Keystone Road Sign Stays Posted Through Hearing, County Says

Pinellas County is fielding questions about how it notifies residents of the land use case at 2577 Keystone Road, including where notices run and how long signs stay up. The county says the sign posted on the property cannot come down before the hearing.

The county published the legal notice in the Tampa Bay Times and said it could also post such notices on its website in the future. The 250-foot notification radius around a property is a state requirement, county staff said, and the county can expand that radius later. Residents who want to challenge a decision beyond the County Commissioners can appeal to the Circuit Court.

For properties with more than one frontage, county staff pointed to Land Development Code Section 154-198, which sets access standards. That section requires the primary access to be from the road of lesser designation. Notices of this type are published in the Tampa Bay Times, the county said, and it could also post them on its own website.

County staff cited Section 138-253(d) of the code, which requires a sign on the property describing the action, hearing or proceeding sought. Signs must be at least 18 inches by 24 inches, with text legible and in colors that contrast the background. Staff said the sign must sit along a public or private street frontage so viewers do not have to trespass to read it, and that the code does not require a sign on every frontage or on the addressed frontage.

The county said the sign at 2577 Keystone Road was posted April 16, 2026, and carries language stating it was posted by county ordinance and can be removed only after the subject hearing.