SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCT-2025-28 Flex Space) to amend Chapter 2, Section 221, Principal Uses and Buildings, to add standards for Flex Space Building and Retail Plazas; Chapter 10, Definitions. The suggested hearing dates are for the first reading on April 7, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. and the adoption hearing date on April 21, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for an LDC text amendment to modify Chapter 2, Section 221, Principal Uses and Buildings, to add standards for Flex Space Building and Retail Plazas; Chapter 10, Definitions, to add definitions; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on March 4, 2026, 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 April 7, 2026, at 9:15 a.m., and the adoption hearing date on April 21, 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