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Planning commission hears a wave of comprehensive-plan map amendment briefings covering urban service-area expansions and land-use changes

Hillsborough County City Planning Commission · March 9, 2026
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Summary

The commission received staff briefings on a set of HC/CPA items (26-01 through 26-11) including small- and large-scale map amendments to add parcels to the Urban Service Area, convert rural land to residential or industrial categories, and add a natural-preservation designation for two Bay islands.

At its March 9 meeting the Planning Commission heard a consolidated slate of comprehensive plan briefing items (HC/CPA 26-01 through HC/CPA 26-11). The package included a mixture of privately and publicly initiated map amendments that will return for formal hearings in future cycles.

Highlights of items presented: - HC/CPA 26-01 (West Lake Drive): A small-scale, publicly initiated map amendment to convert three parcels (~15.04 acres) to Residential 4 to align with surrounding adopted policy and increase potential density (staff said the change would remove the last WVR-2 parcels in the county if adopted).…

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