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Board approves 38-acre Mango Road light-industrial park rezoning and plan amendment, 7–0
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a plan amendment and planned-development rezoning to allow a limited light-industrial park and warehouses on 38.29 acres at County Road 579 and Pruitt Road in Thonotosassa, with design exceptions and transportation improvements required.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Hillsborough County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to approve a comprehensive-plan amendment and companion planned-development rezoning that allow a light-industrial park on roughly 38.29 acres at the northeast corner of County Road 579 (Mango Road) and Pruitt Road in Thonotosassa.
Applicant representatives said the site contains existing industrial-like uses and that the requested Light Industrial Plant (LIP) future land-use designation, together with a companion planned development, would allow limited light-industrial activities — warehousing, distribution, manufacturing, processing and accessory open storage — while imposing design standards and buffers intended to protect neighboring rural and residential uses. Gina Grimes, representing Provident Partners Real Estate, told commissioners the existing site “is already an industrial like use” and that a companion PD would limit the number and types of uses permitted.
Under the rezoning, the applicant proposed up to 532,000 square feet of light industrial buildings. The applicant said that the proposed development would produce a floor-area ratio of about 0.32 on the site and that it would dedicate more than 48,000 square feet of right of way to the county for transportation improvements, including auxiliary lanes and a 10-foot multipurpose trail along Mango Road.
County staff and the Zoning Hearing Master found the requested PD rezoning approvable and compatible with the surrounding development pattern. Planning Commission staff likewise found the proposal consistent with the comprehensive plan subject to development conditions. The board recorded votes approving the comprehensive-plan amendment (HCCPA 24-26) and the rezoning (PD 2041135) by a 7–0 margin.
The approved PD includes required setbacks, increased buffers on the north and south, and proposed building heights that will require additional setbacks; the applicant requested and received administrative variances and design exceptions for substandard roadway improvements and driveway spacing, which county engineers found approvable. The rezoning approval includes requirements for construction of turn lanes and other roadway improvements as conditions of development.
What happens next: The applicant will proceed to PD master-plan approvals and permitting subject to the approved PD conditions, county engineering and permitting reviews, and any required mitigation spelled out in the PD documents.
Votes at a glance: HCCPA 24-26 (map amendment to LIP) — approved 7–0. RZ PD 2041135 (rezoning to planned development for light industrial uses) — approved 7–0.
