Land Use Hearing Officer · March 9, 2026
Meeting date: March 9, 2026Summarized 2026-09-01 20:34
**Hillsborough County Land Use Hearing Officer — March 9, 2026**
Seven applications were heard; none received a decision at the hearing itself. All seven were recorded as "Heard and Pending Determination," with the Hearing Officer scheduled to file a recommendation or final decision for each on March 30, 2026. No dollar amounts, contracts, or expenditures appear on this agenda — the LUHO docket is limited to variance, special use, and appeal petitions.
**Continuances and withdrawal (10 items, Section A):**
- **Withdrawn:** SU-AB 25-1115 (Damia Investments LLC) — withdrawn by the Zoning Administrator under LDC Sec. 10.03.02.C.2.
- **Continued to April 13, 2026** (seven items, each noted as "out of order to be heard" except where stated): VAR 24-1128 (Rolando Santiago); SU-SCH 24-1335 (David Wright / TSP Companies); SU-OPF 25-1192 (Daniel McKnight); VAR 25-1238 (Maria and Rojelio Mireles); VAR 25-1340 (Laritza Lopez); VAR 26-0381 (Bernadette Rodgers Revocable Trust); and SU-AB 26-0420 (11202 Dewhurst LLC), continued by Staff.
- **Continued at applicant request:** SU-SCH 24-1238 (Todd Pressman) to June 15, 2026; SU-SCH 26-0219 (Pressman Todd, Pressman & Assoc.) to May 11, 2026.
**Heard and pending determination:**
- VAR-WS 26-0397, Dalia Figueroa Lebron, 17021 Crawley Rd. (0.96 ac, ASC-1) — variance to encroach into the wetland setback and variance to lot development standards.
- VAR 26-0291, Pavel & Jessica Stehlik, 2407 E 148th Ave. (0.34 ac, RSC-6) — accessory structure requirements.
- VAR 26-0376, Frank & Linda Wise, 4829 Troydale Rd. (0.61 ac, RSC-4) — swimming pool requirements.
- VAR 26-0398, Andrea McClellan, 3607 My Way (1.09 ac, AR) — lot development standards.
- VAR 26-0414, Jacob T. Cremer / Barbas Cremer PLLC, SW corner of Big Bend Rd. & Simmons Loop (0.81 ac, CG) — variance to eating establishment drive-through service requirements and to landscaping/buffering requirements.
- SU-AB 26-0395, ALDI (Florida) LLC, 252 Harbor Village Ln. (13.55 ac, PD) — 3-PS alcoholic beverage permit with distance separation waivers.
- SU-AB 26-0405, Mark Bentley Esq., 10284 Causeway Blvd. (6.59 ac, CG/PD/RMC-16) — 4-COP-X alcoholic beverage permit with distance separation waivers.
No vested rights, fee waiver, remand, reconsideration, sign variance, or appeal items were on the agenda. Aside from the Damia Investments withdrawal and the volume of continuances (10 of 17 docketed items), the hearing was routine.