Hillsborough court rejects bid to overturn commission rezoning denial
The plaintiffs wanted permission to build up to 899 homes on farm land in the rural enclave of Balm in south county.
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Hillsborough is updating the community plans for the rural areas around Balm and Wimauma in southern Hillsborough County. This week, a Hillsborough Circuit Court judge denied a legal challenge to the county s commission 2019 decision rejecting a rezoning proposal to turn agricultural land in Balm into an 899-home development. [ Hillsborough County ]
Updated Mar. 11
TAMPA â The authority to allow someone to turn farmland into single-family home lots rests with the Hillsborough County Commission enforcing its comprehensive land plan, a circuit judge ruled this week, in denying a challenge to a rejected rezoning in 2019.