A 1.13-acre corner near Kathleen and Duff wins adoption vote
Where it is. In the Kathleen corridor, about 750 feet from Publix and about 900 feet from Joyful Chinese Restaurant. Distance measured from map data, October 2026.
Two of the places within a quarter mile, nearest first; the nearest large store is kept when there is one. Straight-line distance between the mapped points. Store locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), read Oct 15, 2026. Restaurant locations geocoded from the Florida DBPR active food-service licence file, read Oct 15, 2026.
On Feb 17, 2026, county commissioners approved the plan amendment at its adoption hearing.
Written before the Feb 17, 2026 vote. The timeline below has what the county's records show.
A roughly 1.13-acre property on the west side of Kathleen Road, south of Duff Road and near Catherine Drive northwest of Lakeland, is the subject of a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment. The request would change the Future Land Use from Residential Suburban (RS) to Neighborhood Activity Center (NAC), and shift the property from the Suburban Development Area into the Urban Growth Area.
The application, filed by Bart Allen of Peterson & Myers, P.A., is described in county records as an expansion of an existing Neighborhood Activity Center. The Planning Commission recommended approval on February 4, 2026, after a hearing where staff reported 33 mailers to nearby owners and no public response. The Board of County Commissioners set an adoption hearing for February 17, 2026.
The records describe only the land-use change, not any specific building or business. A Neighborhood Activity Center designation generally allows neighborhood-scale commercial uses, but the records do not state what, if anything, is planned for the site.
Timeline
Receipts — verify every claim
Every claim above links to the record it came from.
gis.polk-county.net BoCC set-hearing agenda (item 26-0076)
polkcountyfl.legistar1.com Planning Commission agenda, Feb 4, 2026 (item 26-0119)
polkcountyfl.legistar1.com Planning Commission minutes, Feb 4, 2026
polkcountyfl.legistar1.com Polk County hearing case LDCPAS-2025-32 (Kathleen and Duff NAC CPA) — case location record
gis.polk-county.net Board of County Commissioners agenda, Feb 17, 2026
polkcountyfl.legistar.com