Clearwater’s Community Development Board is set to consider modifications to a parking lot and site plan tied to the ongoing conversion of a building at 375 Turner Street into a medical clinic at its April 21 meeting.
City staff has recommended approval of the request, which would allow changes to an off-site parking lot at the northwest corner of Turner Street and Palm Avenue to support the reuse of a 15,200-square-foot building under renovation.
The building, constructed in 1942, was previously used as offices for the First United Methodist Church and is being repurposed as a medical clinic. The conversion has already been approved and permitted, and work is underway.
The application before the board focuses on reconfiguring the associated parking lot, including reducing the number of spaces and adding landscaped areas.
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The revised plan would reduce the lot from 66 spaces to 57 spaces to make room for landscape islands and buffers. The changes require board approval because they exceed the city’s definition of a minor revision to a previously approved plan.
The project is part of a 2.57-acre site that includes multiple parcels along Turner Street, Palm Avenue and Oak Avenue. In addition to the building at 375 Turner Street, the site includes an existing medical clinic at 301 Turner Street and the First United Methodist Church at 411 Turner Street, both of which would remain unchanged.
City staff said the proposal addresses site constraints while improving landscaping and maintaining sufficient parking to support the clinic use. Plans include new landscape islands within the parking lot and a landscaped buffer along Turner Street.
A traffic assessment prepared for the project estimates 547 daily trips, with peak-hour volumes of 47 trips in the morning and 60 in the evening. Nearby roadways have sufficient capacity to accommodate that activity, according to the analysis.
The site work also includes drainage improvements, including the addition of landscaped areas and a bioswale to improve stormwater quality. The property is currently largely impervious.
If approved, the changes would allow the updated site plan to move forward as part of the broader clinic conversion already underway.
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