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Applicant requests commercial designation for annexed site on N. Alexander Street south of Sam Allen Road
Summary
A privately initiated comprehensive plan map amendment would change about 2.3 acres on North Alexander Street from Hillsborough County Residential 1 to Plant City Commercial; staff noted the parcel was annexed in late 2024 and that the Northeast master plan previously mapped wetlands and natural preservation in the area.
Planning commission staff briefed commissioners on May 12, 2025, about a privately initiated comprehensive plan map amendment that would change approximately 2.3 acres along North Alexander Street south of Sam Allen Road from Hillsborough County Residential 1 to Plant City Commercial.
The item matters to local planning because the site was recently annexed into Plant City (late 2024), retains a Hillsborough County land‑use designation and lies near Sam Allen Road and I‑4 interchanges, locations where intensity increases toward commercial and higher residential designations.
Krista Kelly, planning commission staff, said the parcel is currently vacant and is within the Northeast Plant City area master plan boundary. She noted the property was previously depicted as natural preservation on the master plan because of wetlands on site; the adopted master plan map was updated earlier in April 2025 and became effective after this application was submitted.
Kelly described comparative development potential: under the current Hillsborough County designation, the site could support about 252 dwelling units or up to 240,000 square feet of nonresidential uses. The applicant’s requested Plant City Commercial designation, Kelly said, “would allow for an additional 237 additional dwelling units and would increase the allowable square footage from nonresidential use by 68,694 square feet.”
Staff presented the item for information; no formal commission action was taken at the briefing. The change, if pursued and approved through municipal hearings, would trigger environmental and site‑level review because of the wetlands and master plan natural‑preservation mapping.
