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DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK
PILOT PROJECT
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
CITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
APPROVED MARCH 2000
REVISED AUGUST 2007
DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK
PILOT PROJECT
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
MARCH 2000
REVISED AUGUST 2007
MAYOR/CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Rick Baker
CITY COUNCIL/
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (CRA)
John Bryan, Chair
James S. Bennett, Vice Chair
Leslie Curran
Jeff Danner
Rene Y. Flowers
David W. “Bill” Foster
Herb Polson
Earnest Williams
ADMINISTRATION
Tish Elston, First Deputy Mayor/City Administrator
Goliath Davis III, Deputy Mayor for Midtown Economic Development
Rick Mussett, Senior Administrator, City Development
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One – INTRODUCTION
The Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Community
Redevelopment Plan
Overview Description of the Pilot Project Area
1
1
Legal Description
2
Redevelopment Authority
3
Redevelopment Roles
3
Redevelopment Plan Activities
3
Problems and Issues
Plan Objectives
4
5
Chapter Two – FINANCIAL PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGY
The Project
8
History of the Project Area
8
Existing Conditions
10
Streets and Traffic
10
Structural and Site Conditions
12
Diversity of Ownership
13
Lot Layout
13
Tax Base
14
Future Land Use and Zoning
14
Financing Strategy
16
Estimated Costs
18
No Tax Increment Revenues
18
Covenants and Restrictions to Effectuate the Plan
18
Enforcement
19
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Chapter Three – NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS
General Impacts
22
Residential Development
22
Traffic Circulation
23
Environmental Quality
24
Flooding
27
Community Facilities and Services
27
Social Fabric and Community Structure
28
Economic Impacts
28
Appendix A – Legal Documents
MAPS
MAP 1-1/Project Location
7
MAP 2-1/ Future Land Use
15
MAP 2-2// Zoning
17
MAP 2-3/Illustrative Site Plan
20
MAP 3-1/Community Facilities
26
TABLES
TABLE 2-1/Land Use Distribution
10
TABLE 2-2/Building and Site Conditions
13
TABLE 2-3/Proposed Sources and Uses of Funds
21
TABLE 3-1/Relocation Policy
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and facilitate the redevelopment of
the Pilot Project site to ensure that
it can attract modern industry to
the district. The development
strategy is supportive of activities
that generate sustainable jobs or
job training programs that will
provide a specific benefit to the
City of St. Petersburg and
particularly Midtown. It recognizes
that the area is no longer suitable
for residential uses. An objective is
to address inequalities present in
the inner city. 1
THE DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK PILOT
PROJECT COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
The Dome Industrial Park Pilot
Project Community Redevelopment
Plan ("Redevelopment Plan") is the
City's guide to redeveloping and
encouraging private reinvestment in
the 20.7-acre Pilot Project site in
the City's oldest industrial park, the
Dome Industrial Park (DIP). Plans
are for City investment to spur
private activity throughout the DIP,
which is located southwest of
Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.
The result of the study was to
recommend that the Dome
Industrial Park Pilot Project site be
declared a community
redevelopment area pursuant to
criteria in Florida Statutes, Chapter
163, Part III.
In March 1999, St. Petersburg City
Council ("City Council") approved
the “Dome Industrial Park Plan” to
counter the declining investment
and economic conditions of the
industrial park, with City efforts
focused on the Pilot Project. Staff
conducted studies of the area,
including the evaluation of blighted
or deteriorated conditions. The
Blight Study, adopted by City
Council on January 20, 2000 (see
Resolution No. 2000-46 in Appendix
A), was a prerequisite to the
adoption of the Redevelopment Plan
and designation of the Pilot Project
site as a community redevelopment
area. (In 2005, City Council
designated the remainder of the
DIP, approximately 158 acres, as a
community redevelopment area to
augment the revitalization efforts in
the Pilot Project and Midtown.)
The Dome Industrial Park Pilot
Project Community Redevelopment
Plan was adopted by City Council on
April 20, 2000 (see Ordinance No.
421-G). The designation and
Redevelopment Plan do not include
the establishment of a
Redevelopment Trust Fund for tax
increment revenues.
Pursuant to the requirements of
Chapter 163.362(10), FS, the
redevelopment plan will expire on
April 20, 2030.
OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION OF THE
PILOT PROJECT AREA
The Blight Study revealed that all
substantive contributing factors had
advanced blight in the area. The
Study outlined a strategy to manage
The Pilot Project Community
Redevelopment Area is generally
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bounded by 5th Avenue South on the
north, 22nd Street South on the
west, Interstate 275 on the east and
southeast. The project area totals
20.7 acres (calculated as 19 acres
for site development plus the entire
rights-of-way of 5th Avenue South
and 22nd Street South), see Map 1-1,
on page 6. The site is within the
City’s designated Florida Enterprise
Zone (EZ 5201). 2
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
Together with:
Fifth Avenue South right-of-way, bounded on
the west by the west right -of-way of 22nd
Street South and bounded on the East by the
East right-of-way of 20th Street South.
Together with:
Emerson Avenue South right-of-way, bounded
on the west by the west right-of-way of 22nd
Street South and bounded on the East by the
Northwest right-of-way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Together with:
Sixth Avenue South right-of-way, bounded on
the west by the west right-of-way of 22nd
Street South and bounded on the East by the
Northwest right-of-way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
The legal description of the Pilot
Project site is:
All that part of Lots 1 through 20 inclusive in
Block "C" and all that part of Lots 1 through 20
inclusive in Block "B", "H. A. Murphy's
Subdivision" as recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 22
of the Public Records of Hillsborough County,
Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a
part, which lies Northwest of the Northwest
right-of-way line of the Florida Department of
Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
Fairfield Avenue South right-of-way, bounded
on the west by the west right-of-way of 22nd
Street South and bounded on the East by the
Northwest right-of-way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
Together with:
Twenty second Street South right-of-way,
bounded on the North by the North right-ofway of 5th Avenue South, and bounded on the
South by the North right-of-way of 7th Avenue
South.
Together with:
All that part of Lots 1 through 12 inclusive in
Block "B", "Royal Queen" as recorded in Plat
Book 22, Page 5 of the Public Records of
Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest
of the Northwest right-of-way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
Together with:
Twenty first Street South right-of-way,
bounded on the North by the North right-ofway of 5th Avenue South, and bounded on the
South by the Northwest right-of-way of the
Florida Department of Transportation
Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
All that part of Lots 9 through 16 inclusive,
"Jerkin's Subdivision No-1" as recorded in Plat
Book 19, Page 22 of the Public Records of
Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest
of the Northwest right-of-way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
Together with:
Twentieth Street South right-of-way, bounded
on the North by the North right-of-way of 5th
Avenue South, and bounded on the South by the
Northwest right-of- way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
Together with:
All that part of the 20' wide alley lying North
of and adjacent to Lots 9 through 16 inclusive,
"Jerkin's Subdivision No-1" as recorded in Plat
Book 19, Page 22 of the Public Records of
Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest
of the Northwest right-of-way of the Florida
Together with:
A parcel of unplatted land bounded on the North
by the South right -of-way of 5th Avenue South,
bounded on the East by the West right-of-way of
20th Street South, bounded on the South by the
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North right-of-way of Emerson Avenue South,
and bounded on the West by the East right-of-way of 21st Street South.
REDEVELOPMENT ROLES
On January 20, 2000, the City
Council designated itself as the
Community Redevelopment Agency
(CRA) responsible for the Dome
Industrial Park Pilot Project
Community Redevelopment Area
and directed the City Administration
to prepare a redevelopment plan.
The CRA has the authority to amend
the Redevelopment Plan (“Plan")
with final approval by the City
Council. Some amendments will
require Board of County Commission
review as part of the delegation of
redevelopment authority to the
City. The following amendments will
require Board review:
All lying and being in Section 24, Township 31
South, Range 16 East, City of St. Petersburg,
Pinellas County, Florida.
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Redevelopment authority and
powers have been conferred to the
Pinellas County Board of County
Commissioners (Board) through the
Community Redevelopment Act of
1969, Florida Statutes, Chapter 163,
Part III, and as amended. The Board
delegated these redevelopment
powers to the City of St. Petersburg
by Resolution.
On January 20, 2000, the City of St.
Petersburg City Council declared
the Dome Industrial Park Pilot
Project site an area of blight for the
following reasons:
1. The addition of a new public
improvement program, not in
the Plan as of the date of the
original City Council adoption.
1. The 20.7 -acre site is
characterized by urban blight,
having one or more blighted
areas, and a substantial number
of deteriorated and deteriorating structures which have
led to economic distress in the
Dome Industrial Pilot Park
Project site.
2. An increase in total debt service
requirements above that
identified in the original
Redevelopment Plan.
3. An enlargement of the redevelopment area boundary.
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTIVITIES
2. The redevelopment of the Dome
Industrial Pilot Park Project site
is necessary in the interest of
the public health, safety,
morals, or welfare of the
residents of the City of St.
Petersburg.
The CRA and City Council will
achieve implementation of the
Redevelopment Plan through
methods pursuant to Chapter 163,
Part III, Community Redevelopment,
as amended. Activities will include,
but not limited to:
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Block Grant (CDBG) funds. Use of
Federal funds requires that property
acquisitions be covered by the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisition Policies
Act (URA) of 1970, as amended.
Details are in Chapter 3.
1. Establishing development guidelines, review procedures and
requirements.
2. Acquiring real property as
provided, pursuant to Chapter
163, Part III, and as amended.
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES
3. Relocating site occupants
presently residing in structures
that are acquired by the CRA or
the City, as set forth in the
Neighborhood Impact Section, or
Chapter 3 of the Plan.
Aging industrial areas near central
business districts, like the Pilot
Project site, represent unique
redevelopment problems and
opportunities.
4. Demolishing, removing, or
clearing existing buildings,
structures and improvements
necessary to comply with the
plan.
Some of the key problems are:
1. Economic decline due to little or
no development focus or
cohesiveness due to: conflicting
land use patterns, inefficient lot
and street configurations, a
decline in the growth of the tax
base, and low building-to-land
improvement ratios.
5. Constructing public
improvements needed to carry
out the Plan.
6. Managing property acquired until
the disposition of the property.
2. Physical deterioration of
structures and properties.
7. Disposing of property by sale or
lease to private enterprises or
for public purpose for uses in
accord with the Plan and with
such conditions, agreements,
and/or covenants as deemed
necessary to comply with plan
goals.
3. Poor aesthetic characteristics,
such as: poor visual identity,
weak links to nearby activity
centers, and lack of amenities.
4. Conflicting uses; the area is no
longer suitable for residential
use and is intended to address an
economic inequality in the inner
city.
A Redevelopment Trust Fund will
not be established. No
redevelopment activity will be
financed by tax increment
revenues. Funding will include the
United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development's
(U.S. HUD) Community Development
5. Visual and economic decline in
the area from the above
conditions and other socioeconomic factors, such as
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economic/market value potential.
The factors adversely impact the
area's reinvestment potential, the
City's tax base, and the public
health, safety, morals, and welfare.
relatively high crime rates, lack
of private investment, and
limited job opportunities.
