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In Review Industrial
State Road 60 near Mulberry

A small industrial site is planned off State Road 60 near Mulberry

A 3.81-acre parcel west of State Road 60 could switch from suburban-residential to industrial land use, with limits on how intense the industrial activity can be.

GrayLineX LLC, with planner Tom Wodrich, is asking Polk County to change the Future Land Use designation on about 3.81 acres from Residential-Suburban to Industrial. The site sits west of State Road 60, south of Poley Creek, and north of the City of Mulberry. County staff told commissioners the parcel is only three acres, does not meet the site requirements to build under residential-suburban standards, and there is no market to build the single-family homes those rules would require along State Road 60.

The request pairs a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment (LDCPAS-2026-10) with a matching Land Development Code text amendment (LDCT-2026-7) that would add conditions to Appendix E, Section E105, limiting how intense the industrial use on the site can be. The Planning Commission recommended approval on June 3, 2026, with no public support or opposition voiced. The Board of County Commissioners held a first reading on July 7, where again no one spoke.

The records do not say what specific business or building is planned for the site β€” only that the land-use change would open it to limited industrial use.

What happens next

The Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to hold the adoption hearings for both the plan amendment and the text amendment on July 21, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.

Timeline

Jun 3
Planning Commission recommended approval of the land-use change and text amendment; no public comment
Planning Commission minutes (LDCPAS-2026-10)
Jun 16
Commissioners set the hearing dates for the text amendment
BoCC agenda (case 26-1040)
Jul 7
First reading held; no one spoke. Adoption hearing set for July 21
BoCC agenda (cases 26-1203, 26-1223)

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Sources for this page: Polk County hearing-case map Β· Polk County Legistar agendas.