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Planning commission finds Plant City map amendment consistent despite neighbor flooding, traffic concerns
Summary
Planning commission staff recommended finding PCCPA 25‑06 consistent; commissioners voted 9–0 to forward the privately initiated 23.6‑acre map amendment (to Plant City Res‑4) despite neighbors’ concerns about flooding, runoff, traffic and rural character. Staff said FEMA maps showed no mapped floodplain and that site‑level stormwater matters will be addressed during later site‑development review.
The Hillsborough County Planning Commission on Dec. 8 voted unanimously to find PCCPA 25‑06 — a privately initiated comprehensive plan map amendment affecting a roughly 23.6‑acre site north of Trapnell Road and east of Mud Lake Road — consistent with the Plant City comprehensive plan and forwarded the recommendation to the Plant City Commission.
Krista Kelly, planning commission staff, told the commission the site is currently designated Hillsborough County Residential 1, which allows up to about one dwelling unit per acre. The proposed Plant City Residential 4 designation would allow up to four units an acre; staff said that change would increase potential dwelling units on the property from about 23 under the county designation to as many as 94 under Plant City rules — an addition of 71 units — and found the amendment consistent with relevant comprehensive plan objectives and policies.
Tu Mai of HTMI Inc., representing the applicant, said the request is paired with concurrent annexation (ANX2025‑06) and rezoning…
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