SUBJECT
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Public Hearing (LDCT-2025-4 1,000 Foot Public Hearing Mailer Radius) (Adoption Hearing) to consider a County-initiated LDC Text amendment to Chapter 9 Development Review Procedures, Section 960(A), Types of Public Notice, by removing the current text of a 500-foot distance in which mail notices are to be sent to area property owners and replacing it with 1,000 feet. (No Fiscal Impact)
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for an LDC Text amendment to Chapter 9 Development Review Procedures, Section 960(A), Types of Public Notice, to increase the mailed notification distance for public hearings before the Planning Commission or Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) from 500 feet to 1,000 feet. This amendment applies to all future and proposed cases in the unincorporated areas of the County that must go before Planning Commission and BoCC, regardless of the Future Land Use Map district. For cases presented before the Land Use Hearing Officer, the mailed notification distance shall remain at 250 feet. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on April 2, 2025, where the Planning Commission recommended approval (Vote:7-0).
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
Andrew Grohowski
Planner II
Land Development Division
(863) 534-6412
andrewgrohowski@polk-county.net <mailto:andrewgrohowski@polk-county.net>