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Commission transmits Lutz Lake Fern urban service area expansion and companion map amendment to state review
Summary
The board voted to transmit privately initiated comprehensive-plan amendment CPA HCCPA 25-03 (map) and HCCPA 25-04 (USA expansion) to state agencies for review amid opposition from Keystone-Odessa residents and the Planning Commission, which found both inconsistent with the county comprehensive plan and the Keystone-Odessa community plan.
The Board of County Commissioners voted May 8 to transmit HCCPA 25-04 (urban service area expansion) and HCCPA 25-03 (map amendment for Lutz Lake Fern Road) to state review, despite Planning Commission staff and the Planning Commission finding both amendments inconsistent with the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan and the Keystone-Odessa community plan.
The privately initiated HCCPA 25-04 would expand the county’s urban service area by about 295 acres; its companion map amendment HCCPA 25-03 seeks to change approximately 308 acres from Agricultural Rural 1–5 to Residential 4. Planning Commission staff told the board the site contains wetlands, significant upland wildlife habitat and portions in the 100‑year floodplain; the site also contains a borrow pit operation and…
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