SUBJECT
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SET HEARING: (LDCT-2024-26 Appendix A Clean Up Text) to amend Sections 704, 804, 980 and A406; amend Chapter 10, Appendix A, Section A203; delete Section A204; add Section A204; consolidate figures A6 thru A14; amend Section A207; delete Subsection A207.G. The suggested hearing dates are for the first reading on January 7, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. and the second reading on January 21, 2025, at 9:15 a.m.
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DESCRIPTION
This is a County initiated request amending Section 704, Construction Plans; Section 804, Construction Plans; Section 980, Enforcement of Site Requirements; and Section A406 inspection, testing and certification requirements to remove the term “as-built” and replace with “record drawings”; amending Chapter 10, Definitions, to define “record drawings”; amending Appendix A, Section A203, Excavation, hanging florida bearing value to Limerock Bearing Ratio; delete Section A204, Soil Cement Standards; add Section A204, Road Design Illustrations, and consolidate figures A6 thru A14 into one location; amending Section A207, Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course, by deleting Subsection A207.G, Marshall Mixes Construction Methods. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on December 4, 2024, with a recommendation of 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.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board set for the first reading on January 7, 2025, at 9:15 a.m., and the second reading on January 21, 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>