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Committee backs amendment requiring floodplain permits before Shore Drive variances
Summary
The Planning and Economic Development Committee on Aug. 4 recommended that the Village Board approve a text amendment to the floodway conservation overlay in The Villages' Shore Drive area that would require applicants to obtain IDNR or a local floodplain development permit before applying for a variance.
The Planning and Economic Development Committee on Aug. 4 forwarded a text amendment that would require applicants in the floodway conservation overlay district — limited to the Shore Drive area of The Villages — to secure either an IDNR permit or a local floodplain development permit before seeking variances.
Staff member explained the current overlay prohibits new structures and enlargement of structures in the floodway and said, "our code does state that variances will not be…
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