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Applicant seeks to convert 15.23 acres at N. Highway 301 and Williams Road from Res 4 to Light Industrial Plant

5837900 · September 25, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff presented a privately initiated small-scale amendment to change about 15.23 acres at North Highway 301 and Williams Road from Residential 4 to Light Industrial Plant; staff said the change would eliminate residential potential and substantially increase commercial floor-area ratio, and no action was taken at the workshop.

Lillian Lenahan, planning commission staff, briefed commissioners on a privately initiated small-scale map amendment for approximately 15.23 acres at North Highway 301 and Williams Road proposing a change from Residential 4 to Light Industrial Plant.

Lenahan said the site is in the urban service area within the limits of the Tampa/Oldsmar (Tonota-Sassa) community plan area (transcript: TonodaSassa community plan) and is located south of North Highway 301 and west of Williams Road. The site is currently vacant and surrounded by single-family uses to the east, south and west, with light and heavy commercial uses and mobile-home parks north of Highway 301 and light industrial uses to the northeast.

Under Res 4 the site could be considered for up to 60 dwelling units or about 165,854 square feet of nonresidential uses (illustrative). Under the proposed Light Industrial Plant designation staff said the site could be considered for 0 dwelling units and approximately 497,564 square feet of nonresidential uses at the higher FAR; Lenahan described the amendment as eliminating potential residential development and allowing substantially increased commercial intensity.

The item was informational at the workshop and no vote was taken. Lenahan said rezoning would apply development standards and locational criteria if the amendment advances through the public hearing and adoption process.