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Chabad property in Palm Harbor cleared to add two modular classrooms and expand enrollment to 50
Summary
The board approved a Type 2 modification to allow two 864-square-foot modular classrooms, an increase in student capacity from 20 to 50, parking layout changes and a security vestibule at the Chabad property at 3696 Fisher Road; applicant Kenneth Fassadler said the modulars are intended to be permanent.
The Pinellas County Board of Adjustment and Appeals voted Aug. 8 to approve a Type 2 use modification for property at 3696 Fisher Road in Palm Harbor owned by Chabad of Pinellas County.
Staff presented the request (TY2Dash24Dash04) to add two 864-square-foot modular classroom buildings for a private school and daycare, increase the maximum number of students from 20 to 50, modify parking layout and convert approximately 141 square feet of awning into a security vestibule. Staff recommended conditional approval.
Kenneth Fassadler, who identified himself as a neighbor and spoke for the applicant, described the modulars and a redesigned driveway intended to organize traffic and provide adequate parking for the expanded enrollment. "We're requesting to up the students that we can have at this property from 20 to 50," Fassadler said. He said the modulars were requested to be permanent, not temporary, and noted planned landscaping and hedges to screen parking areas.
With no objections from the public on the record, a board member moved to approve staff's recommendation and the motion passed with a second. The board approved the Type 2 use modification in accordance with the staff findings of fact.
Next steps: permit processing and any conditions outlined in the staff report will guide implementation. The record does not indicate an expiration date on the modulars; the applicant said they intend them to be permanent.