6. A lack of a unified or integrated
architectural theme or
development pattern.
PLAN OBJECTIVES
The Pilot Project site is
characterized by the problems
identified above. It is comprised of
marginal commercial, industrial and
residential uses that limit the area's
potential for a unified development
project that strengthens the local
economy. The mix of incompatible
uses is a contributing factor in the
decline of the area.
The Redevelopment Plan is
necessary to provide and promote
additional mechanisms to ensure
that economic revitalization occurs.
Through the redevelopment process
involving acquisition and
assemblage of the small lots
comprising the 20.7 -acre site, the
City can establish a unified site
development. Through the
mechanisms of acquisition and
marketing, the City can attract a
prospective developer and/or
company to the site, design
performance standards that help to
address a unified approach and
enhance the overall development
pattern.
The decline of the area also has
been due to the lack of an
identifiable district. A modern
business park offers a defined
product to a prospective tenant, or
owner. It has a defined property
boundary, landscaping, entry walls
and signs, which the Dome Industrial
Park and its Pilot Project lack.
The Pilot Project development is
intended to spur private investment
and business retention throughout
the Dome Industrial Park,
magnifying the City's efforts to
achieve a unified development
pattern throughout the Dome
Industrial District.
Factors in the area that limit sound
growth and impact the tax base
include: a disproportionately high
percentage of the buildings in the
area are deteriorated and
dilapidated compared to the entire
City, vacant parcels are not
maintained, parking lots do not
meet size and landscape
requirements, and industrial uses do
not meet buffer wall or landscape
requirements.
At the time of adoption, the plan
called for the City to acquire the 62
parcels that comprise the 20.7-acre
planned site. The small parcels are
owned by 35 owners in noncontiguous parcels. The interior
rights-of-way will be included in the
assemblage. The City would upgrade
the infrastructure to the assembled
There is diversity in ownership, and
a low land-value-to-improvementvalue ratio, representing
underutilization in
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parcel as well as the boundary roads
and internal circulation. The
improved tract would be offered for
sale to a developer and/or company
to build and/or move facilities that
could accommodate 600 jobs or
provide job training for the
residents of Midtown and the City of
St. Petersburg. Primary hiring
opportunities would focus on
residents in the surrounding inner
city neighborhoods. 3
By 2001, the City had assembled all
the property within the Pilot
Project site. In 2003, it began
renovating the Manhattan Casino
located on the site and had started
infrastructure planning efforts to
support the future user.
The City issued a request for
proposals in 2005 seeking a
developer or end-user for the Pilot
Project site as well as consideration
of the site for a Job Corps facility to
be operated by the Department of
Labor (DOL). In September 2005,
City Council selected the Job Corps
proposal and in 2006, the property
was sold to the DOL. When built,
Job Corps will provide
comprehensive educational and
vocational training programs for
students who live, study and work in
a campus setting.
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of Ordinance 746-G.
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THE PROJECT
is estimated to be 300,000 square
feet. The planned facilities can
accommodate at least 600 jobs or
house and train participants in a job
training program. Employee
recruitment and retention, along
with training, will address the
public benefit requirement of the
U.S. HUD programs. The $5,500,000
in Federal outlays to the project is
equivalent to $9,250 per job, less
than the one job per $50,000 and
the one job per $35,000 thresholds
set by U.S. HUD in reviewing
funding applications. 2
City efforts are targeted toward the
support of existing businesses and
the recruitment of new businesses
in the Dome Industrial Park. The
barriers to business growth,
negative images, small lots,
obsolete buildings and inadequate
infrastructure, described in more
detail in sections below, will be
eliminated through property
acquisition and assemblage as well
as site clean-up and infrastructure
improvements in the area.
Through acquisition, assemblage and
upgrading of infrastructure, the
Redevelopment Plan addresses the
blighting conditions that have
developed over several decades and
the deterioration in the roads, traffic
circulation, poor conditions of
physical structures and low tax
receipts from the 20.7-acre area. The
adoption of the Redevelopment Plan
can be expected to enhance job
opportunities in the immediate area
and increase tax revenues to the City.
The problems addressed by the
Redevelopment Plan are summarized
below.
The focus of the Redevelopment
Plan is the Pilot Project Site which
comprises 20.7 gross acres. The
area is currently zoned Institutional
Center (IC) and Corridor Commercial
Traditional -1. 1
Total U.S. HUD funding includes the
Brownfields Economic Development
Initiative (BEDI) grant of $1,000,000
and CDBG funds. The total Federal
funds of $5,550,000 are specifically
budgeted for: 1) acquisition of land,
2) relocation assistance, 3) site
preparation, and 4) special
economic development activities.
The total project cost is estimated
to be at least $25,500,000. This
total reflects that one or more
developers will acquire the tract
from the City (after it is assembled,
remediated and improved with
upgraded infrastructure) and build
improvements. Total building area
HISTORY OF PROJECT AREA
1
2
The history of the project area is
closely related to its proximity to
the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
Historically, properties near railroad
lines were generally developed with
industrial uses. Most cargo was
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and the 22nd Street South
commercial hub. Decades after the
construction of the interstate
highway system, planners
recognized that such roadway
construction had inherent blighting
effects on the immediate
neighborhoods that were bulldozed
to accommodate vehicles.
transported by rail before the
introduction of the motor vehicle.
Industrial areas at the turn of the
century were not subject to the
performance standards in place
today which protect the
environment. The areas were often
unhealthy and unsafe.
Development along the railroad
lines in St. Petersburg followed the
classic pattern. In the subject area,
industrial uses developed near the
railroad and workers housing were
developed along the fringe. The
small modest houses were occupied
by African-American residents who
were part of the Gas Plant
neighborhood. The Gas Plant
neighborhood consisted of a tightly
knit African-American community.
The community included schools
and community gathering places
with a commercial hub along 22nd
Street South.
In the 1960s and 1970s, City leaders
viewed the Gas Plant area east of 1275 as an opportunity for
redevelopment with a modern
industrial park and multi-family
residences. In 1978, the Gas Plant
neighborhood was identified as
blighted and a redevelopment plan
was adopted for its revitalization. In
the early 1980s, the Gas Plant
Redevelopment Plan was revised
and incorporated into the Intown
Redevelopment Plan to
accommodate a regional domed
stadium complex. Most of the Gas
Plant neighborhood was demolished
in the 1980s for the stadium
development.
The area began to dramatically
change with the abolishment of the
Jim Crow laws and the subsequent
civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Residents could shop and work
throughout the City. This led to the
decline of the 22nd Street South
commercial corridor and the
surrounding neighborhood.
The remaining Gas Plant
neighborhood, part of the subject
area, became isolated due to the
interstate highway construction. It
declined significantly. With the rise
of suburban industrial parks and the
shift from the railroad to interstate
cargo distribution, the number of
industrial businesses in the area
declined.
Another change that impacted the
area was the completion of the
northern part of Interstate 275 (1275) into downtown St. Petersburg
in the 1970s. 1-275 sliced through
the area, separating the Gas Plant
neighborhood from the subject area
The industrial zoning in the subject
area precludes new housing
construction and deters investment
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in the existing housing stock. The
small lot layout and the inadequate
road network do not support the
needs of modern industrial users.
(undeveloped and residential)
results in the availability of more
than 11.2 acres (54 percent) for
new industrial development. Rightsof-way account for 4.6 acres, or 22
percent of the Pilot Project site.
There are 4.8 acres now with
commercial and/or industrial uses,
some of which are planned for
redevelopment as part of the Pilot
Project program.
To rectify this situation, the City
has embarked upon an ambitious
program to re-establish the area as
a major employment or job training
center to provide hundreds of jobs
or job training opportunities in the
inner city. Improvements to roads,
lot configurations, utilities, and
amenities are planned which meet
the needs of businesses. To
accomplish the important goal of
business retention, job training and
job generation, it is the role of
government to intervene to
stimulate investment and reverse
the trend of blight. The
Redevelopment Plan for the Dome
Industrial Park Pilot Project
Community Redevelopment Area
presents the steps to successfully
realize the economic development
potential of the area. 3
Table 2-1 provides a detailed
breakdown of the land uses within
the Pilot Project site at the time
the Redevelopment Plan was
adopted in 2000. Map 2-1 shows the
zoning district that is in the area.
Table 2-1
Land Use Distribution
Pilot Project Community Redevelopment
Area
Land Use
Acres
Percentage
Vacant
7.4
36
Single-Family
3.0
15
Multi-Family
0.5
2
DuplexlTriplex
0.3
1
Commercial
3.7
18
Industrial
1.1
5
Preservation
0.1
1
Right-of-Way
4.6
22
Total
20.7
100%
EXISTING CONDITIONS
Land uses of the Pilot Project
Community Redevelopment Area
(“Pilot Project Site”) are on 20.7
acres. Of the total site area, 7.4
acres, or roughly 36 percent of the
planning area, are undeveloped.
Another 3.8 acres, or 18 percent,
are developed with nonconforming
residential uses proposed for
redevelopment. The combination of
these two land use categories
STREETS AND TRAFFIC
Of all the components necessary to
ensure the development of a
successful industrial or business
park, transportation access is the
most important. It is for this reason
that the majority of
commercial/industrial facilities
have been located with ready
access to railways, airports,
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rather onto major arterial roadways
that provide access to the interstate
roadway system.
waterways, and major roadways and
interstate highways.
The roadway network in the Pilot
Project Site does not meet the
current minimum requirements
established for modern industrial
park development. The roadways
are too narrow for heavy and wide
truck traffic. Turning radii are
insufficient for large vehicles and
vehicles with trailers. Roadway
surfaces are improper for heavy
day-to-day use.
Of benefit to the Pilot Project area
is its boundary with 22nd Street
South (two-lane collector) and 5th
Avenue South (four-lane collector).
Both roadways have the capacity
needed to support successful
industrial development. Presently,
22nd Street South and 5th Avenue
South operate at an acceptable
level of service (LOS) of "D" or
better. Fifth Avenue South, a major
east-west City collector roadway,
provides exceptional access to
Interstate 275 via the Interstate 175
feeder Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Street South. Northbound access
onto Interstate 275 is at 28th Street
South and southbound access is at
31st Street South. Truck entry from
28th Street South is difficult because
of the narrow roadway, limiting
maneuverability. In addition, 20th
Street provides northbound access
onto Interstate 275 at 5th Avenue
North.
Several streets end with dead ends
or at ninety degree angles to other
streets. Historically, the street and
block pattern in this part of St.
Petersburg represents an extension
of the grid pattern upon which
much of the City is arranged. While
appropriate for general commercial
and residential development, this
block pattern does not easily
accommodate modern industrial
needs, especially those of firms
needing large floor plate and
assembly line layouts.
Road Width
The new business park
developments in the Gateway and
Carillon areas, in northern St.
