SUBJECT
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Public Hearing (LDCU-2025-39 Thomas Fish Camp) (De Novo Hearing) to consider an appeal to the Planning Commission’s decision to deny (4:3) a Conditional Use request for expansion of a legally non-conforming recreational camping use. (No Fiscal Impact)
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DESCRIPTION
Austin Evans, KDC Forever LCC, applicant and owner, is appealing the Planning Commission’s 4:3 decision on April 1, 2026, for denial. This case is for a Conditional Use approval for expansion of a non-conforming Recreational Camping Facility per Section 120.J of the LDC to increase the number of RV/Cabin sites from 20 to 40 and add more accessory structures on 15.65 +/- acres within an Agriculture/Residential Rural (A/RR) Future Land Use District. The subject site is located Between Thomas Fish Camp Road and the shore of Lake Kissimmee, one and a half miles northeast of Sam Keen Road, east of Lightsey Ranch Road, and 17 miles northeast of the City of Lake Wales in Section 3, Township 30, Range 30.
RECOMMENDATION
Approval with conditions
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
Land Development Division
(863) 534-6470
erikpeterson@PolkFL.gov <mailto:erikpeterson@PolkFL.gov%20>