Development Review Committee

The Development Review Committee (DRC) is established pursuant to Section 138-64, Pinellas County Land Development Code (LDC), to review and act on certain development proposals in order to ensure compliance with the LDC and the Comprehensive Plan. The DRC is established to provide a more collaborative technical review of site plans, subdivision plats, waivers and administrative adjustment allowances, and other similar requests while providing public visibility to land development projects subject to the DRC process. The DRC is also established to provide technical recommendations to higher review authorities and boards. These procedures are established pursuant to the authority provided for in Section 138-64(c)(2) of the LDC.

The DRC is made up of County staff representing technical knowledge in the following: land use planning/urban design, civil engineering, utilities, roadways and transportation, environmental management, public safety, and economic development.

The purpose of the DRC is to allow the project applicant and/or interested members of the public the opportunity to review the project related materials, and technical review comments from county staff.