SUBJECT
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SET HEARING (LDCT-2021-13 Completion and Acceptance of Infrastructure and Improvements) to consider the adoption of a County-initiated request for Completion and Acceptance of Infrastructure and Improvements. The suggested hearings for a first reading on April 4, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. and the second reading on April 18, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for a text amendment to Chapter 7, Section 704.G, Acceptance of Public Improvements; Section 704.G, Acceptance Of Public Improvements, Section 706, Right-of-Way Use Permits; Chapter 8, Section 804.C, Timing of Approval; Section 806, Plats; Section 807, Completion Guarantee; Chapter 9, Development Review Procedures, to add Section 909 Completion Guarantee and Acceptance of Infrastructure and Improvements; and Chapter 10 Definitions to add definitions for Engineer’s Certificate, Maintenance Security, Performance Security, and Subdivider’s Agreement to clarify the process for dedicating infrastructure and construction within the County’s existing and future easements and rights-of-way as well as protection of infrastructure assets. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on November 2, 2022, with a recommendation of approval (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.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board set the first reading on April 4, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. and the second reading on April 18, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik E. Peterson
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
(863) 534-6470
erikpeterson@polk-county.net <mailto:erikpeterson@polk-county.net>