Zoning Hearing Master · March 23, 2026
Meeting date: March 23, 2026Summarized 2026-09-01 20:35
## Hillsborough County Zoning Hearing Master — March 23, 2026
No fiscal items, contracts, or purchases appeared on this agenda; the Zoning Hearing Master hears rezoning and planned-development cases and issues recommendations, with final decisions made later by the Board of County Commissioners. Recommendations from this hearing are to be filed April 13, 2026, and most cases are scheduled for the BOCC Land Use Meeting of May 12, 2026.
**Withdrawals (3 total)**
- RZ-STD 26-0470 (Todd Pressman) — Withdrawn from the hearing process.
- RZ-STD 26-0471 (Todd Pressman) — Withdrawn from the hearing process.
- MM 25-1239 (Todd Pressman / Pressman & Assoc., Inc.), NW corner of N 30th St & E Bearss Ave, 3.51 acres, PD (85-0355) — Withdrawn. This item was listed on the agenda as a case to be heard, not as a pre-hearing withdrawal.
**Continuances**
Nineteen applications in Section A were continued without being heard, most to the April 27, 2026 ZHM hearing. Exceptions: RZ-PD 26-0206 (Karla Llanos) continued to May 26, 2026, and RZ-PD 26-0283 (Todd Pressman) continued to June 22, 2026. The agenda attributes continuances variously to the application being "out of order to be heard," to Staff (MM 25-1415, RZ-PD 26-0329), or to the Applicant (MM 26-0062, MM 26-0063, RZ-PD 26-0217, RZ-STD 26-0290).
Two further items were continued at the hearing itself:
- MM 26-0215 (Florida Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists), 5585 E County Line Rd, 42.84 acres — continued to April 27, 2026.
- RZ-PD 26-0349 (Hill Ward Henderson), NW corner of S County Rd 579 & Saffold Rd, 638.8 acres, the largest parcel on the agenda — continued to April 27, 2026.
**Routed to Comprehensive Plan Amendment Meeting (May 14, 2026)**
Two applications were marked "Continued (Other)" and referred to the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Meeting rather than the standard Land Use track:
- RZ-PD 25-0939 (Ledbetter MHP, LLC), 8.85 acres, CG to Planned Development.
- RZ-PD 26-0070 (Jacob T. Cremer / Barbas Cremer, PLLC), NE corner Hershey Rd & Ripley Rd, 6.8 acres, AR to Planned Development.
**Heard and pending recommendation (due to BOCC 5/12/2026)**
- RZ-PD 25-1338 (Syed L Ali), 0.91 acres — a remand.
- RZ-STD 26-0359 (Matthew Spero), 0.29 acres, RDC-12 to RMC-12.
- RZ-STD 26-0457 (Donald A. & Katharine M. Thompson), 3.68 acres, AR to AS-1.
- RZ-STD 26-0468 (Arthur Gillette), 0.86 acres, AS-1 to AS-1 SB.
- RZ-PD 25-0882 (David Wright / TSP Companies), 9.66 acres.
- RZ-PD 25-1386 (Highland Homes), Bishop Rd / S CR 579, 634.66 acres — the largest project heard.
- RZ-PD 25-1387 (E Slight LLC), 4.98 acres.
- RZ-PD 26-0213 (Almosta Farm Athletics LLC), 9.98 acres.
- RZ-PD 26-0214 (Hill Ward Henderson), US Hwy 301 & Sabal Industrial Blvd, 16.62 acres.
- MM 26-0335 (Mark Bentley), 11004 Bloomingdale Ave, 2.5 acres.
- MM 26-0346 (ACG BBQ, LLC), 1.73 acres.
**Notable pattern:** Of the 24 items disposed of without a hearing (continued or withdrawn), nine were filed by or associated with Todd Pressman / Pressman & Assoc., including both of the day's pre-hearing withdrawals and the one case withdrawn off the active hearing list. No split votes or contested motions are recorded; all dispositions are logged as procedural continuances, withdrawals, or "Heard and Pending Recommendation."