The economic development of the I-4 Corridor provides opportunities for Hillsborough County to attract specific industrial sectors to employment centers at appropriate locations. However, for his accomplishment to take place, certain land use strategies must be implemented as a catalyst for new development by certain industries. In reviewing the potential site development options, the concepts within Option 6 provide…

The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission is preparing updates to the comprehensive plans for Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City, and unincorporated Hillsborough County. The Planning Commission engaged Dover, Kohl & Partners and Spikowski Planning Associates to identify approaches for improving the way these plans discourage strip commercial development and encourage mixed-use development. Strip commercial development…

In 2011, an amendment to the Tampa Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map was requested for a parcel of land located within the Palma Ceia/Virginia Park neighborhoods, lying adjacent to Dale Mabry Highway in South Tampa. This request to the Tampa Comprehensive Plan, if approved by the Tampa City Council, would set a different policy…