Commission continues Corey Landings density allocation and CUP to Oct. 28 after hours of testimony and technical review

St. Pete Beach commissioners continued the first reading of an ordinance to allocate residential density to the Corey Landings mixed‑use project and postponed action on the project's conditional use permit until Oct. 28 after more than three hours of presentations, technical testimony and public comment.

The measure on first reading was ordinance 2025‑20, the developer's request to draw 25 residential units from the city's residential density pool for the modified Quarry/Corey Landings project at and near 10 Corey Avenue. The companion resolution, 2025‑23, would approve the conditional use permit for a mixed‑use development that proposes 133 condominium units, about 11,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 39 boat slips (4 Class A transient slips and 35 private slips). Staff and the applicant requested additional time to refine conditions and answer outstanding questions; the commission voted unanimously to continue both items to Oct. 28.

Core details and why it matters

The applicant told the commission the modified project reduces potential traffic compared with a previously vested approval. Transportation consultant Becca Bond of Kimley‑Horn said the 2025 modification is projected to generate 82 PM peak‑hour trips, 75 fewer PM peak‑hour trips than the 2022 vested development the property currently holds. "This subject request results in a decrease of 75 PM peak hour trips when you compare to the 2022 vested development," Bond said during her presentation.

The developer and project team described other changes since the 2022 approval: the site will contain three residential structures, a public plaza, a public park at the end of Corey Avenue, a public promenade along the north edge of the property, and the same total of 39 dock slips as previously permitted but with a reallocation from public to private slips (the earlier approval included more public slips). The proposal would return 125 units to the city's residential density pool for future allocation elsewhere…