Petersburg, demonstrate the type of
development sites desired by today's
industrial and business users. The
sites are large to accommodate
industrial needs and anticipated
expansions. Roadways are wide with
ample room for turning movements
and maneuvering. Traffic is not
distributed on the grid system, as is
the case with residential traffic, but
When the Pilot Project blight study
was adopted, internal roadways
within the Pilot Project Site were
inadequate to support truck traffic
typically associated with industrial
development. Existing paved roadway
surfaces were twenty (20) feet wide
and existing brick surfaces were thirty
(30) feet wide. According to the
Institute of Transportation Engineers
(ITE), the minimum width of
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driveways into industrial parks should
be twenty-eight (28) feet and the
minimum width of service roads
internal to the park should be twentyfour (24) feet. The desirable lane
width for industrial traffic, however,
is fourteen (14) feet for each lane
and twenty-eight (28) feet total.
Based upon these standards, the
paved streets within the Pilot Project
Site were substandard for industrial
traffic. In addition, brick streets are
inappropriate for regular heavy truck
traffic.
Dead Ends and Rigid Angles
industrial park development range
from a minimum of twenty-five (25)
feet to a more a desirable forty (40)
feet. Some municipalities have
required radii up to fifty (50) feet,
if feasible, to allow for easier truck
movement.
Improvements in the Pilot Project
Site will reflect the current
standards. The existing radii of the
intersections in the Pilot Project
area will be upgraded to
accommodate current industrial
development and will be supportive
of modern production requirements.
STRUCTURAL AND SITE
CONDITIONS
The maneuverability of truck traffic
within an industrial park is critical
to the market success. Dead end
streets and sharp right angle
intersections prevent trucks from
turning easily and impair
opportunities to attract quality,
industrial business. The 1999 blight
study for the Pilot Project Site
identified these features as an
impediment to business expansion.
A substantial number of
deteriorated buildings or
substandard sites in the Pilot
Project Community Redevelopment
Area reflected the lack of private
investment in the development,
redevelopment, and maintenance of
building assets. Deteriorated
buildings and site improvements
impair future growth by
contributing to a poor environment
unattractive to private investment.
Turning Radii
The turning radius is the curve
created at the intersection of two
streets or a driveway with a street.
The size of the turning radius
determines the ease with which a
person can maneuver a vehicle
when turning a corner.
In June 1999, the City's Economic
Development and Property
Management Department conducted
a structural condition survey of the
Pilot Project area. The survey
evaluated 41 structures in the area
in terms of building and site
conditions. Table 2-2 summarizes
building and site conditions.
As identified in the 1999 blight
study, the existing radii of street
intersections in the project area are
twenty (20) feet. The standards for
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An estimated 59 percent of the 41
buildings within the Pilot Project
site were in an overall condition of
deterioration or dilapidation. In
addition, 76 percent of all sites
were in the same blighted
condition.
percent, are in separate noncontiguous ownership. It should be
noted that a handful of property
owners, including the City, own
multiple properties on more than
one block. However, because these
properties are non-contiguous, they
are considered as separately owned
from the perspective of land
assembly. Given the large number
of individual owners within this
relatively small area, the prospect
for land assembly of the entire area
represents a challenge to any
potential industrial developer.
Of the 41 structures, only two
buildings were recommended to be
"maintained." Twenty-four
properties were identified for either
"Minor" or "Major" rehabilitation,
and fifteen were recommended for
complete "Redevelopment."
Table 2-2
Building and Site Conditions
Pilot Project CRA
Building or Site
Components 4
Walls, Chimney (41)
Roof (41)
Paint (40)
Windows/Doors (41)
Stairs/Porch (34)
Overall (41)
Fences (11)
Landscaping (23)
Overall (41)
Deteriorated
or Dilapidated
6
5
5
7
4
4
6
11
31
LOT LAYOUT
% of
Buildings
39
61
63
66
71
59
55
48
76
Although several individual
properties demonstrated aspects of
maintenance and may be free from
blighting conditions, it was the
OVERALL appearance of the project
area that impaired new
development, not just the
appearance of anyone building.
When the blight study was
approved, there were 62 parcels in
the Pilot Project Site. Of these
properties, twenty (20) or 32
percent did not meet the minimum
dimensional requirements of the
zoning code. The lots were below
the minimum lot width and/or lot
area required for industrial
development in the Industrial
General (IG) zoning district that was
in effect at the time of the blight
study.
At least five parcels were
landlocked without direct access to
a right-of-way. Landlocked parcels
impair the potential for
redevelopment.
DIVERSITY OF OWNERSHIP
Because nonconforming and/or
inaccessible lots did not meet the
needs of today's industrial
developer, much of the project area
has remained undeveloped. Through
Of the 62 parcels within the project
area, 46 of the parcels, or 74
4
(#) indicates number of buildings with said
components.
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undeveloped with no improvement
contributing to the low value.
the Plan, the assemblage of the
small lots into a 20.7-acre tract will
address obstacles that have
impaired development in the Pilot
Project Site.
FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING 5
Under the Future Land Use Map of
the City’s adopted Comprehensive
Plan (1998), the subject 20.7-acre
area is designated for
“Institutional” and “Planned
Redevelopment-Mixed Use” uses,
the locations for which are shown
on Map 2-1 and are defined as
follows:
TAX BASE
The loss of potential tax revenues
has the broadest effect on a
community. Property taxes are-one
of the largest single sources of
revenue available to the City for
general government services.
Institutional
The land-to-improvement value
ratio is an important indicator of
investment within an area. The
ratio indicates the relationship
between every dollar value of land
and every dollar value of
improvements on that land. A
higher ratio indicates a greater
amount of development and
investment, and generally
corresponds to lower amounts of
vacant land.
Limited to designation of federal, state and
local public buildings and grounds,
cemeteries, hospitals, churches and
religious institutions and educational uses.
Residential uses having a density not to
exceed 12.5 dwelling units per acre, are
also allowed. Residential equivalency uses
are not to exceed 3 beds per dwelling unit.
Non-residential uses permitted in the land
development regulations are not to exceed
a floor area ratio of 0.55.
Planned Redevelopment – Mixed Use (MU)
In the Pilot Project Site, the total
assessed value of land, according to
the 1999 tax roll, was $344,400. The
total assessed value of
improvements was $416,200. The
two assessments established a landto-improvement value ratio of
1:1.21. The ratio indicated that for
every dollar value of land within the
entire district, the value of
improvements on the land are only
slightly higher than the value of the
land itself. Almost one-third of the
land in the project area was
Allowing mixed use retail, office, service
and medium density residential uses not to
exceed a floor area ratio of 1.25 and a net
residential density of 24 dwelling units per
acre. Residential equivalent uses are not
to exceed 3 beds per dwelling unit and
transient accommodation uses shall not
exceed 24 units per acre. An ancillary nonresidential use which exceeds three (3)
acres, a transportation/utility use which
exceeds three (3) acres, or an institutional
use which exceeds five (5) acres, whether
alone or when added to existing contiguous
like use(s), shall require a Future Land Use
Plan map amendment that shall include
5
This section amended in 2005 by Section 5
of Ordinance 746-G.
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such use and all contiguous like uses.
Research/Development, Commercial
Recreation, and Light Manufacturing/
Assembly (Class A) uses shall be allowed in
this plan category only on the basis of and
pursuant to local government standards
which address, as a minimum, the following
criteria in relationship to the nature of the
proposed use: neighboring uses and the
character of the commercial area in which
it is to be located; noise, solid waste and
air quality emission standards; hours of
operation; traffic generation; and parking,
loading, storage and service provisions.
please consult the land
development regulations. 6
FINANCING STRATEGY
Although the first phase of the
project costs $7.5 million and
generates estimated sales proceeds
of only $2,272,000, the City
considers the subsidy a worthwhile
expenditure of funds. Currently, the
20.7acre site is a pocket of poverty
with a concentration of
deteriorated and dilapidated
structures. Short term, the project
will create 600 new jobs, create a
dramatic physical improvement in
the area and produce economic
benefits for neighborhood residents
and welfare-to-work participants.
Moreover, the Park will increase the
ad valorem tax base by a minimum
of $18 million. (The City will realize
increased revenues of
approximately $180,000 annually.)
It will generate other tax revenues
related to increased business
activity (such as increased sales
taxes, business license fees, utility
fees and other charges). The
broader impact will be the
increased investment throughout
the Dome Industrial Park (DIP),
generating similar revenues.
The Pilot Project Site is zoned
predominantly Institutional Center
(IC) with the Manhattan Casino site
zoned for Corridor Commercial
Traditional-1. he Institutional
Center zoning district is designed to
accommodate major public/semipublic uses such as hospitals,
universities and government
facilities. Institutions such as these
are encouraged to develop master
plans designed to guide the
construction of projects over the
life of the facility. The CCT-1 zoning
district promotes a traditional
development pattern characteristic
of early 20th century main streets.
Proposed uses for developments in
CCT-1 could include shopping,
service, employment and
residential. Residential projects are
also awarded a density bonus of 6
units per acre for the provision of
work-force housing. Map 2-2 shows
the zoning for the Pilot Project Site
and surroundings. For more
information on each zoning district,
***
6
This paragraph amended in 2005 by
Section 5 of Ordinance 746-G.
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The City accepts the costs because
the public benefits exceed, or are
commensurate with, the risk and
cost associated with the Project.
The redevelopment is timed to
complement surrounding public
investments, including the $26
million HOPE VI award, and CDBG
funding being spent on the
commercial revitalization of the
22nd Street South corridor.
COVENANTS & RESTRICTIONS TO
EFFECTUATE THE PLAN
Property Disposition and
Enforcement Policy
For the purposes of the
Redevelopment Plan, the City
and/or the Community
Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is
authorized to sell, lease, exchange,
subdivide, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber by mortgage or deed of
trust, or otherwise dispose of any
interest in real property. To the
extent permitted by law, the City
and/or CRA is authorized to dispose
of real property, in accordance with
Florida Statute Chapter 163 and in
compliance with the Redevelopment
Plan.
With the approval of a $4 million
Section 108 loan and the $1 million
BEDI grant, the City has sufficient
sources to complete the first phase
of the Pilot Project, in order to
attract private investors and
companies that will bring job
opportunities to the residents of the
surrounding neighborhoods.
ESTIMATED COSTS
Owner participation is an important
part of ensuring a cohesive
revitalization program. Before the
City pursues any development
project on a particular site, contact
will be made with the property
owners to determine their interest
in offering the property to the City
at a market value. Because the
acquisition will involve Federal
funds, the owners of the privately-owned parcels to be acquired, as
well as the tenants, will be notified
under the URA guidelines.
To implement the Redevelopment
Plan, the total cost is estimated to
be $7,500,000. Table 2-3 on page 19
highlights the estimated costs and
funding sources for the Dome
Industrial Park Pilot Project
Community Redevelopment Plan.
NO TAX INCREMENT REVENUES
No redevelopment activities will be
financed by tax increment
revenues.
No indebtedness,
described in the Redevelopment
Plan, will be repaid with tax
increment revenues.
The CRA may determine in its sole
discretion that it is in the best
interest of the City to acquire such
property for development by the
City or offer it through competitive
bidding.
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underlying zoning district
requirements. 7
The City and/or the CRA shall
reserve such powers and controls
through disposition and
development agreements with the
purchaser or lessee of the property,
as may be necessary to insure that
development conforms to this Plan.
