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Plant City annexation and future‑land‑use change proposed for 21‑acre site at 2900 E. U.S. 92
Summary
A privately initiated comprehensive plan map amendment would reclassify roughly 21 acres at 2900 East U.S. Highway 92 from Hillsborough County Residential 4 to Plant City Residential 9; a concurrent annexation with Plant City is proposed and Plant City legal staff told county planners the annexation is allowed under state annexation legislation.
Planning commission staff briefed commissioners on May 12, 2025, about a privately initiated comprehensive plan map amendment and concurrent annexation application affecting about 21 acres at 2900 East U.S. Highway 92 in northeast Plant City.
The briefing matters because the change would move the site from a Hillsborough County future land use to a Plant City designation and slightly increase the site’s residential and nonresidential development potential if the amendment and annexation are approved.
Unica Mills, planning commission staff, said the subject site is “a little over 21 acres” within the Northeast Plant City area master plan and noted the applicant requests a change from Hillsborough County Residential 4 to Plant City Residential 9. Mills described the property’s immediate context: US Highway 92 borders the site to the south, Sun King Road to the west and Charlie Taylor Road to the east, with Lakeside Station and existing Plant City neighborhoods nearby. The site is currently developed with a mobile home park.
Mills told commissioners the site’s current Hillsborough County designation would allow up to 86 dwelling units or roughly 236,000 square feet of nonresidential development. “If adopted under the residential 9 future land use category, the site could potentially develop up to a 95 dwelling units over 330,000 square feet of nonresidential,” Mills said, increasing both residential and nonresidential potential.
Commissioner Buza asked whether the proposed annexation would create an enclave or otherwise run afoul of boundary rules. Mills said she checked with Plant City legal staff and that, according to Plant City, state annexation legislation permits the annexation to proceed in this configuration despite a railroad track along the southern boundary. Mills said Plant City legal staff advised the annexation could move forward concurrently with the plan amendment.
Mills emphasized the application is a briefing at this stage; no planning commission action was requested. The item will return in a subsequent hearing where staff analysis, public comment and any recommendations will be considered.
