Downtown Palm Harbor

(updated April 19, 2012)

Public Hearings:

Transferable Development Rights Program for Downtown Palm Harbor
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) is proposing to amend the Downtown Historic Palm Harbor Master Plan to allow Transferable Development Rights (TDR) in the OPH-D Zoning East Sub-District. The BCC will conduct a public hearings on this item on April 24, 2012 at 6:00 P.M. 

Below is a link to the Master Plan and the proposed TDR Ordinance.

• Proposed TDR Ordinance
• Downtown Historic Palm Harbor Master Plan

Old Palm Harbor-Downtown (OPH-D) Zoning District
The BCC will hold a public hearing on the proposed amendments to the OPH-D Zoning District on May 22, 2012 at 6:00 P.M.  

Below is a link to the proposed amendments to the OPH-D Ordinance.

• Proposed OPH-D Ordinance

All public hearings by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) are held at: 315 Court Street, Board’s Assembly Room, Fifth Floor, Clearwater.

Community Meetings:

 

July 20, 2011 - This meeting was the first of two scheduled public meetings to provide an opportunity for members of the Old Palm Harbor community to comment and provide input on the topics of TDR’s, parking and streetlights in Downtown Palm Harbor.

 

Topics of discussion:

 

• Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program for downtown Palm Harbor
  The proposed Transferable Development Rights (TDR) Program for Downtown Palm Harbor was discussed at the July 20, 2011 community meeting. The implementation of a TDR program in Downtown Palm Harbor would require an amendment to the Downtown Historic Palm Harbor Master Plan.
• Downtown Palm Harbor Parking Inventory and Parking Demand:
  In March and April 2011, the Pinellas County Planning Department, with the assistance of volunteers, conducted an inventory of existing parking spaces in Downtown Palm Harbor and the demand for these spaces on five days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday). There is a map that identifies the area included in the parking inventory. The attached five tables summarize the results of this inventory and the demand for parking spaces.
  • Tables and associated map.

• How streetlights might be provided downtown
  

  Below is a sample of how the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) can help property owners establish a street light district (SLD).

  • Sample description and SLD application.
    
• Power Point presentation 7-2-11

August 31, 2011 - Discussed community various options that have been developed to address the above three topics using input from the community, including comments provided at the July 20th public meeting.

• Agenda 8-31-11

Public Comments or Questions:

If you have any comments or questions about the items that were discussed at the July 20, 2011 community meeting in Downtown Palm Harbor, please email them to: planner@pinellascounty.org.

Or you can mail them to the following address:

 

Planning Director
Pinellas County Planning Department
600 Cleveland Street, Suite 750
Clearwater, FL 33755

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