The leases, deeds, contracts,
agreements, and declarations of
restrictions may contain
restrictions, covenants, covenants
running with the land, rights of
reverter, conditions subsequent,
equitable servitudes or any other
provisions necessary to carry out the
Plan.
2. All development and
redevelopment sites shall comply
with the zoning requirements for
open space, parking, and
setbacks, and other city codes;
except for variances granted by
the appropriate commission,
board or person officially
designated in writing by the
Mayor to perform designated
duties (POD).
The provisions of the Plan and other
documents entered into pursuant to
this Plan also may be enforced by
Court litigation instituted by either
the CRA or the City. Such remedies
may include, but are not limited to,
specific performance, damages, reentry, injunctions, or any other
remedies appropriate to the
purposes of this Plan. Any recorded
provisions that are expressly for the
benefit of owners of property in the
Pilot Project area may be enforced
by such owners. The provisions of
this Plan shall be effective for 30
years from the original date of
adoption of this Plan by the City
Council. Pursuant to the
requirements of Chapter
163.362(10) and 163.385(1)(a), FS,
the Redevelopment Plan will expire
on April 20, 2030.
ENFORCEMENT
After development, the
administrative enforcement of the
Redevelopment Plan and other
documents implementing this
Redevelopment Plan shall be
performed by the City or the CRA.
All development and redevelopment
projects that occur on the Pilot
Project site are required to follow
the development design review
process outlined below:
1. All projects within the
redevelopment area shall be
submitted to the CRA or CRA
staff for review, pursuant to CRA
review submission requirements,
to determine consistency with
the development guidelines of
the Redevelopment Plan, and
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Map 2-3 Illustrative Site Plan of Proposed Job Corps Facility
north
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Table 2-3
Sources and Uses of Funds
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GENERAL IMPACTS
Industrial Park Pilot Project site was
zoned Industrial General. In 2004,
most of the Pilot Project site was
rezoned Industrial Park-1, while the
Manhattan Casino site was zoned
Commercial Industrial. In late 2005,
the site was rezoned entirely
Commercial Industrial to
accommodate the proposed Job
Corps facility. With the citywide
rezoning in 2007 to implement the
new land development regulations,
the Pilot Project Site was zoned for
Institutional Center, while the
Manhattan Casino property was
zoned Commercial Corridor
Traditional-1. Permitted uses and
activities tend to be noisy and
dusty, disruptive of normal daily
residential quality. Thus, the
acquisition of small, blighted
residential units will eliminate the
conflict between the uses and
provide decent housing to former
residents of the redevelopment
area.
Proposed public and private
redevelopment will have a number
of far-reaching positive impacts on
the Pilot Project site as well as on
surrounding areas in terms of the
following:
1. Increased job opportunities;
2. Increased business opportunities;
3. Improved environmental quality
and economic justice; and
4. Expanded tax base that will
lessen the property tax burden
on all St. Petersburg citizens.
While specific impacts cannot be
determined until concrete proposals
are submitted, this section attempts
to quantify the range of impacts
that might be expected with respect
to displacement of existing
occupants and environmental
quality.
Relocation
The City of St. Petersburg ensures
fair and equal treatment of owners
and tenants who are displaced as a
result of the acquisition of property.
Because the land acquisition and
infrastructure improvements will be
carried out using U.S. HUD CDBG
funds, the administration of the
relocation program and the
provision of relocation benefits fall
under the requirements established
through the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act (URA) of
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
As described in the Blight Study, the
Pilot Project site is no longer
suitable for residential use. The
Redevelopment Plan provides
employment opportunities for
residents in the surrounding
neighborhoods, where
unemployment rates have been
above 10 percent.
At the time the Redevelopment Plan
was adopted in 2000, the Dome
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1970, as amended. The benefits are
outlined on Table 3-1, see page 24.
real estate information and
assistance.
All individuals (owners, tenants, or
businesses) being displaced
(displacees) in the Pilot Project Site
are eligible for relocation assistance
under the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act (URA)
regardless of income. URA covers
any person of any income. If tenants
have incomes below 80 percent of
the area median income ($45,600
for a family of four in 1999), they
may qualify under Section 104(d) of
the URA. Any tenant having an
income below 80 percent of the
area median income has the option
to choose assistance under Section
104(d) or the general guidelines of
the URA. Under Section 104(d), a
displaced person is eligible for
assistance for 60 months, whereas,
under the URA general guidelines,
the assistance is 42 months (refer to
Exhibit 7-1 in the U.S. HUD 1378
Handbook for differences under
Section 104(d). Written notice is to
be given to an occupant/ tenant/
business to be displaced 90 days
prior to displacement.
City staff will provide technical and
counseling assistance to displacees,
both commercial and residential, in
locating suitable replacement units
and facilities that are comparable
and within a tenant's financial
means as well as compute and
secure moving expenses. Eligible
residential displacees, having been
displaced by "governmental action,"
may have ready access to "assisted
housing." City staff will provide
assistance in coordination with the
appropriate agencies for this
purpose.
In regard to residential
displacement, the City shall provide
tenants with a 90-day notice in
advance of the need for the tenant
to move from the unit. In addition,
the notice shall contain information
explaining sources of relocation
assistance and assistance in
identifying comparable replacement
housing. The URA requirements are
in addition to the requirements of
the State Landlord-Tenant Act.
TRAFFIC CIRCULATION
The City provides further assistance
to displacees through referrals to
City-owned Jamestown Townhouses
and Apartments, Public Housing,
and Federally Assisted Housing.
City-owned Jamestown and the
Housing Authority give displacees a
first opportunity to lease when
housing becomes available.
Displacees also are offered general
Of the streets internal to the
project area, all paved streets have
inadequate width for truck traffic
and the existing brick streets are
inappropriate for an industrial land
use. Most internal grid streets will
be eliminated through the
assemblage of the lots into the
20.7-acre tract. Traffic circulation
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Redevelopment" projects may result
in the removal of some existing
trees, but any trees larger than two
inches in diameter at breast height
(DBH) may be removed only with
the approval of the City's Urban
Forester. The Urban Forester shall
only approve the removal of those
trees located in an area where a
structure or an improvement will be
placed according to an approved
plan, or by meeting the conditions
for removal set forth by City
ordinances related to tree removal.
As a condition of granting a permit,
the applicant shall be required to
relocate the trees being removed or
replace the tree(s) in accordance
with the City ordinances. In
addition, all trees with a DBH of
three (3) inches or greater are
protected during construction under
the tree protection regulations of
the City.
will be enhanced, reducing noise
and emissions with the widening of
the perimeter streets and
intersections at major avenues.
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Specific environmental impacts only
can be determined on the basis of
specific project proposals. For this
reason, the following impacts of
redevelopment on the
environmental quality are general in
nature and content.
Drainage
Most of the redevelopment area is
occupied by structures, paved
rights-ofway, and paved surface
parking that were completed before
enactment of the City's regulations
related to the landscaping of
vehicular areas. New development
will meet Code requirements that
mandate the provision of green,
permeable open space. The current
Code helps improve the storm water
runoff situation by allowing
increased percolation of rain water
into the ground. In addition,
development will have to meet the
Drainage and Surfacewater
Management Ordinance.
All new development will be
required to meet open space
requirements and applicable
landscaping regulations. In
conjunction with proposed parking
and sidewalk improvements, the
new improvements should
considerably increase the amount of
vegetation in the redevelopment
area.
Vegetation
Noise
The majority of the redevelopment
area is either commercial or
industrial in nature with a sparse
vegetative cover.
Both the City and Pinellas County
have noise regulations. Maximum
noise levels permitted for
construction, demolition, and
commercial/industrial land uses also
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are established by the City's
Ordinance. The noise level
guidelines provide general
limitations to be observed as
redevelopment occurs. Because
industrial and commercial uses will
predominate in this area, no
violation of this Ordinance is
anticipated. Construction and
demolition activities will be
conducted within the limits of the
Ordinance.
Water Quality
All development and redevelopment
shall meet Southwest Florida Water
Management District and City water
quality and drainage requirements.
Air Quality
Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties
are in the same airshed and have
been designated by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency as
a maintenance area for ozone.
Ozone (03) is a colorless and highly
unstable form of oxygen which is
the principal component of urban
smog. Ozone is not emitted directly
into the air from any one source. It
is formed by a complex chemical
reaction which combines volatile
organic compounds (VOC), oxides of
nitrogen (NOJ and
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Table 3-1 1
Relocation Policy
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Occupant
Relocation Expenses
Residential
Tenant
(> 90 days)
Eligible for relocation assistance under URA.1 Payment to be determined by URA
requirements, as outlined in Chapter 3-5 in the U.S. HUD 1378 Handbook 2.
Actual moving and related expenses shall be provided to tenants unless they prefer
fixed moving expenses which vary based upon the number of rooms of furniture, ranging
from $450 (1 room) to $1,450 (8 rooms). Refer to Chapter 3-2(a) in the U.S. HUD 1378
Handbook and Appendix 28 for the moving expense chart for fixed move expenses.
Residential
Tenant
(> 90 days)
Eligible for rental assistance payment up to $5,250. If payment exceeds $5,250 by URA
calculations the City must provide the higher amount. actual moving and related
expenses shall be provided to tenants unless they prefer fixed moving expenses which
vary based upon the number of rooms of furniture, ranging from $450 (1 room) to
$1,450 (8 rooms). Refer to Chapter 3-2(a) in U.S. HUD 1378 Handbook and Appendix 28
for the moving expense chart for fixed move expenses.
Residential
Homeowner
180-day
Eligible for replacement housing up to $22,500 to purchase other housing (if payment
exceeds $22,500 by URA calculations, the City must provide the higher amount). If a
person chooses to rent instead of purchase, then the City would follow the rental
assistance guidelines for a 90-day tenant. Actual moving and related expenses shall be
provided to occupants unless they prefer fixed moving expenses which vary based upon
the number of rooms of furniture, ranging from $450 (1 room) to $1,450 (8 rooms).
Refer to Chapter 3-2(a) in U.S. HUD 1378 Handbook and Appendix 28 for the moving
expense chart for fixed move expenses.
Business
Actual moving and related expenses shall be provided to small businesses. In addition,
they may be reimbursed for actual expenses, not to exceed $1,000, that are incurred in
searching for a replacement location (including transportation, meals and lodging, time
spent searching, and fees paid to a real estate agent to locate a replacement site).
Refer to Chapter 4-2 in the US. HUD 1378 Handbook. Eligible to receive a payment, not
to exceed $10,000, for reasonable expenses actually incurred in relocating and
reestablishing operations. Refer to Chapter 4-3(b) in the US. HUD 1378 Handbook.
A business may be eligible for a fixed payment if it meets the criteria listed in Chapter
4-5. Payment would be equal to the average annual net earnings of the business, not to
exceed $20,000 nor be less than $1,000. Refer to Chapter4-5(a)(2) in the US. HUD 1378
Handbook.
