SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCT-2025-8 Pool Safety Text Amendment) to amend Chapter 2, Section 211, Pools and Screen Enclosures. The suggested hearing dates are for the first reading on November 4, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. and the adoption hearing date on December 2, 2025, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County initiated request for an LDC text amendment to Chapter 2, Section 211, Pools and Screen Enclosures, to refer to Florida Building Code and Florida Statutes for consistency with above ground pool safety measures. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on October 1, 2025, with a recommendation for approval by a 7:0 vote.
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 for the first reading on November 4, 2025, at 9:15 a.m., and the adoption hearing date on December 2, 2025, at 9:15 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Kyle Rogus, Planner II
Land Development Division
(863) 534-7553
kylerogus@polk-county.net <mailto:kylerogus@polk-county.net>