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County approves rezoning for 1,620‑acre parcel; utility says it will lease 500 upland acres for potential solar farm
Summary
The Hillsborough County Commission voted 7–0 to rezone roughly 1,620 acres to Agricultural Mining and approve a companion PD amendment; Tampa Electric told commissioners it plans to lease about 500 upland acres from Mosaic and may pursue a solar farm there, subject to later conditional approvals and environmental review.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY — The Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 10 voted unanimously to rezone roughly 1,620 acres in eastern Hillsborough County from planned development to an Agricultural Mining (AM) district and to approve a companion planned‑development amendment, steps county staff said are intended to permit agricultural‑mining uses and to align zoning with the property’s future‑land‑use designation.
Counsel for Tampa Electric (TECO) told commissioners the utility is pursuing the feasibility of a solar farm on the property and has a lease agreement to use about 500 acres of upland within the larger folio. "The entire property, the entire folio is the 1,600 acres," the applicant's counsel said. "Our lease…
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