Appeal of Land Use Hearing
Ocer Decision Instrucons
E. Connuances
1. One connuance shall be granted to the appellant and/or property owner, whichever requested the connuance, if the
connuance request is led with the administrave oce of the Land Use Appeals Board at least 14 calendar days or more
before the Land Use Appeals Board hearing date.
2. The appellant and/or property owner shall send the noce of connuance by proof of mailing to all pares of record at least
11 calendar days of the Land Use Appeals Board’s hearing and shall submit proof of mailing to the administrave oce of
the Land Use Appeals Board at least 5 calendar days prior to the hearing date. This nocaon shall include the new me,
date, and locaon of the meeng.
3. If the criteria for granng a connuance as listed in 10.05.02.E.1 not sased, the connuance request shall be considered
by the Land Use Appeals Board at its meeng when the peon was scheduled for consideraon.
4. At its discreon for unique circumstances, the Land Use Appeals Board may connue a peon at the Land Use Appeals
Board’s meeng without nocaon.
F. Conduct of Hearing
1. The hearing shall be limited to the record on appeal, as dened at 10.03.03 H of this Arcle, and shall consist of oral
argument by the Administrator, party appealing the decision, and any intervenor(s), each of whom may be represented by
legal counsel.
2. In addion to the record on appeal, the Land Use Hearing Ocer and pares to the appeal may freely refer to the following:
a. Applicable porons of the Hillsborough County Comprehensive Plan, the Hillsborough County Land Development Code,
and any other duly adopted Hillsborough County ordinance, rule or resoluon.
b. Any state or federal statute, rule, or decision.
G. Authority of Land Use Appeals Board
The Land Use Appeals Board shall review the record on appeal and hear argument from pares who have standing to appeal
or intervene in an appeal. The Land Use Appeals Board shall have the authority to either uphold the Land Use Hearing Ocer’s
decision remand the case back to the Land Use Hearing Ocer, or overturn the Land Use Hearing Ocer’s decision pursuant to
10.05.02.G.2.
1. If the Land Use Appeals Board remands a case back to the Land Use Hearing Ocer, the Land Use Appeals Board shall specify
the reason for the remand and specify the issues for the Land Use Hearing Ocer to address. Noce for remanded hearings
before the Land Use Hearing Ocer shall be in accordance with 10.03.02.D.2.d.
2. The Land Use Appeals Board may overturn the decision of the Land Use Hearing Ocer only if the all following criteria have
been met:
a. The case has been remanded one me by the Land Use Appeals Board to the Land Use Hearing Ocer; and
b. Based upon the record on appeal, if the Land Use Appeals Board nds that one or more of the ocial ndings of fact
and the conclusions of law as found in the decision of the Land Use Hearing Ocer is unsupported by competent and
substanal evidence in the record or if the essenal requirements of the law have not been followed; and
c. A supermajority of ve (5) Land Use Appeals Board members vote to overturn the Decision of the Land Use Hearing
Ocer.
3. If the Land Use Appeals Board overturns the Decision of the Land Use Hearing Ocer, the Land Use Appeals Board must
make ndings of fact and conclusions of law. The Land Use Appeals Board may accept, reject or modify the Land Use Hearing
Ocer’s ndings of fact and conclusions of law in making the nal decision. In addion, the Land Use Appeals Board may
impose reasonable condions on the permit request, if granng the request.
H. Finality of Decision
The decision of the Land Use Appeals Board shall be rendered at the conclusion of the hearing but shall be reduced to wring.
Final decisions of the Land Use Appeals Board may be challenged by any persons with standing under state law, in whatever way
authorized by state law.
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