SUBJECT
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PUBLIC HEARING (LDCT-2025-29 Storage Yards) (First Reading) to consider the adoption of an ordinance amending the Land Development Code to add storage yards as a new land use activity in the Industrial (IND) districts. (No Fiscal Impact)
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for an LDC text amendment to modify Chapter 2, Section 205, Table 2.1, adding a storage yard land use category; Chapter 3 Conditional Uses, Section 303, Criteria For Conditional Uses, adding conditions for storage yards; Chapter 4, Section 401.02, Table 4.3, Use Table For Standard Land Use Districts for the Ronald Reagan Selected Area Plan and Section 401.08, Table 4.01.08.01, Use Table for Southeast Polk Selected Area Plan adding a storage yard land use category; Chapter 10, Definitions, defining Storage Yards to allow for the outdoor storage of raw materials and finished goods as a primary use of property. 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. This is the first of the two hearings.
RECOMMENDATION
Approval after the second reading on April 21, 2026
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
Land Development Division
erikpeterson@polkfl.gov