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Planning commission approves series of land‑use requests, from wedding venue to subdistrict edits
Summary
In a single hearing the commission approved multiple conditional‑use and map changes including a small seasonal wedding venue, a mobile‑home conditional use, a text amendment exempting certain mine fill/excavation, subdistrict changes for outdoor storage and a fire-station site designation.
The Polk County Planning Commission approved a number of shorter land-use items in the hearing, including conditional uses, subdistrict changes and an LDC text amendment.
Highlights include approval of LDCU 2025-13 to allow a seasonal, small-scale wedding venue at 5130 South Jennings Road; applicant Travis Worley said the venue "will operate seasonally and host a limited number of events each year," and staff added conditions prohibiting outdoor amplified sound. The commission also approved a mobile-home conditional use (LDCU 2025-10) for Angel Mercado, a future fire-station institutional designation (LDCPA 2025-20) for South Lakeland, a future land-use subdistrict change to allow outdoor storage at Hamilton Road (LDCD 2025-3), and a Bowling Green border subdistrict change (LDCD 2025-5) that staff said is driven by lack of water/wastewater service and the area's historic platting.
Separately, the commission approved LDCT 2025-13, a land-development code text amendment to add an exemption for fill/excavation associated with phosphate mines and gypsum stacks to reduce redundancy with state oversight; Annie Barnes (S10) representing the applicant asked the commission to approve the clarification. All items passed on recorded roll-call votes and staff will process required variances, permitting and Board scheduling as needed.
