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Pinellas LPA recommends denial of Largo map amendment amid traffic, remediation and density concerns
Summary
The Local Planning Agency voted to deny a countywide map amendment (FLU25.09) that would have changed 18.43 acres in unincorporated Largo from Residential Urban to Residential Medium, citing staff concerns about compatibility, lack of binding assurances and unresolved brownfields remediation. The denial will be transmitted to the County Commission.
The Pinellas County Local Planning Agency on Oct. 8 recommended denial of FLU25.09, a request to change an 18.43‑acre parcel at 13400 Pine Street (unincorporated Largo) from Residential Urban (RU) to Residential Medium (RM), after extensive public comment and a heated board discussion about density, environmental remediation and traffic.
Scott Swearingen, long‑range planning manager, told the board the property was previously approved under a development agreement for a 207‑unit affordable housing project that was never built and whose agreement expired. Swearingen said…
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