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Largo Planning Board approves ordinance making plat approvals administrative; city manager designated as final authority
Summary
The Largo Planning Board voted 6–0 to approve Ordinance 2026-02, which amends the Comprehensive Development Code to designate the city manager as the administrative authority for plat and replat approvals while retaining neighborhood information meetings and development review steps.
The Largo Planning Board voted unanimously on Oct. 2, 2025, to approve Ordinance 2026-02, a city staff–backed amendment to the City of Largo Comprehensive Development Code that designates the city manager as the administrative authority for plat and replat approvals. Staff said the change is required by state law and is intended to streamline the final approval step while preserving existing review processes.
Staff explained the ordinance updates several CDC sections, including changes to administrative fence-height modification rules and exemptions for government entities from certified survey requirements when properties can be described by other legal means. "State law now requires the plats be approved administratively and set up by the governing body," a staff member said, and the ordinance "sets forth the changes required to designate the city manager as the administrative authority for plat approval going forward." Staff also noted the item is scheduled for first reading at City Commission on Oct. 7, 2025, and second reading on Nov. 4, 2025.
Board members asked whether the shift to administrative approval removes public Commission review and how interagency differences (for example, fire department vs. engineering) will be reconciled. Staff clarified the development review committee process and outreach (including neighborhood information meetings) will remain unchanged; the only change is that the final signature is issued by the city manager rather than the city commission. "Everything about the process that we do right now is going to be exactly the same except that final step... instead of spending the time ... take it to the city commission for approval, we'll take it to the city manager," a staff member told the board.
After no public comment was offered, an unidentified board member moved to approve the ordinance; the board voted by roll call (Rob Shaw, Hall, Bridal Graham, McGee, Nardi, Chair Faustini) and the motion carried 6–0. The board also approved a separate motion to continue Ordinance 2026-06 to the Nov. 6, 2025 planning board meeting at 6 p.m. at City Hall to allow additional coordination and review.
Next steps: Ordinance 2026-02 will proceed to the City Commission for scheduled readings (first reading Oct. 7; second reading Nov. 4); neighborhood information meetings and the development review committee process will continue to provide public input during project review.
