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Pinellas Park council holds first reading of outdoor‑storage rules after Planning & Zoning recommendation
Summary
At first reading the council considered Ordinance 2025-13, a Land Development Code amendment to define and regulate outdoor storage of vehicles and construction equipment, adding conditional‑use requirements including distance buffers, enclosure and landscape screening; the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval and council advanced the ordinance on first reading.
The Pinellas Park City Council took first reading Thursday on Ordinance 2025-13, a proposed amendment to the city’s Land Development Code that would define "outdoor storage — vehicles and equipment" and add requirements for the use in certain commercial and industrial zoning districts.
Planning Coordinator Todd Byron told the council the proposed language would treat outdoor storage of vehicles and construction equipment as a conditional use in Heavy Commercial (CH) and Light Industrial (M1) districts, add a definition for the use and impose parking calculations and conditional‑use requirements. Byron summarized the proposed conditions: a minimum 300‑foot separation from residential zoning measured property line to property line, an enclosure of at least 8 feet (solid wall or fence), and a 10‑foot landscape buffer along the primary access roadway.
Byron said the code would also set parking standards for the use (one parking space per 10,000 sq. ft. of storage, plus one space per 300 sq. ft. of accessory office space, if applicable) and that the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval on Feb. 6. Councilmembers discussed concerns about visible stacking of vehicles at existing junkyards and whether additional height or stacking limits should be added; staff said they could consider added regulations for salvage yards and junkyards in a later amendment.
At the meeting the council voted to pass Ordinance 2025-13 on first reading; because this was a first reading the item will return for a subsequent hearing and final vote. Councilmember questions indicate the city may consider additional limits or clarifications for junkyards and vehicle stacking if the council pursues that follow‑up.
Provenance: Item introduced in the public hearing when Planning Coordinator Todd Byron presented the LDC amendment and concluded at the council’s first reading motion and voice vote to advance Ordinance 2025-13.
