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Commission hears annexation and zoning requests for Watts Ranch and Hunt Brothers industrial area

City Commission, City of Lake Wales · October 29, 2025

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Summary

Planning staff presented annexation requests including a 10‑acre Watts Ranch residential annexation and a 173‑acre Hunt Brothers industrial zoning conversion, plus a 5‑acre site slated for a future Fire Station 3; staff said changes are compatible with the comp plan and noted a recent intensity reduction to avoid a DRI designation.

Autumn, planning staff, presented a package of annexation and map-amendment items to the commission, beginning with Ordinance 2025-30 for Watts Ranch: a request to annex about 10 acres and assign medium-density residential future land use and R1D zoning consistent with surrounding development. Autumn said the…

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