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PH2026-0002, the purpose of this Public Hearing is to provide certain text amendments to the Future Land Use Element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan to add additional permissible uses within the Agricultural land use category. (Joseph)
(This will be heard as regular agenda item number 8.)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND:
PUBLIC HEARING (PH2026-0002)
The City of Pembroke Pines is submitting a text amendment to the Future Land Use Element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of adding permitted uses to the Agricultural land use category.
The proposed amendment will permit the following uses within the Agricultural land use:
• Communication facilities
• Public utilities such as, but not limited to, water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, resource recovery facilities, recycling facilities, electrical substations, and electric lines and drainage facilities and structures, excluding electrical power plants.
The proposed amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan is consistent with the permitted agricultural uses outlined in the Broward County Land Use Plan. The Broward County Planning Council completed a preliminary review of the proposed text change and identified no issues.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests that the Planning and Zoning Board, as the Local Planning Agency (LPA), transmit the proposed amendment to the City Commission, Florida Department of Commerce, and the Broward County Planning Council with a positive recommendation.