HENDRY COUNTY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

Notice is hereby given that the Local Planning Agency of Hendry County (LPA) will hold a public hearing on January 15, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., at the Hendry County Courthouse, Commission Chambers, 25 E. Hickpochee Ave, LaBelle, Florida. The LPA will determine if the petition is consistent with the Hendry County Comprehensive Plan and will review the petition for consistency with the Hendry County Land Development Code.

The recommendations of the LPA will be made to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) for final consideration at a public hearing. This hearing will be held on February 11, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., at the City of Clewiston Commission Chambers, 115 W. Ventura Ave., Clewiston, Florida.

Interested parties may appear and be heard at the public hearings with respect to the proposed ordinance. Oral and written comments will be accepted. A copy of the petition and the ordinance are available for inspection at the Hendry County Planning and Zoning Department, 640 S. Main St., LaBelle, FL between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Any questions pertaining to this matter should be directed to the Planning and Zoning Department by phone (863-675-5240), e-mail (marlen.lorences@hendryfla.net), U.S. Mail (P.O. Box 2340, LaBelle, FL 33975), or by fax (863-674-4194).

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.

If you have a disability that will require special assistance or accommodation for your participation in either meeting, please contact Marlen Lorences at (863) 675-5240; Hearing Impaired: Florida Relay 7-1-1; or e-mail marlen.lorences@hendryfla.net.

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Petition Number: RZ24-0004

Applicant: United States Sugar Corporation

Ordinance Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HENDRY COUNTY, FLORIDA, GRANTING A ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGE FROM GENERAL AGRICULTURE (A-2) TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) ON +/- 682.1 ACRES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS OF LAW; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENERS ERRORS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Project size: 682.1 +/- acres

Location: Northeast Quadrant of W US Highway 27 and SR 80, Clewiston. 1 32 43 01 A00 0003.0000, 1 33 43 06 A00 0001.0000, 1 33 43 07 A00 0001.0000, 1 33 43 07 A00 0001.0100, 1 33 43 07 A00 0002.0000, 1 32 43 12 A00 0005.0000, 1 32 43 12 A00 0001.0000

Request: To rezone the subject property from General Agriculture (A-2) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to authorize the development of a long range plan for commercial and industrial use.

Legal description of subject properties:

That portion of fractional Section 1, Township 43 South, Range 32 East, Hendry County, Florida lying east of State Road 27 (US 27).

AND:

That portion of Section 12, Township 43 South, Range 32 East, Hendry County, Florida lying north and east of State Road 27 (US 27).

LESS AND EXCEPT:

That portion of the following described property conveyed to Alltel Communications by the deed recorded in Official Records Book 761, page 137 of the public records of Hendry County, Florida located in Section 12:

From the northeast corner of said Section 12, run South 8905' 01" West along the North line of said Section 12 a distance of 644.09 feet to the East right of way line of U.S. Highway 27; Thence South 033' 01" West along said right of way line 335.19 feet for a Point of Beginning, said Point of Beginning being 495 feet South 033' 01" West of the county line between Glades and Hendry Counties; run thence South 033' 01" West 250 feet; Thence North 8949' 31" East, parallel to the County line, 300 feet; Thence North 0033' 01" East, 250 feet; Thence South 8949' 31" West 300 feet from the Point of Beginning; and

That portion of the following described property conveyed to Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc. by the deed recorded in Official Records Book 498, page 1794 of the public records of Hendry County, Florida located in fractional Section 1 and Section 12:

Parcel of land in Sections 1 and 12, Township 43 South, Range 32 East, Hendry County, Florida, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 1; thence South 8955' 32" West, along the North line of said Section 1, a distance of 167.13 feet; thence South 0033' 04" West, a distance of 69.97 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 0033' 04" West a distance of 425.00 feet; crossing into said Section 12 thence South 8949' 34" West a distance of 475.00 feet to an intersection with the Easterly right of way line of U.S. 27 (State Road 25); thence North 0033' 04" East, along said right of way line a distance of 425.00 feet; crossing back into said Section 1 thence North 8949' 34" East a distance of 475.00 feet to the said Point of Beginning.

AND

All of fractional Section 6 and all of Section 7, Township 43 South, Range 33 East, Hendry County, Florida, lying north of State Road No. 27 (U.S. 27) right of way.

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