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Pinellas LPA unanimously recommends land‑use and zoning changes for 4.08‑acre East Lake parcel
Summary
The Local Planning Agency voted unanimously to recommend a future‑land‑use amendment (FLU25‑05) and a companion zoning atlas amendment (ZON25‑03) for a 4.08‑acre portion of a 5‑acre East Lake property. Staff said a 2015 development agreement limits the site to an 80‑bed assisted‑living facility; the owner does not wish to pursue that use.
The Local Planning Agency for Pinellas County voted unanimously to recommend a change in future land use and a companion zoning map amendment for a 4.08‑acre portion of a roughly 5‑acre property in the East Lake community. The board forwarded FLU25‑05 and ZON25‑03 to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners for final action at a hearing scheduled for Oct. 21, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the Palmer Room at 333 Chestnut Street.
Scott Swearingen, the county’s long‑range planning manager, told the board staff sought to change the site’s future land use designation from institutional to residential rural and to alter the zoning from limited institutional with a wellhead protection overlay to residential agricultural with the overlay. Swearingen said the requests are companion…
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