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After heated public comment and legal concerns, Hillsborough commissioners vote 5–2 to deny a 250-foot pickleball setback
Summary
Commissioners heard extended public testimony both for and against a proposed land-development code amendment requiring new pickleball courts to be at least 250 feet from residences. Citing legal risk from Florida’s Senate Bill 180 and pending litigation, the board voted 5–2 to deny the proposed universal setback but approved related ordinance work
The Board heard more than a dozen speakers during a public hearing on LDC 25-14-35, a proposed amendment that would add locational standards for new outdoor pickleball courts, including a 250-foot separation from the structure or building envelope of residential uses and a conditional-use permitting requirement.
Opponents — primarily homeowners and small-HOA representatives from Andalusia — urged the Board to reject the 250-foot rule as impractical for small communities, arguing it would effectively prohibit modest, two-court conversions on small common areas and might conflict with recently enacted state law (referred to in testimony…
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