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In a split vote that followed more than an hour of contentious public comments, Pinellas County commissioners on Tuesday cleared the way for a small affordable housing complex for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities to be built in Seminole. The commission’s two approvals — which change the land use and zoning for a 2.79-acre lot at 13000 Park Blvd. — came despite organized .
The development, set to provide affordable housing for two dozen adults with developmental disabilities, caused outrage among residents of the estate-style community.
Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens gave Commissioner Joe Knight a hearty handshake at the end of a nearly two-hour committee meeting of the commission, congratulating the finance chairman as the proposed 2024 fiscal budget went to the agenda of Thursday’s commission meeting.