NOTICE OF LAND USE CHANGE

Official Actions Will Affect and Regulate Use of Real Property in Unincorporated Manatee County – Notice to Real Property Owners and General Public.

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of the following amendments to the Manatee County Comprehensive Plan. The amendments pertain to the unincorporated area of Manatee County. At the conclusion of the public hearing the Board of County Commissioners shall determine whether to adopt, adopt with modifications or not adopt the amendments to the Manatee County Comprehensive Plan.

            Date:              August 21, 2025

            Time:              9:00 a.m., or soon thereafter as same may be heard

            Place:             Manatee County Government Administrative Center

                                    1112 Manatee Ave. West; Patricia M. Glass Chambers (1st Floor)

Additional amendments to the following may be necessary to implement

these changes and ensure internal consistency.

PA-25-02 / Ordinance No. 25-17 County-Initiated Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment

Repeal Of Ordinance 21-12 PLN2501-0167

An Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County, Florida, regarding comprehensive planning, amending Manatee County Ordinance No. 89-01, as amended (the Manatee County Comprehensive Plan); providing a purpose and intent; providing findings to further the intent of the comprehensive plan to preserve land east of the Future Development Area Boundary(FDAB) for primarily agricultural uses and to contain urban sprawl; providing for a county-initiated text amendment to element 2, future land use, amending and restating policy 2.1.2.2, under objective 2.1.2, geographic extent of future development to delete an exception for eligible new development proposed for lands east of and coterminous and contiguous to the Future Development Area Boundary (FDAB) meeting specified criteria; deleting policy 2.1.2.8; amending policy 2.10.1.4 to delete reference to policy 2.1.2.8; amending element 9, public facilities, objective 9.2.1, concurrency, by deleting policy 9.2.1.5; amending objective 9.6.1, development requirements, policy 9.6.1.1 to delete reference to policy 2.1.2.8; providing for amendments as necessary to maintain internal consistency; repealing ordinances in conflict including, without limitation ordinance No. 21-12; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.

PA-25-01 / ORDINANCE No. 25-14 County-Initiated Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment Wetland Protection Reversion PLN2501-0039

An Ordinance of The Board of County Commissioners of Manatee County, Florida, regarding Comprehensive Planning, amending Manatee County Ordinance No. 89-01, as amended (The Manatee County Comprehensive Plan); providing a purpose and intent; providing findings; providing for a County-Initiated Text Amendment to Element 3-Conservation, amending and restating Goal 3.3, Objective 3.3.1, Wetlands Protection, Policy 3.3.1.1. to require an Impact Avoidance and Minimization Analysis to justify Wetland Impacts, acknowledging cases where no other practical alternatives exist to permit a reasonable use of the land or an overriding public benefit; Policy 3.3.1.2, requiring the delineation of the extent of wetland areas on a development site plan; Policy 3.3.1.3, requiring all development related impacts to wetlands be mitigated by complying with both the State of Florida Wetland Mitigation Standards and The County’s Mitigation Standards, Policy 3.3.1.5, providing for natural area buffers adjacent to all post-development wetlands and watercourses as stated in a Schedule of Minimum Buffer Widths; Policy 3.3.1.6, allowing for a variable width wetland buffer under limited circumstances; Policy 3.3.1.7, providing for the monitoring of Federal, State and Regional Dredge and Fill Permits; amending and restating Element 4-Coastal Management; Goal 1, Policy 4.1.2.5., providing for minimum buffer widths adjacent to environmentally sensitive coastal wetlands and discouraging the trimming of mangroves; providing for amendments as necessary to maintain internal consistency; repealing ordinances in conflict including Ordinance No. 23-66; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.

The proposed Ordinances are available for public inspection at the Manatee County Development Services Department, 1112 Manatee Avenue West, Suite 400, Bradenton, Florida, during regular business hours. A reasonable charge may be made for the provision of copies.

Interested parties may appear and be heard at the meeting with respect to the proposed Ordinance. The public hearing may be continued from time to time to a date and time certain or to no date certain and re-advertised. The Public may also provide written comments for the Board of County Commissioners to consider.

Rules of procedure for this public hearing are in effect pursuant to Resolution 25-013. A copy of this Resolution is available for review or purchase from the Development Services Department (see address below).

Please Send Comments To:           Manatee County Development Services Department

                                                            Attn:  Agenda Coordinator

                                                            1112 Manatee Ave. West, 4^th Floor

                                                            Bradenton, FL 34205

                                                            [email protected]

All written comments will be entered into the record.

For More Information: Copies of the proposed amendment will be available for review and copying at cost approximately ten (10) days prior to the public hearing. Information may also be obtained by calling 748-4501 x 6878, between 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; email to: [email protected].

Americans With Disabilities:  The Board of County Commissioners does not discriminate upon the basis of any individual's disability. Manatee County is committed to providing full access to facilities, programs, and services to all, as well as supporting the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities in its workforce in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Acts of 1990 (ADA) and as amended (“ADAA”), and 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodation for this meeting as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or assistance with accessing any of these documents, should contact Carmine DeMilio, ADA Compliance Coordinator, at (941)792-4501 ext. 6016 or [email protected], as least 3 business days prior to the scheduled meeting. If you are deaf/hard of hearing and require the services of an interpreter, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 711.

According to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, if a person decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matters considered at such meetings or hearings, he/she will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, he/she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record would include any testimony or evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

SAID HEARING MAY BE CONTINUED FROM TIME–TO–TIME PENDING ADJOURNMENTS.

MANATEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Manatee County Development Services Department

Manatee County, Florida

Date Published: August 7, 2025

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