HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

LAND USE HEARING OFFICER AGENDA -

FINAL

9:00 A.M. MONDAY, December 15, 2025

County Center, 2nd Floor

WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

HEARING SCHEDULE:

The LUHO Hearing will Starts at 9:00 A.M., The Following Items on the Morning Agenda Will Be Heard

Beginning at 9:00 A.M. With No New Petitions Starting After 5:00 P.M.: Special Uses (SU), Vested Rights

(VR), Fee Waivers (FW), Reconsideration Requests, Appeals, Variances (VAR).

HEARING ORDER:

• CALL TO ORDER BY THE HEARING OFFICER

• CONSIDERATION OF CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

• HEARING FOR INDIVIDUAL CASES

WHEN ADDRESSING THE HEARING OFFICER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

INTO THE MICROPHONE.

IF YOU WISH TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL MATERIALS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION TO THE

HEARING OFFICER, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF FIVE (5) COPIES OF EACH ITEM. PLEASE

BE ADVISED THAT MATERIALS SUBMITTED BECOME PART OF THE PERMANENT RECORD

AND CANNOT BE RETURNED.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodations to participate

in the proceeding, and those seeking an interpreter, should contact the Customer Service Center at telephone

number (813) 272-5900 or Hearing/Voice Impaired call 711 no later than 48 hours prior to the proceedings.

This meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

LUHO Hearing Agenda For December 15, 2025

The following dates pertain only to applications heard at the December 15, 2025 hearing. The Hearing Officer

shall file a Recommendation or Final Decision for each application on January 08, 2026.

For Appeals of Administrative Decisions (APP), the decision of the Hearing Officer is final.

For Variance (VAR) applications, the decision of the Hearing Officer may be appealed to the Land Use Appeals

Board. An appeal of the Hearing Officer’s decision must be filed with the Hillsborough County Development

Services Department no later than 30 calendar days from the final decision date.

The participants at the LUHO public hearing shall consist of the Applicant, County Staff, County Agencies,

Proponents, and Opponents, including the public and witnesses with relevant testimony. Each participant’s

presentation shall be limited in time as described below; however, the LUHO may grant additional time provided

that good cause is shown.

The order of presentation for each petition is as follows:

a. Applicant and witnesses; proposal: 15 minutes**

b. Administrator, summary of the applicant, County Staff and department findings: 5 minutes**

c. Planning Commission Staff; statement of compliance or non-compliance: 5 minutes

d. Proponents; argument for the application: 15 minutes

e. Opponents; argument against the application: 15 minutes

f. Staff; amended recommendations, if any: 5 minutes

g. Applicant; rebuttal and summation: 5 minutes

**For Variance (VAR) applications, County Staff presents its findings before Applicant testimony.

To the maximum extent practicable, the public hearing shall be informal. The LUHO’s decision or

recommendation must be filed with the Clerk of the BOCC within fifteen (15) working days after the conclusion

of the public hearing. Anyone wishing to receive a copy of the recommendation or decision by mail must supply

the Clerk of the BOCC with his/her name, address, and a stamped, self-addressed envelope for that purpose.

Please call 813-272-5600 for further information.

STANDING TO APPEAL AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE FOR VARIANCE REQUESTS

AND APPEALS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS

The Land Use Hearing Officer Public Hearing for Variance Requests and Appeals of Administrative Decisions

is the time for all interested citizens to present evidence and testimony. This evidence and testimony will be the

only evidence subject to review by the appeal board if an appeal is filed. This means that, at the end of today’s

Public Hearing, the record closes and no new evidence may be submitted as part of the record. Any decision of

the Land Use Hearing Officer may be appealed to the Land Use Appeals Board, except Appeals of

Administrative Decisions.

The Appeals Board will only consider the Land Use Hearing Officer’s decision and the record of the public

hearing in making a final decision on petitions. The hearing shall be limited to the record on appeal and shall

consist of oral argument by the Administrator, the party appealing the decision, and any interveners, each of

whom may be represented by legal counsel.

The following shall have standing to appeal a decision of the Land Use Hearing Officer or to intervene in an

appeal:

1. The Applicant

2. Any person or entity which appeared before the Land Use Hearing Officer, presented testimony or other

evidence, and is adversely affected by the decision of the Land Use Hearing Officer.

It is the County Attorney Office’s role to assure that no new evidence or testimony is allowed before the Appeals

Board or the Land Use Hearing Officer. The County Attorney will recommend that the Appeals Board or the

Land Use Hearing Officer disregard evidence or testimony which is not contained in the record. Any evidence

presented which is outside the record made at today’s public hearing could jeopardize the legality of the Appeals

Board’s decision and the presenter of that evidence could hurt his/her own cause. The requirements and

limitations listed above shall apply to all appeals of Administrative Decisions being reviewed by the Land Use

Hearing Officer during today’s hearing.

The safest course of action is for you to write down your comments today and repeat those to the Appeals Board.

Therefore, please be sure that all information which you wish to be heard by the Appeals Board is contained in

the record today.