County votes to transmit Goal 4 comprehensive-plan text amendments for state review

Aug 8, 2024

After presentations and public comment on locational criteria and rural protections, the Hillsborough County Commission voted 7–0 to transmit HCCPA 23-24 (Goal 4) — updates to development policies, including a switch to a functional classification map and new FAR limits for some industrial categories.

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The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to transmit HCCPA 23-24, revisions to Goal 4 of the comprehensive plan, after a staff presentation and public comment. Planning Commission staff said the update replaces the context classification map with a functional classification map, clarifies urban versus rural design standards and sets limits intended to preserve industrial lands, including a 0.25 maximum FAR for retail and commercial uses in industrial future land use categories.

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