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LPA pauses decision on Largo transfer station after split vote; applicant adds asbestos and dust controls to development agreement
Summary
After months of public complaints about dust and health risks, the Local Planning Agency split on the land‑use motion for a proposed transfer station in unincorporated Largo and ultimately agreed to continue FLU25‑06 / ZON25‑04 to Feb. 11 at the applicant's request. The development agreement now includes asbestos and particulate‑control language, paving of vehicle areas and on‑site truck queuing.
The Pinellas County Local Planning Agency on Jan. 17 considered companion land‑use and zoning applications (FLU25‑06 and ZON25‑04) for a roughly 1.87‑acre property in unincorporated Largo proposed for a solid‑waste transfer station with accessory outdoor sales and parking. After extended public testimony about airborne dust and a split board vote on an approval motion, the applicant asked for and received a continuance to the February meeting (the LPA recorded Feb. 11 as the return date).
Scott Swearingen, Pinellas County’s long‑range planning manager, told the board the package would change the northern 1.18 acres from commercial neighborhood to commercial general and the remaining 0.69 acres from employment to industrial general, increasing the range of industrial and commercial uses allowed by the land‑use and zoning categories. Swearingen emphasized, however, that the applicant had offered a development agreement limiting the property’s use to a narrow package — a transfer station,…
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