Special Master Hearing Lecanto Sand Mine

Special Master Hearing - Lecanto Sand Mine CPA/AA/PUD-2025-00010 · 2026-06-05 · agenda_packet

Special Master Hearing for Lecanto Sand LLC regarding a Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA), rezoning (AA), and Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a new sand mine. The project involves amending the Future Land Use Map from Low Density Residential to Extractive District and the Land Development Code Atlas Map to allow for a sand mine with a Planned Unit Development. The hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2026. The applicant, Lecanto Sand LLC, is seeking approval for a 70-acre project to be used as a borrow pit for site and roadway fill, serving the Suncoast Extension, a new Home Depot, and local contractors. The sand will be sold to the general public. The location is within Sections 18 and 19, Township 19 South, Range 18 East, with specific parcel IDs and associated street addresses on S McClure Point and S Race Ave. The document details extensive requirements for mining operations, including environmental controls, reclamation plans, financial responsibility, development standards, setbacks, surface water and wetland protection, traffic circulation, and reporting. No public comment is stated in this document.