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Board adopts land-development code changes to speed reviews, extend hearing deadlines and ease flood-related stairs rules
Summary
Hillsborough County commissioners adopted multiple Land Development Code amendments Feb. 11 to speed permitting reviews, allow six-month deadline extensions after declared emergencies, and permit combined preliminary-plat and construction reviews with expedited residential permits.
Hillsborough County commissioners on Feb. 11 adopted several amendments to the county Land Development Code intended to streamline permitting and to accommodate storm-related needs. The board's actions included a time-extension amendment tied to declared emergencies, a pre-site/construction streamlining measure and a combined preliminary-plat/construction review with an expedited residential building-permit option. The board also held the first public hearing on a separate amendment allowing stairways for elevated residential structures in the special flood-hazard area to project into required front yards.
Israel Monsanto of Development Services summarized the package; all items were found consistent with the comprehensive plan by the Planning Commission on Feb. 10. The first amendment (LEC 25-0278) provides a six-month extension to public-hearing application deadlines if the…
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