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Pinellas Park council adopts three land‑development code amendments
Summary
On second and final reading the council unanimously adopted three ordinances that add a transit‑stop definition, clean up preliminary site‑plan language in M‑1 zoning, and standardize mixed‑use terminology in Article 15 of the Land Development Code.
The Pinellas Park City Council on March 12 unanimously adopted three ordinances amending the city’s Land Development Code.
Planning coordinator Kira Brown presented the first ordinance (2026‑07) to add a definition of "transit stop" to Article 15, aligning city code with the Live Local Act and definitions used by local transit providers such as the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. Brown said the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval on Jan. 15, 2026. "Transit stops may include facilities such as shelters, benches, signage, lighting, and accessibility features," she said.
The council then approved Ordinance 2026‑08, a cleanup of section 18‑15.24.5 that removes duplicate preliminary site‑plan approval requirements for properties developed or redeveloped after Nov. 1, 2010 and consolidates general preliminary site plan language for M‑1 (light industrial) parcels.
Councilors also passed Ordinance 2026‑09, which standardizes references to "mixed use" across Article 15 by removing multiple, overlapping descriptors previously attached to that use category.
Each ordinance was presented at second and final reading; council members asked no substantive questions and the mayor called for votes recorded via the Granicus system. The chair announced that each motion "carried unanimously."
Separately, the council approved the consent agenda (items C1–C4), which included the receipt of a resignation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and authorization related to a city right‑of‑way license and a gravity sewer lateral repair contract under bid 23‑005.
City staff said the ordinances implement earlier Planning & Zoning recommendations and are intended to increase clarity and consistency in zoning review and permitting.
