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Planning board backs amendments moving many zoning decisions from staff to City Council
Summary
The Punta Gorda Planning and Zoning Board on March 24 voted unanimously to recommend City Council approve ZA02-2025, a package of land-development regulation amendments that shifts numerous approval authorities from zoning staff to City Council and clarifies review steps for variances, special exceptions and other development approvals.
The Punta Gorda Public Order Planning and Zoning Board on March 24 voted to recommend City Council approve ZA02-2025, a set of proposed amendments to the city's Land Development Regulations that would move many final decisions currently made by the zoning official to City Council.
Rachel Berry, the city's zoning official, told the board the changes reassign decision authority for variances, special exceptions and certain mitigation approvals from staff to council and would require that the planning board issue written recommendations rather than final decisions on those items. "These are proposed amendments to the land development regulations related to the zoning official authorities and other processes that are related to those proposed amendments," Berry said, describing the package and noting it had…
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