1
Relocation is not a negotiated item, it is whatever the displaced person(s) is eligible to receive according to the
calculations under URA. The purchase contract is separate from relocation. Relocation benefits should not be
included as part of the purchase contract.
2
The "U.S. HUD 1378 Handbook" refers to Handbook 1378, "Tenant Assistance, Relocation and Real Property
Acquisition," United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and
Development, Washington D.C., September 1990, reprinted in April 1997.
1
Under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (URA) of
1970, as amended.
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Insurance Rate Map 125148-0022B,
dated November 2, 1994, the entire
Pilot Project Site is in Flood Zone
"C," an area of minimal flooding.
carbon monoxide (CO) in the
presence of sunlight. VOCs are
emitted primarily from
transportation sources such as
motor vehicles and from biogenic
sources such as the photosynthesis
cycle of many trees and plants. NOx
are emitted from any source of
combustion including coal or oilfired electric utility boilers or other
stationary sources that consume
non-renewable fossil fuels. CO is the
by-product of the incomplete
combustion of carbon in fuels and is
primarily from transportation
sources.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND
SERVICES
The provision of new site
improvements including new
sidewalks, street improvements,
drainage systems, planned green
space and buffer strips, and
adequate parking and lighting is
anticipated to have a positive
impact on the Pilot Project Site,
and the entire industrial park.
Located within a two-mile radius of
the project area are neighborhood
and community parks and mini-parks
(open space), see Map 3-1 on page
27. Adequate fire and police
services are provided by the St.
Petersburg Police and Fire
Departments.
No significant increased demand on
these services is anticipated as a
result of the proposed activities and
the resulting private development.
Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties
were formerly designated as a nonattainment area due to a high
concentration of ozone. Although
the area now meets National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for
ozone, it is considered a
maintenance area rather than an
attainment area because problems
with ozone could potentially
reoccur. The adoption of the
Redevelopment Plan is not expected
to result in any new point sources of
air pollution which would require
state or Federal permits.
Determinations as to the need for
Regional or Environmental Impact
Statements based on increases in
parking spaces or peak hour traffic
are contingent upon a specific
project proposal.
School Population
The present school age population
within the project area attends
several schools, and the dispersal of
some families from the project area
is not anticipated to have any
significant impact on the school
system.
FLOODING
Based upon the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Flood
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surrounding area, generating
increases in tax revenues that may
be applied to schools, as well as
greater intangible and sales tax
revenues to the State and City.
Other additional revenue increases
may be anticipated in utility,
electric and telephone franchise
fees to the City. In addition, the
Redevelopment Plan offers the
opportunity for job training
programs that provide specific
benefits to the City of St.
Petersburg and particularly to
Midtown. 2
SOCIAL FABRIC AND COMMUNITY
STRUCTURE
Given that there are residents
within the Redevelopment Area,
relocation will involve the dispersal
of long-term residents. The
relocation from the deteriorated
structures is anticipated to
significantly improve the living
conditions of the families and
businesses affected on a short-term
basis. It will enhance the physical
environmental character of the
redevelopment area and its
surroundings.
The Pilot Project site and Dome
Industrial Park are in the statedesignated Enterprise Zone (EZ).
Businesses in the EZ can utilize a
range of incentives, encouraging
private investment in development
and business expansion. 3
In addition to beneficial impacts to
the immediate industrial park,
redevelopment of the 20.7 -acre
site within the Dome Industrial Park
area will have a communitywide
impact. Residents may be able to
walk to job opportunities close their
homes.
With good paying jobs, greater
incomes will support the expansion
of retail shops and services in the
adjoining neighborhoods,
strengthening the local economies
of the neighborhoods.
The plan calls for the construction
by the private, public or nonprofit
sectors of up to 300,000 square feet
of industrial space that can
accommodate an estimated 600 jobs
or to provide the square footage
necessary for implementing a job
training program. Such an
investment can be expected to
increase business and employment
opportunities throughout the Dome
Industrial Park. The initial
investment will spur new
development on nearby property.
Existing structures will be upgraded,
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The Redevelopment Plan will have
significant positive impacts on the
revitalization of the area and
provide city-wide benefits as well.
Redevelopment will expand the tax
base, either directly through
development within the area or
indirectly through generating a
trained pool of workers which will
attract other businesses to the
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Paragraph amended in 2005 by Section 10
of Ordinance 746-G.
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Paragraph amended in 2005 by Section 10
of Ordinance 746-G.
Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Redevelopment Plan
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Chapter Three
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS
reflecting the enhanced image of
the overall industrial park.
Employment opportunities in
construction will be generated with
new development. 4
4
Paragraph amended in 2005 by Section 10
of Ordinance 746-G.
Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Redevelopment Plan
Page 29
Chapter Three
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS
MAP 3-1
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Redevelopment Plan
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Legal Documents
APPENDIX
NO. 99-159
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR,
OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO ADOPT THE DOME
INDUSTRIAL PARK (“PARK’) PLAN;
IMPLEMENT THE PILOT PROJECT;
STAFF TO PREPARE
AUTHORIZE
DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO OBTAIN A
SECTION 108 LOAN IN AN AMOUNT UP TO
$4,000,000; APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT A
BROWNFIELDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE GRANT, A COMPANION TO THE
APPLY FOR AND
SECTiON 108 LOAN;
ACCEPT A U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANT; ACQUIRE PROPERTIES IN THE PARK
FOR REDEVELOPMENT, SUBJECT TO CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL; AND DEMOLISH NON
CONFORMING STRUCTURES WHERE
DEMOLITION IS NECESSARY AND
APPROPRIATE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Neighborhood Plan
WHEREAS, City Council in January 1992, adopted the Central
, which includes the Business
providing a comprehensive plan for the Central Neighborhood
Retention Target Area (BRTA); and
the BRTA that
WHEREAS, City administration has developed a strategic plan for
replacing the name Business
requests City Council to adopt the new name “Dome Industrial Park’
Industrial Park development
Retention Target Area, and approve the implementation of the Dome
strategy; and
lopment, is
WHEREAS, City administration, recognizing the area requires redeve
ted commercial/industrial
tasked with removing the existing barriers that have preven
residents in the area; with these
redevelopment in the past and resolving the issues identified by
some structures, and the
issues requiring the acquisition of real property, demolition of
improvement of the infrastructure and the area’s image; and
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WHEREAS, U.S. Congress adopted Section 205: Public Law 105-27 [H.R.
g and
allowin
years thereafter,
October 21, 1998, for fiscal years 1998, 1999, and all fiscal
Development Block Grant
entitlement communities to use ftinds allocated under the Community
pment Act of 1974 for
program under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Develo
to Brownfields projects in
environmental cleanup and economic development activities related
if such were eligible under
conjunction with the appropriate environmental regulatory agencies, as
section 105(a) of such Act; and
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Page 2
WHEREAS, the recommended funding sources identified to cover project costs are
ve grant
a BUD Section 108 Loan (up to $4,000,000), Brownfields Economic Development Initiati
($570,000),
($1,500,000), U.S. Economic Development Administration Infrastructure grant
CDBG funds ($550,000) and Capital Improvement Program ($880,000); and
WHEREAS, the Dome Industrial Park Project is a value-added development,
ndustrial
establishing an improved site to retain existing businesses, attract new commercial/i
res, remove
business development, increase job opportunities, remove vacant/boarded structu
abandoned vehicles, equipment and other blighting conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Dome Industrial Park has been designated a Brownfields Pilot area
remove
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which designation will assist the City to
barriers to development caused by real and perceived environmental contamination to the soil,
surface water or ground water; and
WHEREAS, the Enterprise Park Project contributes to the 22nd Street South
Revitalization Project and will increase the property tax base in the area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of St.
Dome
Petersburg, Florida, that the Mayor or his Designee is authorized to commence the
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Industrial Park Plan by taking the following actions: 1) implement the Pilot Project to facilita
private development; 2) authorize staff to prepare documents needed to obtain a Section 108 Loan
in an amount up to $4,000,000; 3) apply for and accept a Brownfields Economic Development
mic
Initiative Grant, a companion to the Section 108 Loan; 4) apply for and accept a U.S. Econo
rial
Development Administration Infrastructure Grant; 5) acquire properties in the Dome Indust
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nformi
non-co
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Park for redevelopment, subject to City Council approval; and 6) demol
structures where demolition is necessary and appropriate.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
Adopted at a regular session of the City Council held on the 18th day of March,
1999.
Chair-Counc Imember
Council
ATTEST:
NO. 99-594
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR,
OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO APPLY TO THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT FOR A SECTION 108
PROGRAM LOAN IN THE AMOUNT UP TO $4
MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IMPLEMENTING THE PILOT PROJECT IN THE
DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK; AMENDING THE
1999-2000 CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO INCLUDE
THE SECTION 108 LOAN APPLICATION AND
PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS; AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO
EXECUTE THE LOAN APPLICATION AND
DOCUMENTS
OTHER
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION;
DIRECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION TO INITIATE THE
PROCEDURE FOR DESIGNATING THE PILOT
PROJECT AREA AS A COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS. City Council in March 1999, adopted the Dome Industrial Park Plan
providing a comprehensive plan for [lie industrial park and its 19-acre Pilot Project site; and
WHEREAS, City Council in July 1999, adopted the 1999-2000 Consolidated Plan
with the Proposed Uses of Funds, without reference to the Section 108 Loan Application; and
WHEREAS, City administration, recognizing the Dome 1ndus1ria Park area
requires redevelopment, is charged with removing the existing barriers that have prevented
commercial/industrial redevelopment in the past; and
WHEREAS, the Dome Industrial Park with its Pilot Project is a value-added
development that ftrthers the economic development objectives of the Consolidated Plan and the
Challenge 2001 Plan for the inner city target area by: establishing an improved site to retain
existing businesses, attracting new commercial/industrial business development, increasing job
opportunities, and removing vacantlboarded structures, abandoned vehicles, equipment and other
blighting conditions; and
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Page 2
WHEREAS, the Dome Industrial Park is designated a Brownfields Pilot area by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which provides incentives that remove barriers to
development caused by real and perceived environmental contamination to the soil, surface water
or ground water; and
WHEREAS, the recommended ifinding sources that are identified to cover the Pilot
Project costs include a U.S. HUD Section 108 Loan up to $4,000,000, along with a Brownfields
Economic Development Initiative grant of $1,000,000 that was awarded to the City on September
1, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Pilot Project in the Dome Industrial Park will benefit low- and
moderate-income residents, create a minimum of 600 new jobs, and increase the property tax base
in the area; and
WHEREAS, the forwarding of this Consolidated Plan amendment and Section 108
Loan Application to U.S. HUD Will expedite the overall City redevelopment efforts of the Dome
Industrial Park, and specifically, the Pilot Project in the Dome Indus&ial Park; and
WHEREAS, in implementing this project it may require acquisition of properties
through Eminent Domain; and
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WHEREAS, declaring the Pilot Project Area to be a Community Redevelopment
Area will allow the City to use the power of Eminent Domain.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of Si.
