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Planning commission transmits county‑initiated wetland protection reversion to commissioners; staff sought to reinstate pre‑2023 buffer policies
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4‑0 to transmit a county‑initiated comprehensive‑plan text amendment that reverts policies changed by Ordinance 23‑66 and restores the county’s prior wetland and wetland‑buffer protection language, reinstating the local 30/50‑foot buffer framework and other protections.
The Planning Commission voted 4‑0 to transmit to the Board of County Commissioners a county‑initiated comprehensive plan text amendment that would revert language added by Ordinance 23‑66 (adopted 2023) and restore Manatee County’s prior wetland protection and buffer policies.
Cara Koenig of Development Services (Environmental Planning) presented the amendment, which strikes the policy changes adopted by Ordinance 23‑66 and reinstates the earlier comprehensive‑plan policy language that had provided…
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