The "B-1" General Commercial District is established to identify and provide those geographic areas within the City of Pinellas Park that are appropriate for the development and maintenance of a general commercial environment with supportive medium density residential. This district is intended for a wide variety of consumer-oriented commercial uses and activities located in proximity to major thoroughfares and to residential concentrations, together with accessory uses and public facilities customary to or required for such an environment.

This district is appropriate for areas designated on the Official Land Use Plan Map as either Residential Medium (RM), Residential/Office/Retail (R/O/R), Residential/Office General (R/OG), Commercial General (CG), Commercial Recreation (CR), Resort Facilities High (RFH) or Community Redevelopment District (CRD).

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3840, § 1, 5-9-2013; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)76., 3-14-2019)

Multi-family dwellings are permitted at a maximum density of fifteen (15.0) units per net acre when assigned a Land Use Plan Map classification of RM (multi-family dwellings only), R/OG, CG or CRD. Multi-family dwellings are permitted at a maximum density of eighteen (18) units per net acre when assigned a Land Use Plan Map classification of R/O/R. As an incentive to develop mixed use developments or affordable housing on parcels assigned a Land Use Plan Map classification of CG or CRD, City Council may, in its sole discretion and if it determines that additional density will help promote mixed use developments or affordable housing on such parcels, approve up to twenty-four (24) dwelling units per net acre subject to the following location criteria and development approval requirements.

1.

Approval by City Council of a "PUD" overlay. (see Section 18-1529).

2.

The parcel must be located with frontage on an arterial street as defined in the City's Comprehensive Plan.

3.

The developer shall coordinate site development with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) for the provision of transit supportive infrastructure such as, but not limited to, transit shelters, bike racks or bus pull off bays. Residential parking requirements may be reduced to one (1) off-street parking space per unit when transit supportive infrastructure is provided to the extent that City Council determines is appropriate given the subject's location relative to locations with high employment opportunity or job/career training facilities.

4.

Mixed use development rights for parcels assigned CG future land use shall be determined by applying a F.A.R. of forty-five hundreds (.45) for nonresidential uses and a lot size of one thousand eight hundred fifteen (1,815) square feet of land area per dwelling unit, exclusive of the land area assigned to the nonresidential development. Parcels assigned the CRD future land use are not subject to the above land area apportionment formula when being developed with mixed uses consistently with the Community Redevelopment Plan.

5.

Developers that choose the higher density option shall provide affordable housing equal to fifty (50) percent of the units above the base density as follows: Proposed density = 24 units per acre minus fifteen (15) units per acre base density = 9 units per acre density bonus x .5 =4.5 or 4 units per acre to be provided as affordable units.

6.

Affordable housing means the same as that provided by the Pinellas County Housing Authority, as the same may change from time to time, for low income categories and workforce housing.

For lots located within the Residential Medium (RM), Residential/Office General (R/OG), Residential/Office/Retail (R/O/R), Commercial Recreation (CR) and Resort Facilities High (RFH) Land Use Plan Map categories, public/semi-public (institutional) uses (except Public Educational Facilities) shall not exceed a maximum area of five (5) gross acres. Ancillary nonresidential or Transportation/Utility uses shall not exceed three (3) acres. For lots located in the Commercial General (CG) Land Use Plan Map category, public/semi-public or Transportation/Utility uses shall not exceed a maximum of five (5) acres. Any such use, alone or when added to existing abutting or functionally abutting like uses which exceeds the thresholds stated above shall require a Land Use Plan Map amendment to Institutional (I), Transportation/Utility (T/U) or other Land Use Plan Map category (as appropriate), which shall include such use and all abutting or functionally abutting like uses.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3840, § 2, 5-9-2013; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)77., 3-14-2019)

A.

GENERALLY. No building or land in the "B-1" District shall be used, and no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged, except for the permitted and conditional uses listed below. The uses listed as conditional uses below may be permitted if their site locations and proposed development site plans are first approved, as provided in the procedure for approval of conditional uses under Section 18-1531, "Conditional Use Regulations", of this Article. Uses that are similar to any permitted or conditional use as determined by the Planning and Development Services Director, shall be permitted in the same manner (i.e. permitted versus conditional) as the listed use to which it is similar, provided that any similar use specifically permitted in another zoning district shall not be permitted.

B.

LIGHT REPAIR, ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY. Light repair, assembly and manufacturing activity on a scale associated with artisans and crafters is permitted in combination with retail and/or residential uses provided that the area devoted to these activities shall not occur in the front one-fourth (¼) of the structure and the activities do not result in impacts related to prohibitions outlined in Section 18-1524.5(E) of this Code. No outdoor storage shall be permitted with this activity.