Petersburg, Florida, that the Mayor, or his designee, is authorized to execute and submit the
Section 108 Loan Application in the amount up to $4,000,000, as well as all certifications and
assurances to U.S. HUD as may be required for the purposes described in the Section 108 Loan
Application and the accompanying memorandum; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City’s 1999-2000 Consolidated Plan is
hereby amended to reflect submission of the Section 108 Loan Application and proposed use of
funds for the purpose described in the Section 108 Loan Application; the Mayor, or his Designee,
is authorized to submit the said amendment to U.S. HUD; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Administration is directed to initiate the
process for designating the Pilot Project Area as a Community Redevelopment Ai-e pursuant to
Chapter 163 of the Florida Statutes.
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Page 3
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
Adopted at a regular session of the City Cnuncil held on the 21st day of
October, 1999.
/s/ Beatrice M.
Griswold
Chair-Councilmember
Presiding Officer of the City Council
/s/ Jane K.
ATTEST:
Brown
City Clerk
DO HEREBY CERTiFY THAT
I, JANE K. BROWN 01W CLERK A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY
WE ABOVE MD FOREGOING IS IN THE OfFICIAL FIlES Of
PS’PEARS
Of THE ORIGINAL AS IT CITY OF SI. PETERSBURG, FLORIOk
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RESOLUTION NO.00-26
RESOLUTION DELEGATING AUTHORITY AND POWERS CONFERRED
UPON PINELLAS COUNTY BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ACT
OF 1959, CE&PTER 163, PART UI, TO THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG CITY
COUNCIL FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN. AN AREA IN THE CITY OF ST.
PETERSBURG, FLORIDA WITHIN CERTAiN GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTWE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Florida has enacted the Community Redevelopment Act of
1969, as amended, and codified as Part UI, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes (the “Redevelopment Act”);
and
WHEREAS, all powers arising through the Redevelopment Act were conferred by that Act
upon counties which have adopted home rule charters, which counties in turn are authorized to
delegate such powers to municipalities within their boundaries when such municipalities desire to
undertake redevelopment within their respective municipal boundaries; and
WHEREAS, such authorization forcounties with home rule charters to delegate such powers
to municipalities is contained in Section 163-410, Florida Statutes (1987), which states:
“Section 163.410. Exercise of Powers in Counties with Home Rule Charters.
In any county which has adopted a home rule charter, the powers conferred by this part shall be
exercised exclusively by the governing body of such county. However, the governing body of any
such county which has adopted a home rule charter may, in its discretion, by resolution delegate the
exercise of the powers conferred upon the county by this part within the boundaries of the
municipality to the governing body of such a municipality. Such a delegation to a municipality shall
confer only such powers upon a municipality as shall be specifically enumerated in the delegating
resolution. Any powers not specifically delegated shall be reserved exclusively to the governing
body of the County...”; and
WHEREAS, Pinellas County, Florida (the “County”) and the City of St. Petersburg, Florida
(the “City”) mutually desire to increase the ad valorem tax base of the County and City; and
WHEREAS, the County finds that delegation of redevelopment powers and authority to the
City under the Redevelopment Act is an appropriate vehicle to accomplish redevelopment within
certain geographic boundaries in the City; and
WHEREAS, the city has identified an area suitable for redevelopment under the
Redevelopment Act; and
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WHEREAS, the County will evaluate with a heightened level of scrutiny the establishment
of Community Redevelopment Areas located outside recognized downtown areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, by its January 20,2000
Resolution 2000-46, a copy of which has been submitted to the Clerk of this Board and made a part
of the Public r 2cord of Pinellas County, Florida, has adopted a map of the boundaries of the
Community Redevelopment Area within certain geographic boundaries in the vicinity of 1-275 and
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Avenue South and has confirmed and ratified that the
Avenue South and 7
22 Street between 5
area of the City described in said Resolution to be a blighted area (the “Redevelopment Area”); and
WHEREAS, the City found and County hereby finds that it is in the best interest of the public
to promote the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of the
“Redevelopment Area” as adopted by the City Council, in Resolution 2000-46 which is legally
described in Section II below and as graphically depicted in Exhibit “A” attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, by a letter from the St. Petersburg Economic Development Administrator, dated
November 3, 1999, the City has requested that the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
delegate to the City Council appropriate powers for establishing a Community Redevelopment
Agency pursuant to Chapter 163.410, Horida Statutes (1993); and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OP PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
That the City of St. Petersburg is hereby delegated all powers enumerated in
Section I.
Section 163.355 including but not limited to the power to make findings that:
A.
One or more slum or blighted areas, or one or more areas in which there is a
shortage of housing affordable to residents of low or moderate income,
including the elderly, exist in the City.
B.
The rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment or a combination thereof,
of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety,
morals, or welfare of the residents of the City.
That as further delineated and defined within this Resolution, the Board of
Section II.
County Conmiissioners of Pinellas County delegates to the City of St. Petersburg the powers
and authority to conduct redevelopment activities in, and to act as the Redevelopment
Agency for, the Redevelopment Area the legal description of which is as follows:
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR
DOIvm INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
All that part of Lots 1 through 20 inclusive in Block “C” and all that part of Lots 1 through
20 inclusive in Block “B”, “H.A. Murphy’s Subdivision” as recorded in Plat BookS, Page
22 of the Public Recrds of Hillsborough County, Florida of which Pinellas County was
formerly a part, which lies Northwest of the Northwest right of way line of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
All that part of Lots I through 12 inclusive in Block “B”, “Royal Queen” as recorded in Plat
Book 22, PageS of Public Records of Pinellas County, florida, which lies Northwest of the
Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State
Road 93).
Together with:
All that part of Lots 9 through 16 inclusive, “Jerkin’s Subdivision No-i” as recorded in Plat
book 19, Page 22 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest
of the Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of Transportation Interstate 275
(State Road 93).
Together with:
All that part of the 20’ wide alley lying North of and adjacent to Lots 9 through 16 inclusive,
“Jerkin’s Subdivision No-i” as recorded in Plat Book 19, Page 22 of the Public Records of
Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest of the Northwest right of way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
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Fifth Avenue South right of way, bounded on the West by the West right of way of
Street South and bounded on the East by the East right of way of 2O Street South.
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Together with:
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22
Emerson Avenue South right of way, bounded on the West by the West right of way of
Street South and bounded on the East by the Northwest right of way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
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Together with:
Sixth Avenue South right of way, bounded on the West by the West right of way of 22
Street South and bounded on the East by the Northwest right of way of the Florida
department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
Fairfield Avenue South right of way, bounded on the West by the West right of way of 22
Street South and bounded on the East by the Northwest right of way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
Twenty-second Street South right of way, bounded on the North by the North right of way
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Avenue
Avenue South and bounded on the South by the North right of way of 7
of 5
South.
Together with:
Twenty-first Street South right of way, bounded on the North by the North right of way of
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5
Avenue South and bounded on the South by the Northwest right of way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
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Twentieth Street South right of way, bounded on the North by the North right of way of 5
Avenue South and bounded on the South by the Northwest right of way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
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Together with:
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Avenue
A parcel of unpiatted land bounded on the North by the South right of way of 5
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20
Street south, bounded on the
South bounded on the East by the West right of way of
South by the North right of way of Emerson Avenue South, and bounded on the West by the
East right of way of
Street South.
All lying and being in Section 24, Township 31 South, Range 16 East, City of St. Petersburg,
Pinellas County, Florida.
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Section 111.
That the City of St. Petersburg is hereby delegated all Redevelopment power
enumerated in Chapter 163, Part III, of the Florida Statutes within the area described above
and shown in aforesaid Exhibit “A” including, but not limited to, the following:
Powers enumerated in Section 1(3.358, Florida Statutes, including, but not
A.
limited to:
1.
The power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area, or
combination thereof; to designated such area as appropriate for community
redevelopment; and to hold any public hearings required with respect thereto.
2.
The power to prepare and grant final approval to community
redevelopment plans and modification thereof.
3.
The power to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds as set forth in
Section 163.385, Florida Statutes.
4.
The power to approve the acquisition, demolition, removal, or disposal
of property and the power to assume the responsibility to bear loss, all
pursuant to Section 163.370(3), Florida Statutes.
Powers enumerated in Section 163.375, Florida Statutes, which include the
B.
power o acquire by Eminent Domain any interests in real property.
C.
The power to declare itself a redevelopment agency.
All powers listed in Sections 163.350, 163.353, 163.360, 163.361, 163.365,
D.
163.370, 163.380, 163.385, 163.387, 163.395 and 163.400 of the Florida Statutes.
B.
All powers listed in Sections 163.356 and 163.357 of the Florida Statutes as
limited by Sections IV, V and VI below.
Section IV.
That the delegation of authority contained herein will lapse and be
automatically rescinded in the event that the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg or its
representative formally requests that the Board of County Commissioners exercise the
County’s reserved authority under section V(B) of this Resolution.
Section V.
That delegation of authoritycontained herein is subject to the Board of County
Commissioners of Pinellas County retaining authority to:
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Review and approve the initial redevelopment plan and amendments
A.
thereto, prior to its implementation and also prior to its presentation to the Pinellas
Planning Council; and
Review and approve the creation, operational basis and debt service structure
B.
of the redevelopment trust fund prior to its implement lion.
That the City of St. Petersburg shail not delegate any powers to a Community
Section VI.
Redevelopment Agency. By way of explanation, the foregoing sentence means that the
powers and authority to conduct redevelopment activities delegated by this Resplution shall
be exercised solely by the elected officials constituting the City Council of the City of
St. Petersburg, acting in their capacity as Council members or as members of the Community
Redevelopment Agency and that no separate redevelopment agency apart from the one
consisting of the City Council members shall be delegated any powers by the City.
This Resolution shall become effective after its adoption but no sooner than immediately
following the adoption by the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg of a resolution
affirming its intention not to seek establishment of a redevelopment trust fund pursuant to
Section 163.287, florida Statutes.
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offered the foregoing Resolution and moved its adoption, which
Commissioner Harris
and upon roll call the vote was:
was seconded by Commissioner Sn1
AYES:
Stewart, Harris, Parks, Todd and Seel.
NAYS:
None.
ABSENT AND NOT VOTING: None.
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NO. 2000-46
A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT THE DOME INDUSTRIAL
PARK PILOT PROJECT AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF ST.
PETERSBURG IS A SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA AND THE
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CONSERVATION,
REHABILITATION,
REDEVELOPMENT, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF OF
SAID AREA IS NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND WELFARE OF
THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY; FINDING THAT THERE IS
A NEED FOR COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO
CARRY OUT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE
DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK PILOT PROJECT AREA;
DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PREPARE A
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE DOME INDUSTRIAL
PARK PILOT PROJECT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AREA; REQUESTING THE PINELLAS COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO DELEGATE TO THE CITY
OF ST. PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL REDEVELOPMENT
POWERS AS DEFINED UNDER THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1969 (CHAPTER 163, PART III
OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES) AS AMENDED; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The Legislature of Florida enacted the Community Redevelopment Act of
1969, as amended; and,
WHEREAS, all powers arising through the aforesaid enactment were conferred by that
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enactment upon counties with home rule charters, which counties in turn are authorized to delega
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such powers to municipalities within their boundaries when such municipalities wish to undert
redevelopment projects within their respective municipal boundaries; and
WHEREAS, such authorization for counties to delegate such powers to municipalities is
contained in Section 163.410, Florida Statutes, which states:
“163.410 Exercise of powers in counties with home rule charters. In any
county which has adopted a home rule charter, the powers conferred by this part
shall be exercised exclusively by the governing body of such county. However,
the governing body of any such county which has adopted a home rule charter may,
in its discretion, by resolution delegate the exercise of powers conferred upon the
county by this part within the boundaries of a municipality to the governing body
of such a municipality. Such a delegation to a municipality shall confer only such
powers upon a municipality as shall be specifically enumerated in the delegating
resolution. Any power not specifically delegated shall be reserved exclusively to
the governing body of the county. This section does not affect any community
redevelopment agency created by a municipality prior to the adoption of a county
home rule charter.’
