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Displaced hurricane survivors urge council for temporary permitting on Ninth Street lot; staff directed to connect residents with code enforcement
Summary
Several people displaced by recent hurricanes, living in RVs and campers on a vacant Ninth Street lot, asked Pinellas Park council for a path to legal parking or rezoning; council advised them to contact code enforcement and city planning staff and encouraged further meetings to explore options.
Several people displaced by last season’s hurricanes addressed Pinellas Park City Council on Oct. 23 seeking help to avoid becoming homeless again after being told to leave a vacant lot where they had parked RVs and campers.
Michael Walsh, who said he was speaking for a group living on the lot, told council the site is zoned M-1 (Hotel/Motel in the transcript) and that residents had received code-enforcement notices requiring them to leave. “We were all in RVs and campers and could not find a place because of all the places that were closed down to park our vehicles,” Walsh said. He asked the council to allow more time for code enforcement to work with the group, and to identify whether a temporary permit, rezoning or another administrative path…
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