SUBJECT
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Public Hearing (LDCT-2025-10 Temporary Storage of Storm Debris) (Adoption Hearing) to consider a County-initiated amendment to Land Development Code Chapter 2, Section 207, Temporary Uses, subsection 207.L, Road Construction Material/Equipment, 207.M, Temporary Storage of Vegetative Debris Collected from Major Storms.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for an LDC Text amendment to Chapter 2, Section 207 Temporary Uses, subsection 207.L, Road Construction Materials/Equipment, to include utilities construction, and add a subsection 207.M, Temporary Storage of Vegetative Debris Collected from Major Storms, to allow for temporary organic debris storage sites after major storm events for a limited time in non-residential land use districts. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on April 2, 2025, where the Planning Commission recommended Approval (Vote:6-0).
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. This is the second of the two hearings.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
Land Development Division
(863) 534-6470
erikpeterson@polk-county.net