Special Use Applications and Variances from the Hillsborough
County Land Development Code are filed in the Permit Services Center
and are heard by a Land Use Hearing Officer (LUHO). A decision
of the LUHO may be appealed to the Land Use Appeals Board.
The appeals
board is comprised of seven citizens of Hillsborough County who are appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners for
three-year terms. These boards are quasi-judicial and any appeals of their decisions must be filed in Circuit Court.
All
appeals are limited to the "record" of the original
hearing, and no new testimony or evidence may be introduced.
The appeals board may uphold the decision of the LUHO, or
they may remand the case back to the original
Hearing Officer for reconsideration on specific issues. If a case
is appealed again after a remand, the appeals board may overturn
the decision of the LUHO. These rules are outlined in the
Land Development Code, Section 10.05.02.
Any person who decides to appeal the decision of the Land Use
Appeals Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and
for such purposes, may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the appeal is based.
The appeals board cases files are kept in the Citizen Boards Support office
and case data is maintained on the Appeals Board Tracking System.
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