C.

RETAIL USES. Retail uses listed below may not be considered where the future land use classification of the subject lot is R/OG, Residential/Office General.

D.

B-1 PARCELS IN RM LAND USE CATEGORIES. Parcels of land in the "B-1" General Commercial District that are classified RM Residential Medium future land use shall only be developed with multi-family residential use. Single-family detached dwellings are permitted in the "B-1" District when assigned an Official Land Use Plan Map classification of R/OG, R/O/R or CRD.

E.

PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES. Permitted (P) and conditional (C) uses shall be subject to the conditions established in the following Table 18-1520.3 and other applicable conditions of this district and Article.

Table 18-1520.3: Authorized Uses in B-1 District

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3840, § 3, 5-9-2013; Ord. No. 3928, § 16, 1-22-2015; Ord. No. 3990, § 2, 9-8-2016; Ord. No. 3987, § 3, 7-14-2016; Ord. No. 4042, § 3, 10-26-2017; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)78., 3-14-2019; Ord. No. 4106, § 6, 3-12-2020; Ord. No. 4205, § 16, 7-27-2023; Ord. No. 4280, § 3, 1-9-2025)

(A)

MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Lot Area: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.

2.

Lot Width: One hundred (100) feet.

3.

Lot Depth: One hundred fifty (150) feet.

4.

Lots of record not meeting the lot area, width, or depth requirements of this section and having been of record prior to September 26, 1963 may be used for a permitted or conditional use provided that all other dimensional regulations will apply.

(B)

MINIMUM YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Front Yard Setback: Twenty (20) feet.

2.

Secondary Front Yard Setback: Twenty (20) feet.

3.

Side Yard Setback: Five (5) feet; ten (10) feet is required if abutting a residential zoning district.

4.

Rear Yard Setback: Fifteen (15) feet.

5.

For corner, double frontage and multiple frontage lots, see Section 18-1503.7 "Yard Determinations."

6.

Refer to Section 18-1503.8 for measurement of yard setbacks on lots adjacent to rights-of-way of insufficient width.

7.

Refer to Section 18-1504.3(G)(2) for special yard setbacks for additions to buildings in existence as of August 14, 1997.

(C)

MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE. Seventy-five (75) percent.

(D)

MINIMUM FLOOR AREA.

1.

Nonresidential: Three hundred (300) square feet.

2.

Single-family Detached Dwellings:

a.

Nine hundred (900) square feet in R/OG or R/O/R.

b.

One thousand (1,000) square feet in CRD.

3.

Multi-Family Dwellings:

a.

Efficiency: Four hundred fifty (450) square feet.

b.

One-bedroom: Five hundred fifty (550) square feet.

c.

Two-bedroom: Six hundred fifty (650) square feet.

d.

Three-bedroom: Eight hundred (800) square feet.

(E)

MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. Height fifty (50) feet excluding mechanical and or elevator penthouse (additional height may be granted as a conditional use). See Section 18-1503.13, "Exclusion from Height Limits" for height limit exclusions.

(F)

MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION. Must meet Florida Building Code separation requirements.

(G)

FLOOR AREA RATIO. (F.A.R.)

1.

Nonresidential Uses:

(a)

Thirty hundredths (0.30) in R/O/R.

(b)

Thirty-five hundredths (0.35) in R/OG.

(c)

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in CG.

(d)

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in CRD.

(e)

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in RM.

(f)

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in CR.

(g)

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in RFH.

2.

Mixed Use Development: See "R-6" zoning district.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4279, § 15, 11-26-2024)

(A)

FENCES. See Section 18-1530.10, "Fences, Walls and Hedges" for fence regulations and setbacks.

(B)

LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING FOR ADJACENT AREAS AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. See Section 18-1533, "Landscaping Regulations."

(C)

ILLUMINATION. See Section 18-1503.15, "Illumination."

(D)

PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS. In any case where a hotel/motel abuts or functionally abuts a residential or mixed-use zoning district, City Council shall review and approve a preliminary site plan pursuant to the procedures and requirements of Section 18-1540, "Preliminary Site Plan Requirements."

(E)

DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES (See Section 18-1530.20, "Dumpsters"), AND ALSO SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS (See Section 18-1530, "Accessory Use and Supplementary District Regulations").

(F)

OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING. See Section 18-1532, "Parking and Loading Regulations."

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010)