On June 9, 2025, the planning commission heard PCCPA 25‑02, a privately initiated, small‑scale map amendment proposing to change a 2.39‑acre site at 314 North Webb Road from Hillsborough County Light Industrial to Plant City Industrial and to incorporate the parcel into the existing Sterling Commerce Center.

Krista Kelly, planning commission staff, presented the application and recommended a finding of consistency with the Plant City comprehensive plan. Kelly said the site was annexed into Plant City in February 2015, lies within the Northeast Plant City Area Master Plan boundary, and sits adjacent to the Sterling Commerce Center and the County Line Road/I‑4 interchange economic area. Staff concluded the amendment fits the plan’s direction to concentrate industrial and commercial uses near transportation and existing industrial assets and noted that, once integrated into the Sterling Commerce Center, access would be oriented to County Line Road, a collector.

Applicant Phil Walden said the property will be included within the Sterling Commerce Center and that the current zoning modification process will not increase square footage or add new traffic locations; Webb Road is not proposed as the primary access. Walden said the two acres are being added to the Commerce Center footprint and offered to answer commissioners’ questions.

Staff compared the site’s current and proposed development potential: under the existing designation the property could be considered for up to about 78,000 square feet of nonresidential uses; the Plant City Industrial designation would allow roughly 52,000 square feet of industrial uses and would eliminate residential development potential as a sole use. Kelly told commissioners the change would reduce overall nonresidential square‑footage potential for certain uses while aligning the parcel with surrounding industrial development.

Commissioner Buza moved to find PCCPA 25‑02 consistent with the Plant City comprehensive plan; the motion carried unanimously on voice vote and a subsequent roll call, and the item will be transmitted to Plant City for its review as part of the amendment process.