BOCC Land Use · June 9, 2026
Meeting date: June 9, 2026Summarized 2026-09-01 20:37
## Hillsborough County BOCC — Land Use Meeting, June 9, 2026
**Attendance:** Commissioner Christine Miller absent for the entire meeting. Commissioner Wostal was recorded absent for all votes in Section A (withdrawals/continuances) but present for the remainder.
### Split vote / unusual actions
- **MM 23-0132 (G.L. Acquisitions Corporation)** — 149.85 acres at 10550 Regents Park Dr., Major Modification to PD. Despite Approval/Approvable and "Consistent with the Plan" recommendations from all three reviewing bodies, the item was **remanded to the Zoning Hearing Master**, due back 07/20/2026. Moved by Commissioner Wostal, seconded by Commissioner Cohen. **Carried 5-1, with Commissioner Hagan opposed** — the only split vote of the meeting.
- **MM 26-0215 (Florida Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists)** — 42.84 acres at 5585 E County Line Rd. Also **remanded to the Zoning Hearing Master**, due back 07/20/2026, notwithstanding favorable staff and Planning Commission recommendations. Moved by Hagan, seconded by Wostal; carried unanimously among those present.
- **RZ-STD 26-0541 (Mark Bentley, 6106 Hartford St., rezone ASC-1 to M(R))** — approved **"with Revised Restrictions"** rather than as recommended. Moved by Cameron Cepeda, seconded by Cohen.
- **PRS 26-0744 (Mohit Garg & Rohit Bansal)** — **withdrawn** by the applicant.
### Continuances (all moved by Myers, seconded by Cohen; carried)
Three related GTIS Metro DG LLC applications — **RZ-PD 22-1390, DRI 23-0195, and PRS 23-0210** — continued to September 22, 2026. Five items continued to July 21, 2026: PRS 26-0173 (staff request), PRS 26-0480, PRS 26-0483, PRS 26-0610 (staff request), and PRS 26-0614; several were noted as "out of order."
### Dollar amounts (all on the consent agenda, approved as a block on a motion by Myers, seconded by Cohen)
- **Vista DiRoma Phases 1 & 2 (Plat #7149)** — the largest financial item: Performance Bond of **$15,922,230.19**, Warranty Bond of **$687,759.09**, and a Performance Bond for Placement of Lot Corners of **$114,375.00**, plus authorization for the Chairman to execute the associated Subdivider's Agreements.
- **West Lake Phase 1 Off-Site (#6289)** — Warranty Bond of **$132,252.26** for off-site traffic signals.
- **WaWa Riverview Off-Site (#6882)** — Warranty Check of **$9,012.42** for a right turn lane, sidewalk and entry.
- **Historic Preservation Grant Award Agreement #2026-02** — not to exceed **$14,988.45** for protective border fencing at the Wimauma Memorial Cemetery Designated Historic Landmark.
### Right-of-way and easement vacations (all approved)
Five vacating petitions passed, each with a **$400** petitioner application fee covering advertising, recording and processing:
- **V23-0012** (Gunn Hwy Investment LLC) — ~38,208.5 sq ft (0.9 ac) in Keystone Odessa. Moved by Myers, seconded by Cohen.
- **V25-0021** (MRP TMHCBTR, LLC) — ~758 sq ft drainage easement in Apollo Beach, to allow sign construction. Staff noted County Public Works Policy PWD 0001.0 2016 "generally restricts the vacating of drainage easements," but Public Works did not object subject to setback conditions. Moved by Myers, seconded by Wostal.
- **V25-0023** (Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC and Innovative Land Management, LLC) — ~36,283 sq ft (0.83 ac) of Burts Road, Riverview. Moved by Wostal, seconded by Myers.
- **V26-0002** (Mosaic Fertilizer, Innovative Land Management, Felix Moreno, Evangelista Espinel-Naranjo) — ~64,583 sq ft (1.48 ac) of Jensen Road, Riverview. Moved by Cohen, seconded by Wostal.
- **V26-0007** (EastGroup Properties, L.P. et al.) — 48,317 sq ft (1.11 ac) of Tanner Road, to consolidate parcels for "the addition of two warehouses," plus acceptance of a standalone perpetual Utility Easement. Moved by Wostal, seconded by Cohen. Its paired rezoning, **RZ-PD 26-0220** (57.85 acres, rezone to PD), was also approved.
### Other approvals
Consent zoning items B.1–B.6 approved, including **RZ-PD 26-0349** (Hill Ward Henderson), a 648.8-acre rezone to PD at S County Rd 579 and Saffold Rd. Public-hearing land use items PRS 26-0749, 26-0750 and 26-0752 (the last adding an accessory golf driving range on 174.24 acres at 4417 Northdale Blvd.) were approved, as were RZ-PD 25-1061, RZ-PD 26-0328, RZ-PD 26-0431 and PRS 26-0472.
A **Status Report on Live Local Act Development Projects** was accepted, due back 07/21/2026 (Cohen moved, Wostal seconded).