SUBJECT
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Public Hearing: (LDCT-2024-7 Water Star Text Amendment) (First Reading) to add Chapter 2, Section 212, Plumbing Fixtures and Appliances, and amend Chapter 2, Section 226, Irrigation Systems. (No Fiscal Impact)
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County initiated request for a LDC Text amendment to add Chapter 2, Section 212, Plumbing Fixtures and Appliances, to introduce Water Sense and Energy Star requirements, amending Chapter 2, Section 226, Irrigation Systems, to implement uniform procedures that promote water conservation through more efficient landscapes and irrigation systems and methods; amending Section 720.E, Water-Efficient Landscaping, to recognize requirements of Section 226; amending Chapter 10, Definitions, to add, modify, and delete definitions for consistency with proposed amendment and the Florida Water Star program. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which will be held on June 5, 2024, with a recommendation of approval.
State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was June 5, 2024, with a recommendation of approval by a 7:0 vote. Amendments to the LDC require two public hearings before the Board to be adopted. This is the first hearing, and the adoption hearing is scheduled for July 2, 2024, at 9:15 a.m.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt at the final reading on July 2, 2024.
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>