Adopt A Road
The next ADOPT A ROAD is April 30, 2022 Meet at the Keystone Park at 7:00am You will be done at 9:00 and feeling very good about yourself.
Borrow Pit Update
Date Change of Public Hearing to April 12, 2022 Special Use Land Excavation Public Hearing: App. No.: SU-LE 21-1224 Notice of Imminent Adverse Impacts to environmentally sensitive areas, public health and welfare. The owner of the borrow pit located at…
Land Use Update
by Barbara Aderhold 21-1224 Special Use Permit for the Borrow Pit has been continued to the 4/12/22 BOCC Land Use Meeting 21-1338 Distinctive Stables re-zoning to a planned development has been continued to the 4/18/22 Zoning Hearing Meeting 22-0500 This…
Special Use Land Excavation
Date Change of Public Hearing to March 8, 2022 (was December 14, 2021) Special Use Land Excavation Public Hearing: App. No.: SU-LE 21-1224 Notice of Imminent Adverse Impacts to environmentally sensitive areas and public health and welfare. The owner of…
Land Use Update
by Barbara Aderhold 21-1338 Distinctive Stables on Boy Scout Road – they are bringing their property into compliance with the rules/regs of Hillsborough County. This has been continued to the Feb 14th Zoning Hearing Master meeting. 21-1224 The borrow pit…
Plan Amendment (land use)
Barbara Aderhold has provided the information on this Plan Amendment Plan Amendment 19-09 The request is to go to Agricultural Estate, which would allow the development of 1 residential unit for every 2 and a half acres. Currently the property…
Special use (land use)
Barbara Aderhold provided information on this special use project Special Use 21-1224 This is the borrow pit on Lutz Lake Fern Road. The request is to extend the existing Special Use for an additional 10 years until 12/19/31. This permit…
The Enviro-Educator: The Bees Knees
There are many different species of bees and only a small amount are honeybees. Many people think our honeybees are endangered but none of them are on the endangered list. Unfortunately, eight species of other bees are with the most…
What is Greenbelt?
By Trisha Penabade We have all heard the term “Greenbelt” but what does that mean? It is an agriculture classification for property’s primarily used for “Bona Fide” agricultural purposes. The greenbelt classification is a benefit that provides a lower assessment…
The Enviro-Educator: Learning to Live with Less Fertilizer
The following information was obtained from the Tampa Bay Times article written by CR Bowden and published July 20, 2021. (Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith wants to revisit a proposed fertilizer ban that didn’t pass more than a decade ago.…