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Citizens and commissioners press for clearer rural protection zone, LDC changes
Summary
Public commenters and board members urged the county to restore and clarify the rural protection boundary and strengthen the land-development code, including limits on minor subdivisions and clearer mapping so residents can tell whether land is in the rural protection area.
Public commenters and county leaders pushed Santa Rosa County to tighten and clarify its rural protection zone and related Land Development Code (LDC) rules during a committee meeting, citing farmland preservation, infrastructure limits and confusing boundary lines.
Speakers at the meeting — members of a county land-development code task force and residents — said the existing rural protection line had been extended in a way that made it hard for residents to tell whether property fell inside the protected area. They urged the board to move the boundary back to a clearer road-based marker and to…
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