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Board adopts Energy Industrial Park revisions; adds environmental tests and limited residential allowance amid public objections
Summary
The county adopted two Energy Industrial Park text amendments that (1) adjust commercial boundaries and (2) allow a limited residential pocket and other changes, while adding pre‑construction radiation testing, 1,4‑dioxane testing for the residential pocket and coordination requirements with environmental agencies. Votes were 6–1 on both contested EIP items after extensive public comment about contamination and health risks.
Hillsborough County commissioners voted to adopt two related changes to the Energy Industrial Park (EIP) rules after extended public comment and amendments requiring additional environmental safeguards.
Planning staff said the first amendment (HCCPA 20‑315) would modify the EIP text to shift certain commercial allowances and clarify locational boundaries; staff transmitted the change with agency comments and the planning commission recommended consistency. Cammy Corbett, representing Turkey Creek Preserve, stressed the amendment facilitates entitlement allocation between property owners and that the Superfund area noted by agencies is on neighbor parcels rather than the applicant’s eastern parcel.
A separate, related amendment (HCCPA 24‑06) would rename the…
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