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Commission approves comprehensive-plan change and rezoning for vehicle recycling facility in Seffner despite residents’ water-quality concerns
Summary
After lengthy public comment and conflicting advisory recommendations, Hillsborough County commissioners on May 8 approved CPA 23-20 and PD24-1139, a comprehensive-plan amendment and planned‑development rezoning to formalize a vehicle recycling and open-vehicle storage facility near Seffner, by a 5-2 vote.
The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-2 May 8 to approve comprehensive plan amendment CPA 23-20 and a concurrent planned-development rezoning, PD24-1139, that will allow a vehicle recycling facility and open vehicle storage at a group of parcels on East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Seffner.
Planning Commission staff recommended the map amendment be found inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and cited conflicts with the rural-area and wellhead-protection policies. The Planning Commission likewise recommended inconsistency. County Development Services and Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) staff, however, reported no objection to approval of rezoning subject to conditions; the Zoning Hearing Master and the hearing officer recommended approval. The BOCC split the recommendations: an initial motion to deny CPA 23-20 failed (motion failed 1-6), then the board approved the comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning with Commissioners Hagan and Myers voting no (motions carried 5-2).
Public opposition during the hearing was extensive. Residents and environmental advocates described a long history of noisy…
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