About Us

 

Development Review Services:

 

Regulates and enforces compliance with a variety of property related Pinellas County Ordinances as follows:

 

• Engineering / Drainage 
  • Drainage of stormwater from property
  • Site access and circulation
  • Sight lines, distance and other safety issues

• Habitat / Tree Removal
  • Preserving/protection/removal of trees
  • Prevention/mitigation of erosion during construction activities
  • Wildlife protection and related complaints. Protection of trees, wetlands and buffer zones provides habitat areas for animals such as eagles, osprey and gopher turtles. (habitat permit related)
  • Wetlands Preserving/protection (habitat permit related)

• Site Development
  • Parking spaces, how many
  • Impervious area limits
  • Floor area limits
  • Distances to property lines

• Zoning and Land Use
  • Coordinates with Planning dept. as to the types of activities a property can be used for
  • Regulates and enforces Pinellas County signage ordinances.
  • Set-backs
  • Zoning Category

• Service Area of Engineering, Site Development & Zoning Land Use

  • Unincorporated Pinellas County
• Service Area of Tree / Habitat Section
  • Unincorporated Pinellas County
  • Belleair Beach
  • Belleair Bluffs
  • Belleair Shore
  • Oldsmar

 

Code Enforcement Division:

 

• Regulates and enforces Pinellas County Ordinances related to existing buildings and property and handles complaints about.

  • Dilapidated, damaged & un-maintained buildings
  • High grass-vegetation
  • Inoperative, unlicensed vehicles
  • Minimum housing regulations
  • Prohibited signs
  • Set-back & right-of-way encroachments
  • Site plan compliance
  • Stagnant swimming pools
  • Trash or debris

• Service Area of Code Enforcement Division

  • Unincorporated Pinellas County

 

Other agencies that share an interest in the same types of activities as Building Services and Development Review Services

 

• Air Quality, for asbestos
• Building Services - codes and permits, inspections
• D.B.P.R. Division of Hotels & Restaurants, for construction & alteration permits seating counts
• Fire Departments, for Florida Fire Prevention Code aspects of construction permits
• Health Department, for septic systems & fuel tanks
• Human Rights - for accessible parking compliance of existing buildings
• Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board, for Contractor licensing
• Watershed Management - includes Water & Navigation, for dock permits and mangrove protection

 

 

 

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