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Comprehensive‑plan language on coastal infrastructure and artificial waterways set for revision after commissioner concerns
Summary
Commissioners questioned repeated or ambiguous draft policies that would limit county investment and private infrastructure in coastal high hazard areas and flagged an existing policy on 'artificial waterways' for removal; staff and natural resources agreed some language should be struck or moved into the land development code.
Commissioners reviewed draft Pasco ADAPT policies that limit county expenditures or the provision of infrastructure in the coastal high hazard area and raised issues about scope, exceptions and unintended consequences for private development.
Several commissioners noted the draft contains similar or duplicate paragraphs (policies 2.3.4 / 2.3.7 / 2.3.8) addressing infrastructure limitations and county investments. They questioned whether the draft’s opening clause — "shall not provide nor allow the direct provision of infrastructure" to offshore islands, coastal swamps, marshlands…
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