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Hearing master reviews proposal to add VA community living center in Seffner amid strong community debate
Summary
Hearing master Pamela Jo Hatley presided over a contested major modification and companion comprehensive plan amendment on Feb. 18, 2025, when an applicant requested a second development option for a 14.42‑acre site at North Kingsway Road and U.S. Highway 92 in Seffner to allow a Veterans Administration Community Living Center (CLC).
Hearing master Pamela Jo Hatley presided over a contested major modification and companion comprehensive plan amendment on Feb. 18, 2025, when an applicant requested a second development option for a 14.42-acre site at North Kingsway Road and U.S. Highway 92 in Seffner to allow a Veterans Administration Community Living Center (CLC). The applicant presented the CLC as an alternative to the site’s existing commercial entitlement.
The proposal would add an assisted‑living/nursing complex and reduce vehicle trip generation compared with the currently approved general commercial option, the applicant’s attorney Todd Pressman said; development services recommended approval subject to conditions that would, among other limits, cap nursing facility square footage and bed count. Planning commission staff found the modification inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and raised scale and neighborhood‑compatibility concerns.
Why it matters: The site abuts single‑family neighborhoods and Burnett Middle/High School, and the county’s land‑use policies require new nonresidential development adjacent to…
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