East Hillsborough News

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 5:30pm 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Plant City Planning Board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. at the HCC Trinkle Center, located at 1206 North Park Road, Plant City, Florida regarding a request for a Major Modification to the Walden Lake Planned Development District (PB-2020-17), and any other business which may come before the Planning Board, to which all interested persons are invited.  Should it be necessary to continue the hearing due to time constraints, the hearing will be continued to the following week and will take place on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., at the HCC Trinkle Center.  

SPEAKING LIMITATIONS:  At the public hearing, the applicant (including their agents and representatives), the City (including staff and consultants) and any other governmental agency (including staff and consultants) shall each be allowed 15 minutes. The Chair of the Planning Board (“Chair”) shall determine the time allowed for all Party-Intervenors (including their agents and representatives). All other speakers shall be limited to three (3) minutes. In the event speaker(s) request additional time the determination of the amount of time to be allowed shall be at the discretion of the Chair. 

If any person wishes to be a Party-Intervenor, the person shall request through Planning and Zoning Staff at least 7 days prior to the public hearing and include with the request: (a) a detailed outline of their interest in the application and argument in favor or against it; and (b) the amount of time required for the Party-intervenor’s presentation, and the justification for the time required. Notwithstanding, upon proper showing, the Chair shall have the discretion, even without a prior request, to grant Party-Intervenor status at the public hearing.

Interested parties wishing to utilize an electronic presentation (i.e. PowerPoint) at these proceedings must provide the City Clerk a computer file of such at least two business days prior to the aforementioned public hearing date.

Anyone wishing to obtain or inspect a copy of the proposal may contact the Planning & Zoning Division by calling 813-659-4258, or planning@plantcitygov.com, or regular mail to Planning & Zoning City of Plant City, 302 West Reynolds Street, Plant City, FL 33563. Online access to the final submittal will be available by January 20, 2023 at our website https://www.plantcitygov.com/planning/page/walden-lake-rezoning.

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Planning Board with respect to any matter considered at such meeting, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which records included the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act, any person with a disability requiring reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this meeting should call the City Clerk at (813) 659-4200 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. 

Planning Board Agendas:

The agendas are finalized and published to our site on the Friday prior to the scheduled meeting date.  Click "here" to be taken to the agenda webpage. 

Original source can be found here.