SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCT-2025-3 Stressed Basins LDC Text Amendment) to amend Chapter 1, Section 105, Relationship to other regulations; Chapter 2, Section 227, Filling and Excavating; Chapter 7, Section 703, Concurrency, and Section 740, Storm Water Management; Chapter 10, Definitions; and Appendix A, Section A102, Seasonal High Water Table. The suggested hearing dates are, first reading on April 15, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. and the second reading on May 6, 2025, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County-initiated request for a LDC text amendment to amend Chapter 1, Section 105, Relationship To Other Regulations, to incorporate the “Stressed Basin Map” into the code by reference, amending Chapter 2, Section 227, Filling and Excavating; to require stem wall foundations under certain circumstances; amending Chapter 7, Section 703, Concurrency, and Section 740, Storm Water Management, to add standards for stressed drainage basins; amending Chapter 10, Definitions, to add, a definition of Stressed Drainage Basins; amending Appendix A, Section A102.E, Seasonal High Water Table, to require crushed concrete in high ground water table conditions. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which will be held on, April 2, 2025.
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 15, 2025, at 9:15 a.m., and the second reading on May 6, 2025, at 9:15 a.m.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact
CONTACT INFORMATION
Erik Peterson, AICP
Planning Administrator
Land Development Division
(863) 534-6470
erikpeterson@polk-county.net <mailto:erikpeterson@polk-county.net>