SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCU-2025-29/DeNovo - Mammoth Grove Mine CU). This is a request appealing the decision of the Planning Commission to deny a Conditional Use for a Non-Phosphate Mining Borrow Pit. The suggested hearing date is March 17, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
Bart Allen, representing the applicant, Dick Crockett, is appealing the Planning Commission’s 6:1 decision on December 3, 2025, for denial. This case is for a Conditional Use approval for a Non-Phosphate Mining (Borrow Pit) on approximately 855 +/- acres within an Agricultural/Residential Rural (A/RR) and Industrial (IND) land use districts. The subject site is located north and south of State Road 60, south of Camp Mack Road, east and west of Mammoth Grove Road, north of Griffith Road, east of Dude Ranch Road, west of Saddlebag Lake Road, east of the City of Lake Wales in Sections 1, 2, 11, 12 & 35, Townships 30 & 29, Range 28. PH Citrus LLC, is said owner.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board set the DeNovo hearing date for March 17, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ian Nance
Principal Planner
Land Development Division
(863) 534-7621
ivannance@PolkFL.gov