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Charter; and,
WHEREAS, The County of Pinellas has adopted a Home Rule
base of all taxing
WHEREAS, The City of St. Petersburg desires to increase the tax
authorities; and,
of Chapter 163, Part UI,
WHEREAS, The City of St. Petersburg finds that the delegation
Council is an appropriate
redevelopment powers and authority to the City of St. Petersburg City
to serve in the best
vehicle with which to accomplish redevelopment of slums and blighted areas
interest of the public; and,
1999, directed the
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WHEREAS, City Council, by Resolution 99-594, dated Octobe 21,
rial Park Pilot Project
City Administration to initiate the process for designating the Dome Indust
of the Florida Statutes; and
Area as a Conmwnity Redevelopment Area pursuant to Chapter 163
ine that the Dome
WHEREAS, The City of St. Petersburg City Council must determ
such finding prior to the
Industrial Park Pilot Project Area is an area of slum and blight and make
delegation of redevelopment powers by the County of Pinellas; and,
the Dome Industrial
WHEREAS, the appropriate taxing authorities which levy taxes in
proposed Resolution as
Park Pilot Project Area, as defined herein, have been notified of this
required under Chapter 163.346.
of the City of St.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
Petersburg, Florida:
1.
, and
That the following described area within the City of St. Petersburg, Florida
shown graphically as Exhibit “A” to wit:
part of Lots 1 through 20
All that part of Lots 1 through 20 inclusive in Block “C” and all that
Plat Books, Page 22 of the
inclusive in Block “B,””H. A. Murphy’s Subdivision” as recorded in
was formerly a part,
Public Records of Hilisborough County, Florida of which Pinellas County
Florida Department of
which lies Northwest of the Northwest right of way line of the
Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
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Together with:
All that part of Lots 1 through 12 inclusive in Block ‘B,” “Royal Queen” as recorded in Plat Book
22, Page 5 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest of the
Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road
93).
Together with:
All that part of Lots 9 through 16 inclusive, “Jerkin’s Subdivision No-i” as recorded in That Book
19, Page 22 of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest of the
Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road
93).
Together with:
All that part of the 20’ wide alley lying North of and adjacent to lots 9 through 16 inclusive,
“Jerkin’s Subdivision No-i” as recorded in Plat Book 19, Page 22 of the Public Records of
Pinellas County, Florida, which lies Northwest of the Northwest right of way of the Florida
Department of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
nd Street
22
Fifth Avenue South right of way, bounded on the west by the west right of way of
th Street South.
South and bounded on the East by the East right of way of 20
Together with:
nd Street
22
Emerson Avenue South right of way, bounded on the west by the west right of way of
South and bounded on the East by the Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of
Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
nd Street South
22
Sixth Avenue South right way, bounded on the west by the west right of way of
and bounded on the East by the Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of
Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
nd Street
22
Fairfield Avenue South right of way, bounded on the west by the west right of way of
South and bounded on the East by the Northwest right of way of the Florida Department of
Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
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Together with:
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Twenty second Street South right of way, bounded on the North by the North right of way of
th Avenue South.
Avenue South, and bounded on the South by the North right of way of 7
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Together with:
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Twenty first Street South right of way, bounded on the North by the North right of way of
Avenue South, and bounded on the South by the Northwest right of way of the Florida Department
of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
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Twentieth Street South right of way, bounded on the North by the North right of way of
Avenue South, and bounded on the South by the Northwest right of way of the Florida Department
of Transportation Interstate 275 (State Road 93).
Together with:
th Avenue South,
A parcel of unplatted land bounded on the North by the South right of way of 5
th Street South, bounded on the South by the
bounded on the East by the West right of way of 20
North right of way of Emerson Avenue South, and bounded on the West by the East right of way
of 21st Street South.
All lying and being in Section 24, Township 31 South, Range 16 East, City of St. Petersburg,
Pinellas County, Florida.
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is hereby found and declared to be a slum or blighted area as defined in Chapter
163.340, as supported by the documentation found in Exhibit “B” of this
Resolution, in that the above-described area has:
A.
Inadequate streets for industrial use;
B.
A significant number of deteriorated or dilapidated structures;
C.
A diversity of ownership which is an impediment to redevelopment;
D.
A significant number of lots which do not meet the minimum dimensional
requirements for industrial use as prescribed by the City’s Zoning
Ordinance; and
E.
A very low land to improvement value ratio.
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2.
That the above described area shall be known as the “Dome Industrial Park Pilot
Project Community Redevelopment Area;”
3.
That the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof,
of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, and
welfare of the residents of the City; and
4.
That there is a need for a community redevelopment agency to function in the City
and carry out the community redevelopment of the area herein before described.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg requests
that the Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County delegate all authority and powers
conferred upon Pinellas County through the Community Redevelopment Act of 1969, Florida
Statutes, Chapter 163, Part III.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of St. Petersburg shall not adopt an ordinance
which provides for the receipt or expenditure of increment revenues for the Dome Industrial Park
Pilot Project Community Redevelopment Area pursuant to Chapter 163.387, Florida Statutes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg directs
the City Administration to prepare a redevelopment plan for the Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project
Area pursuant to requirements of Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes.
This resolution shall become effective immediately upon it adoption.
Adopted at a regular session of the City Council held on the 20th day of January, 2000.
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Chair-Councilmember
Presiding Officer of the City Council
ATTEST:
NO. 2005450
A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT THE DOME
INDUSTRIAL
PARK
COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AREA WITHIN THE CITY
OF ST. PETERSBURG IS A SLUM OR BLIGHTED
AREA
AND
THE
REHABILITATION,
CONSERVATION, OR REDEVELOPMENT, OR A
COMBINATION THEREOF OF SAID AREA IS
NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, AND
WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY;
FINDING THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO
CARRY OUT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
WITHIN THE DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK
COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT
AREA;
DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO
PREPARE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; REQUESTING THE
PINELLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS TO DELEGATE TO THE CITY
OF
ST.
PETERSBURG
CITY
COUNCIL
REDEVELOPMENT POWERS AS DEFINED
UNDER THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
ACT OF 1969 (CHAPTER 163, PART III OF THE
FLORIDA STATUTES) AS AMENDED FOR THE
DOME INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AREA; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The Legislature of Florida enacted the Community Redevelopment
Act of 1969; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature of Florida has amended said Act from time to time
and it is presently codified in Part III of Chapter 163 of the Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, in counties with home rule charters, all powers arising through the
aforesaid enactment are conferred by that enactment upon the county and the county in turn is
authorized to delegate such powers to municipalities within its boundaries when such
municipalities wish to undertake redevelopment projects within their respective municipal
boundaries; and
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WHEREAS, such authorization for counties to delegate such powers to
municipalities is contained in Section 163.410, Florida Statutes, which states:
163.410 Exercise of powers in counties with home rule charters .--In any
county which has adopted a home rule charter, the powers conferred by this
part shall be exercised exclusively by the governing body of such county.
However, the governing body of any such county which has adopted a home
rule charter may, in its discretion, by resolution delegate the exercise of the
powers conferred upon the county by this part within the boundaries of a
municipality to the governing body of such a municipality. Such a delegation to
a municipality shall confer only such powers upon a municipality as shall be
specifically enumerated in the delegating resolution. Any power not specifically
delegated shall be reserved exclusively to the governing body of the county.
This section does not affect any community redevelopment agency created by a
municipality prior to the adoption of a county home rule charter. Unless
otherwise provided by an existing ordinance, resolution, or interlocal
agreement between any such county and a municipality, the governing body of
the county that has adopted a home rule charter shall act on any request from a
municipality for a delegation of powers or a change in an existing delegation of
powers within 120 days after the receipt of all required documentation or such
request shall be immediately sent to the governing body for consideration”, and
WHEREAS, The County of Pinellas has adopted a Home Rule Charter; and
WHEREAS, The City of St. Petersburg desires to increase the tax base of all
taxing authorities; and,
WHEREAS, The City of St. Petersburg finds that the delegation of Florida Statute
Chapter 163, Part III, redevelopment powers and authority to the City of St. Petersburg City
Council is an appropriate vehicle with which to accomplish redevelopment of slum and/or
blighted areas to serve the best interest of the public; and,
WHEREAS, The City of St. Petersburg City Council must determine that the
Dome Industrial Park Community Redevelopment Area is an area of slum and/or blight and make
such finding prior to the delegation of redevelopment powers by the Pinellas County Board of
County Commissioners; and,
WHEREAS, the appropriate taxing authorities which levy taxes in the Dome
Industrial Park Redevelopment Area, as defined herein, have been notified of this proposed
resolution as required under Florida Statute Section 163.346.; and,
WHEREAS, appropriate notice has been given by publication in accordance with
Florida Statute Section 166.041(3)(a); and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of St.
Petersburg, Florida:
That the following described property and inclusive of rights-of-way
(hereinafter referred to as “Dome Industrial Park Community Redevelopment
Area”) is within the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, and is shown graphically
as Exhibit “A”.
2.
That the Dome Industrial Park Community Redevelopment Area is hereby
found and declared to be a blighted area as defined in Florida Statute
163.340(8), as supported by the documentation found in Exhibit “B” of this
Resolution, in that the abovedescribed area has:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Defective or inadequate street layout;
Faulty lot layout;
A significant number of deteriorated site or other improvements;
Inadequate and outdated building densities; and
Diversity of property ownership.
3.
That it is hereby found that the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment,
or a combination thereof, of the Dome Industrial Park Community
Redevelopment Area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety,
morals, and welfare of the residents of the City of St Petersburg.
4.
That based upon the foregoing findings this City Council hereby makes the
following further findings:
a. That one or more slum or blighted areas exist within the City of St
Petersburg; and
b. That the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination
thereof, of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public
health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the City of St
Petersburg.
5.
That based upon the foregoing findings this City Council hereby finds that there
is a need for a community redevelopment agency to function in the City of St.
Petersburg to carry out the community redevelopment purposes of Part III of
Chapter 163 of the Florida Statutes in the Dome Industrial Park Community
Redevelopment Area.
