would expand commercial mixed use capacity along South Howard and Moody

Emily Phelan, planning commission staff, presented two adjacent comprehensive plan map amendments affecting the Parkland Estates neighborhood and South Tampa at the Jan. 13 meeting.

TACPA 24‑19 (706 South Moody Avenue) is a privately initiated, small‑scale request on roughly 0.32 acres to change the future land use from Residential 10 to Community Mixed Use 35. Phelan said the parcel currently contains an office; under Residential 10 the site could be considered for about 3 dwelling units or roughly 4,800 square feet of nonresidential uses (if locational criteria are met). Under CMU35, Phelan said the same site could be considered for about 11 units or 27,800 square feet of residential or nonresidential uses, and would introduce the commercial general zoning district on the parcel.

TACPA 24‑20 (701 South Howard Avenue) is a publicly initiated, small‑scale amendment on about 1.5 acres immediately adjacent to the privately initiated site. Staff notified property owners before moving forward with the public initiation, Phelan said. The existing site comprises a mix of residential 10 and CMU35 designations; Phelan said consolidating the site to CMU35 would increase potential capacity. Under the current mix of designations the site could be considered for 39 dwelling units or about 95,500 square feet of residential or nonresidential uses; under a full CMU35 designation staff gave a capacity figure of 52 units or roughly 130,000 square feet and said the change would allow commercial general uses on the portion now under Residential 10.

Commissioner Crest asked whether the two parcels share ownership; Phelan replied they are different owners and that the publicly‑initiated site includes five ownership groups because of condominium ownerships on one portion.

Both items were presented as briefings; no action was taken. Staff said it had mailed owner notices for the publicly initiated amendment and will include these sites in the commission's public hearing schedule for future consideration.

Ending: If advanced, the changes would increase commercial potential along the South Howard corridor and provide modest increases in dwelling‑unit capacity; staff noted the amendments would also introduce commercial general zoning potential on land now designated residential.