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Manatee County continues dozens of land‑use items; residents press for time‑certain hearings and canopy road protections
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners read and continued multiple land‑use and ordinance items to late January and February dates as residents complained about lack of a quorum, inadequate notice and urged time‑certain hearings for the contested Zipporah Road rezone and protection of its live‑oak canopy.
Rachel Layton, speaking on behalf of the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners, opened a meeting that proceeded without a full board and read a long list of land‑use and ordinance items the board will not decide at this session.
An attorney identified in the record asked that deliberation on Resolution R2604 — a denial of a land‑use application — be rescheduled to Feb. 12, 2026, at 9 a.m. Layton announced numerous other continuances; most of the advertised hearings and quasi‑judicial rezonings were set for Jan. 28, 2026, at 9 a.m., while one subdivision phase (WillowBend Phase 5) was continued to March 5, 2026.
Public commenters seized on the procedural pattern. Mark Van…
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