SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCT-2024-7 Water Star Text Amendment) to add Chapter 2, Section 212, Plumbing Fixtures and Appliances, and amend Chapter 2, Section 226, Irrigation Systems. The suggested hearing dates are, for the first reading on June 18, 2024, at 9:15 a.m., and the second reading on July 2, 2024, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County initiated request for a LDC Text amendment to add Chapter 2, Section 212, Plumbing Fixtures and Appliances, to introduce Water Sense and Energy Star requirements, amending Chapter 2, Section 226, Irrigation Systems, to implement uniform procedures that promote water conservation through more efficient landscapes and irrigation systems and methods; amending Section 720.E, Water-Efficient Landscaping, to recognize requirements of Section 226; amending Chapter 10, Definitions, to add, modify, and delete definitions for consistency with proposed amendment and the Florida Water Star program. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which will be held on June 5, 2024, with a recommendation of approval.
Section 163.3202, Florida Statutes (F.S.) requires the Board to adopt Land Development Code (LDC) regulations consistent with the implementation of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan. Amendments to the LDC require two public hearings before the Board to be adopted.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board set the first reading on June 18, 2024, at 9:15 a.m., and the second reading on July 2, 2024, at 9:15 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
Land Development Division
(863) 534-6470
erikpeterson@polk-county.net <mailto:erikpeterson@polk-county.net>