Commercial Corridors & SunRunner Corridor/Station Areas

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Proposed changes to Commercial & sunrunner corridor station areas

Project Overview

The City of St. Petersburg is initiating amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text, Land Development Regulations (LDRs) and Official Zoning Map in order to implement the SunRunner Rising Development Study, which focuses on best practices for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) near and around SunRunner station areas necessary to support the continued success of this valuable community resource. The Study was a joint effort between the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), and Forward Pinellas intended to assist the cities of St. Petersburg, South Pasadena, and St. Pete Beach by providing community-supported land use strategies, equitable economic development plans and programs, and a county-wide framework for TOD in Pinellas County.

The project will also be addressing the City’s Commercial Corridors by considering increases in the allowed density and intensity in our commercial corridor zoning districts: Corridor Commercial Suburban (CCS) and Corridor Commercial Traditional (CCT).

Note: This initiative is limited to commercial and mixed-use categories only and will not include changes to single-family parcels or parcels located within National Register and Local Historic Districts.

Project Applications

  • Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment for Commercial Corridors,  SunRunner Activity Center and TEC-Local with Special Area Plan
    • Requires hearings before Community Planning and Preservation Commission (CPPC), City Council, Forward Pinellas, Board of County Commissioners
  • LDR text changes for Commercial corridors and Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street Station
    • Requires hearings before Development Review Commission (DRC) and City Council
  • Zoning Map Amendment for Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street Station
    • Requires hearings before CPPC and City Council
  • Zoning Map Amendment for Central Ave Corridor
    • Requires hearings before CPPC and City Council

UPCOMING MEETINGS

  • January 10, 2024 at 1 p.m. (tentative): DRC Workshop– LDR text changes for Commercial corridors and Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station
  • February 7, 2024 at 1 p.m. (tentative): DRC Public Hearing - LDR text changes for Commercial Corridors and Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station
  • February 13, 2024 at 2 p.m. (tentative): CPPC Public Hearing – Zoning Map Amendment for Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station
  • March 2024 (tentative): City Council 1st Public Hearing/Transmittal: Comprehensive Plan text changes; LDR text changes for Commercial Corridors and Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station; and Zoning Map Amendment Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station
  • April 2024 (tentative): Forward Pinellas Public Hearing for review and recommendation to the Countywide Planning Board of the Comprehensive Plan text changes with the LDR text changes
  • May 2024 (tentative): Countywide Planning Board Public Hearing for the Comprehensive Plan text changes with the LDR text changes
  • June 2024 (tentative): City Council Second Reading/Public Hearing Comprehensive Plan text changes; LDR text changes for Commercial Corridors and Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station; and Zoning Map Amendment Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station

PAST MEETINGS

  • November 7, 2023: CPPC Public Hearing – Comprehensive Plan text changes; Workshop Zoning Map Amendment for Sunrunner TEC-local Overlay @ 22nd Street S. Station
  • September 14, 2023: City Council Workshop @ Housing, Land Use, and Transportation Committee – Comprehensive Plan text changes, LDR text changes, Zoning Map Amendments, Video/ Agenda
  • June 21 & June 28, 2023: SunRunner Urban Station Design Charettes, SPC Midtown Campus, Jamerson Community Room 141, 1300 22nd St. S. Both events covered the same content. 
  • June 13, 2023: CPPC Workshop; City Council Chamber, City Hall, 175 5th St. N.
  • Dec. 13, 2022: CPPC Information Workshop
  • April 4, 2022: City Council acceptance of the SunRunner Rising Development Study / Video
  • Feb. 24, 2022: Committee of the Whole / Video, Presentation (Starts page 77)

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Get In Touch

Britton Wilson, Planner II
Urban Planning and Historic Preservation Division
727-551-3542

Derek Kilborn, Manager
Urban Planning and Historic Preservation Division
727-893-7872