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Local Planning Agency backs Ignite Academy move to Keystone Road site despite neighbor objections
Summary
The Pinellas County Local Planning Agency recommended approval of a future land use and zoning change to allow a private K–8 school at 2271 Keystone Road; staff cited compatibility and low flood risk, opponents cited traffic, privacy and trail-safety concerns. The Board of County Commissioners will consider the items Nov. 18, 2025.
The Pinellas County Local Planning Agency on Oct. 8 recommended approval of companion land-use and zoning amendments to let Ignite Academy relocate to 2271 Keystone Road in East Lake Tarpon.
Scott Swearingen, Long Range Planner for Pinellas County, told the board the 5.23-acre site is currently Residential Rural and Residential Agricultural and that the applicant seeks a future land use change to Institutional and rezoning to Limited Institutional. Swearingen said the property is not in the coastal storm or high-hazard area and that staff’s high-level trip-generation estimate for an institutional designation is roughly 570 additional daily vehicle trips;…
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