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BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg requests
that, for the Dome Industrial Park Community Redevelopment Area, the Board of County
Commissioners of Pinellas County delegate to the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg all
authority and powers conferred upon Pinellas County through the Community Redevelopment Act
of 1969, as amended (Chapter 163, Part ifi, Florida Statutes).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg
directs the City Administration to prepare a redcvelopment plan for the Dome Industrial Park
Community Redevelopment Area pursuant to the requirementsnf Chapter 163, Part Ill, Florida
Statutes.
Adopted at a regular session of
2005.
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ORDINANCE NO. 746-G
ORDINANCE
PROVIDING
FOR
AN
AMENDMENTS TO THE DOME INDUSTRIAL
PARK PILOT PROJECT SITE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE CITY OF
ST. PETERSBURG, PURSUANT TO PART III OF
CHAPTER 163 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES;
SAID PLAN AMENDMENTS INCLUDE
EXPANDING THE PROPOSED USES
ANTICIPATED FOR THE PROJECT SITE AND
UPDATING THE ZONING AND FUTURE LAND
USE DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE SITE; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. The third paragraph of the section entitled “The Dome Industrial Park
Pilot Project Community Redevelopment Plan” in Chapter One of Exhibit A of Ordinance 421-G
is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Blight Study revealed that all substantive contributing factors had advanced blight in the area.
The Study outlined a strategy to manage and facilitate the redevelopment of the Pilot Project site
to ensure that it can attract modem industry to the district. The development strategy is supportive
of activities that generate sustainable jobs or job training programs that will provide a specific
benefit to the City of St. Petersburg and particularly Midtown. It recognizes that the area is no
longer suitable for residential uses. An objective is to address inequalities present in the inner city.
Section 2. The first paragraph of the section entitled “Overview Description of the
Pilot Project Area” in Chapter One of Exhibit A of Ordinance 421-G is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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The Pilot Project Community Redevelopment Area, is generally bounded by 5
Avenue
South on the north, 22 Street South on the west, Interstate 275 on the east and southeast.
The project area totals 20.7 acres (calculated as 19 acres for she development plus the entire
rights-of-way of 5th Avenue South and 22°” Street South), see Map 1-1, on page 7. All f
tlhe area is zoned lndstri
1 Ccncral (IC) Industrial Park-I (IP-1) and Commercial
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Industrial (CI). The site is within the City’s designated Florida Enterprise Zone (EZ 5201)
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Section 3. The second paragraph of the section entitled “Plan Objectives” in Chapter
Exhibit
A of Ordinance 421-G is hereby amended to read as follows:
One of
The plan is for the City to acquire the 62 parcels that comprise the 20.7-acre planned site.
The small parceis are owned by 35 owners in non-contiguous parcels. The interior rightsof-way will be included in the assemblage. The City will upgrade the infrastructure to the
assembled parcel as well as the boundary roads and internal circulation. The improved tract
will be offered for sale to a developer and/or company to build andlor move facilities that
will could accommodate 600 jobs or provide job training for the residents of Midtown and
the City of St. Petersburg. Primary hiring opportunities will focus on residents in the
surrounding inner city neighborhoods.
Section 4. The second paragraph of the section entitled “The Project” in Chapter
Two of Exhibit A of Ordinance 421 -G is hereby amended to read as follows:
The focus of the Redevelopment Plan is the Pilot Project-of which comprises 20.7 gross
acres. All of tlhe area is currently zoned Industrial Gcneral (Ip) Industrial Park-i UP- 1)
and Commercial Industrial (CI).
Section 5. The fourth paragraph of the section entitled “The Project” in Chapter
Two of Exhibit A of Ordinance 42i-G is hereby amended to read as follows:
The total project cost is estimated to be at least $25,500,000. This total reflects that one or
more developers will acquire the tract from the City (after it is assembled, remediated and
improved with upgraded infrastructure) and build improvements. Total building area is
estimated to be 300,000 square feet. The planned facilities can accommodate at least 600
jobs or house and train participants in a job training program. Employee recruitment and
retention, along with training, will address the public benefit requirement of the U.S. HUD
programs. The $5,500,000 in Federal outlays to the project is equivalent to $9,250 per job,
less than the one job per $50,000 and the one job per $35,000 thresholds set by U.S. HUT)
in reviewing funding applications.
Section 6. The eighth paragraph of the section entitled “History of the Project Area”
in Chapter Two of Exhibit A of Ordinance 421-G is hereby amended to read as follows:
To rectify this situation, the City has embarked upon an ambitious program to re-establish
the area as a major employment or lob training center to provide hundreds of jobs or job
training opportunities in the inner city. Improvements to roads, lot configurations, utilities,
and amenities are planned which meet the needs of businesses. To accomplish the important
goal of business retention, job trainina and job generation, it is the role of government to
intervene to stimulate investment and reverse the trend of blight. The Redevelopment Plan
for the Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Community Redevelopment Area presents the
steps to successfully realize the economic development potential of the area.
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Section 7. The section entitled “Future Land Use” in Chapter Two of Exhibit A of
Ordinance 421-G is hereby amended to read as follows:
FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING
Under the Future Land Use Map of the City’s adopted Comprehensive Plan (1998), the subject
20.7-acre area is currently designated for “Industrial (1,icral Limited” and “Conunercial General”
use. Thc Inddstrial Gencral classifi.ation s and are currently defined as follows:
“Allowing a mitur f light or havy induattal and ijiduaLial park dSCa 1th a floor aca ratiu of
up to 0.75. A baffcr shall be providA bctw&.u land designatcd Industrial Ccnc
J ad an adjoining
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plan cla&ification other than Industrial or nsortationJUti1ity.
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Ancillary Nn-Rcsidcntial Us, alunc or whcn addcd to cxisting contiguou liL dSCa which
or will exceed fic (5) arcs, shall rcquirc a land uSC plan aiuC.ndmcnt which hall irn.ladc soch use
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and c.ntiguous likc
onab’Officc Scrvicc shall bc allwcd as
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a..cssory usv within thc structurc to which it is accesory and shall not cxc4 25% of thc floor
.sc to hih it is acccssoiy.”
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Industrial Limited
Allowing a mixture of light industrial, industrial park, and office park uses with a floor area ratio
up to 0.65. Transient Accommodation Uses shall not exceed 40 units per acre. A buffer shall be
provided between land designated Industrial Limited and adjoining residential classifications.
Public! Semi-PubLic. Ancillary Non-Residential, Retail, Personal! Office Service, or Transient
Accommodation uses, alone or when added to existing contiguous like uses which exceed or will
exceed five (51 acres shall reciuire a land use plan amendment, which shall include such use and all
contiguous like uses. The five acre threshold shall not apply for planned industrial/mixed use
projects which constitute a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) or which comprise not less than
100 acres. Planned industrial mixedluse projects may include Public/Semi-Public. Ancillary Non
Residential, Retail. Personal/Office Service, Transient Accommodation, Residential and
Commercial Recreation uses subject to provisions set forth in the Future Land Use Element of the
City of St. Petersburg Comprehensive Plan.
Commercial General
Allowing the full range of commercial uses including retail, office, and service uses up to a floor
area ratio of 0.55. Transient Accommodation Uses shall not exceed 40 units per net acre.
Public/Semi-Public and/or Ancillary Non-Residential uses, alone or when added to existing
contiguous like uses which exceeds or will exceed-five (51 acres shall require a land use plan
amendment which shall include such use and all contiguous like uses.
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Light Manufacturing/Assembly (Class A) and Research/Development uses shall be allowed in this
plan category only after the nature of the proposed use has been determined and the following
criteria are considered: neighboring uses and the character of the commercial area in which it is to
be located; noise, solid waste, hazardous waster, and air quality emission standards; hours of
operation; traffic generation; and parking. loading, storage and service provisions.
The GfltiiIk project area is currently zoned IC (IndutrLJ Cc.nc
1 al) Industrial Park-i (IP- 1) and
Commercial Industrial (CI). The IG jJ. zoning district is intended to allow for the implementation
of the Industrial Gcuial Limited land use classification, while the CI zoning district implements the
Commercial General land use classification. The 16 zoning regulations for both districts are included
in this Plan in Appendix B.
Section 8. Paragraph No.1 of the second paragraph of the section entitled
“Enforcement” in Chapter Two of Exhibit A of Ordinance 421-0 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
1.
All projects within the redevelopment area shall be submitted to the CRA or CRA staff for
review pursuant to CRA review submission requirements, to determine consistency with the
development guidelines of the Dome Industrial Park Pilot Project Community
Redevelopment Plan, and 16 the underlying zoning district requirements.
Section 9. Map 2.-i/ Zoning of Exhibit A of Ordinance 421-G, is hereby amended
to read as shown in Exhibit 1 which is attached hereto and incorporated herein.
Section 10. The section entitled “Economic Impacts” in Chapter Three of Exhibit
A of Ordinance 421-0 is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Redevelopment Plan will have significant positive impacts on the revitalization
of the area and provide city-wide benefits as well. Redevelopment will expand the tax base, either
directly through development within the area or indirectly through generating a trained pool of
workers which will attract other businesses to the surrounding area, generating increases in tax
revenues that may be applied to schools, as well as greater intangible and sales tax revenues to the
State and City. Other additional revenue increases may be anticipated in utility, electric and
telephone franchise fees to the City. In addition, the Plan offers the opportunity for job training
programs that provide specific benefits to the City of St. Petersburg and particularly to Midtown.
The Pilot Project site and Dome Industrial Park are in the state-designated Enterprise Zone (EZ).
Businesses in the EZ can tap utilize a range of incentives, encouraging private investment in
development and business expansion.
The plan calls for the construction by the private, public or nonprofit sector of up to 300,000
square feet of industrial space that can accommodate an estimated 600 jobs or to provide the square
footage necessary for implementina a job training program. Such an investment can be expected
to increase business and employment opportunities throughout the Dome Industrial Park.
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The initial investment will spur new development on nearby property. Existing structures will be
upgraded, reflecting the enhanced image of the overall industrial park. Employment opportunities
in construction will be generated with new development.
Section 11. Appendix B entitled “Industrial General (10) Zoning Regulations” of
Exhibit A of Ordinance 421-G is hereby amended to read as shown in Exhibit 2 which is attached
hereto and incorporated herein.
Section 12. Words stricken shall be deleted. Underscored words constitute the
amendments proposed. Remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged.
Section 13. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable. If any portion of this ordinance is deemed unconstitutional, it shall not affect the
constitutionality of any other portion of this ordinance.
Section 14. Effective Date. In the event this ordinance is not vetoed by the Mayor
in accordance with the City Charter, it shall become effective upon the fifth business day after
adoption unless the Mayor notifies the City Council through written notice filed with the City Clerk
that the Mayor will not veto the ordinance, in which case the ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon filing such written notice with the City Clerk. In the event this ordinance is vetoed by the
Mayor in accordance with the City Charter, it shall not become effective unless and until the City
Council overrides the veto in accordance with the City Charter, in which case it shall become
effective immediately upon a successful vote to override the veto.
First reading conducted on the
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Passed by St. Petersburg City Council on
of August, 2005.
on the
Council
ATTEST:
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Title Published: Times I -t 8/15/2005
Not vetoed. Effective date Thursday,
at 5:00 p.m.
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