Land Use Hearing Officer

The Land Use Hearing Officer may grant a variance or special exception from the strict application of the Land Development Code, if the following procedures are followed and findings made. Variances to the Green Swamp protection standards in Chapter 5, along with all Use Tables in Chapters 2 and 4 are prohibited.

The Land Use Hearing Officer meets at 1:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month, with the exception of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, in the boardroom of the County Administration Building, 330 W. Church St. in Bartow.

For information about a case, please contact the Planner on Call at PlannerOnCall@polk-county.net or (863) 534-6084.