The "CH" Heavy Commercial District is established in order to identify and provide those geographic areas within the City of Pinellas Park that are appropriate for the development and maintenance of a heavy commercial/light manufacturing and warehousing environment. This district is intended primarily for compatible retail, wholesale, distribution and light manufacturing operations, none of which require large areas for outdoor storage or display, and that do not involve the use of materials, processes, or machinery likely to cause undesirable effects upon neighboring properties, together with accessory uses and public facilities, customary to or required for such an environment.

Areas of the City for which this zoning category is appropriate are indicated on the Land Use Plan Map as either Commercial General (CG), Industrial Limited (IL), or Community Redevelopment District (CRD). No residential development is permitted in the "CH" Heavy Commercial District.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)85., 3-14-2019)

For lots located within the Commercial General (CG) future land use category, public/semi-public uses or Transportation/Utility uses shall not exceed a maximum area of five (5) gross acres. Any such use, alone or when added to existing abutting or functionally abutting like uses, which exceeds the threshold stated above shall require a Land Use Plan Map amendment to Institutional (I) or Transportation/Utility (T/U) (as appropriate), which shall include such use and all abutting or functionally abutting like uses. Additionally, warehouse/storage/mini-warehouse/wholesale establishments must limit outdoor storage to twenty (20) percent of the floor area when located in CG.

For lots located within the Industrial Limited (IL) future land use category, public/semi-public, commercial recreation, retail commercial, personal/business services, commercial/business services, and temporary lodging uses shall not exceed a maximum area of five (5) gross acres. Any such use, alone or when added to existing abutting or functionally abutting like uses, or when added to an existing land use plan category in which said use is listed as a primary use, which exceeds this threshold shall require a Land Use Plan Map amendment to Commercial General (CG), which shall include such use and all abutting and functionally abutting like uses except as hereafter provided for in planned industrial/mixed use projects.

Countywide Rule Exception for Industrial Limited (IL) Land Use Plan Map Category

For planned industrial mixed use projects in the Industrial Limited (IL) land use category see Section 18-1524.2, Density Regulations.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)86., 3-14-2019)

No building or land in the "CH" 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. Permitted (P) and conditional (C) uses shall be subject to the conditions established in the following Table 18-1523.3 and other applicable conditions of this district and Article.

Table 18-1523.3: Authorized Uses in CH District

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3928, § 19, 1-22-2015; Ord. No. 3987, §§ 4, 5, 7-14-2016; Ord. No. 4042, § 6, 10-26-2017; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)87., 3-14-2019; Ord. No. 4106, § 9, 3-12-2020; Ord. No. 4205, § 19, 7-27-2023; Ord. No. 4280, § 6, 1-9-2025; Ord. No. 2025-13, § 2, 3-27-2025)

(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 and 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 August 25, 1977 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) 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. Three hundred (300) square feet.

(E)

MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. Forty (40) 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)

FLOOR AREA RATIO.

1.

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in CG.

2.

Forty-five hundredths (0.45) in CRD.

3.

Fifty-five hundredths (0.55) in IL.

(G)

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

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4279, § 17, 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 18-1503.13, "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)