Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
The Hillsborough County Commission's Tuesday, July 21 Land Use meeting agenda included a 45-acre Meritage Homes rezoning in Lutz, the Odessa Preserve subdivision plat, and a Lutz homeowner easement vacation, while five other applications were continued to August 11.
Local Government
A Hillsborough County hearing officer approved a special use permit for a 1,000-student private K-8 school proposed by the Naidip Foundation on North Dale Mabry Highway in Lutz, prompting the community group Preserve Rural Lutz to raise more than $18,000 for legal challenges as the project enters site-plan review.
Local Government
Pasco Fire Rescue is replacing the decades-old Station 1 at the Pasco County Public Safety Campus in Land O' Lakes with a modern facility expected to open this winter, part of a countywide expansion responding to 22% population growth since 2020.
Local Government
The Asturia Community Development District posted a seven-item workshop agenda for its Tuesday, July 14 session in Odessa, including a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget that would nearly triple landscape-replacement spending and a review of amenity access rules, with formal decisions expected at the July 28 board meeting.
Local Government
Hillsborough County commissioners were scheduled to vote Wednesday, July 15, on a $650 million financing plan for water and wastewater projects repaid through utility revenues, not property taxes. The vote outcome has not been publicly confirmed.
Local Government
Pasco County commissioners banned sky lanterns countywide on July 14, 2026, prohibiting the fire-propelled devices at celebrations including holidays, with fines for violators and a narrow exception for government-authorized scientific use.
Local Government
Pasco County commissioners adopted Ordinance 26-25 on Tuesday, July 14, amending the Parks MSTU to let incorporated municipalities opt into the property tax levy that already funds parks maintenance in unincorporated areas like Land O' Lakes and Lutz.
Local Government
The Keystone Civic Association hosts a political forum for Hillsborough County Commission and School Board candidates on Thursday, July 23, at American Legion Post 147 in Odessa, while SWFWMD water restrictions remain in effect through at least Oct. 1 amid a 13.7-inch rainfall deficit.
Local Government
Pasco County commissioners unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on data center development across unincorporated areas including Land O' Lakes, retroactive to May 27, blocking the Double Branch proposal near SR 52 and capping small-facility exemptions at 2.5 megawatts.
Local Government
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Chief Jason Dougherty, whose department covers Lutz and Odessa, was named 2026 Career Fire Chief of the Year by the Florida Fire Chiefs' Association at its conference in Punta Gorda.
Local Government
Land O' Lakes and Lutz residents have until Monday, July 20 to register to vote or change their party affiliation for the August 18 primary, with the Pasco elections office on Land O' Lakes Boulevard offering Saturday and extended Monday hours.
Local Government
Navy Fireman Brenda Arnaud and Gulf War veteran Scott Morrison have moved into the Tunnel to Towers Let Us Do Good Village in Land O' Lakes, joining nearly 30 families in the growing smart-home community for catastrophically injured heroes.
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