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Plan Commission forwards multiple CDO text amendments, including setback, tree and shoreline changes, to county commissioners

3228444 · May 7, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted 7–1 to send a package of corrections and substantive changes to the Monroe County development ordinance to the county commissioners, including clarifications on platted setbacks, added kennel use, street-tree standards and a change to lake shoreline setback from 125 to 200 feet.

The Monroe County Plan Commission on April 15, 2025, voted 7–1 to forward ZOA-25-1, a package of text amendments to the county development ordinance (CDO), to the county commissioners with a waiver of final hearing.

Staff described the package as a mix of scrivener corrections, navigational improvements (hyperlinked two-pager zone summaries) and substantive changes that codify established practices. Among the substantive changes staff highlighted were language clarifying which setbacks may control when a lot is within a recorded subdivision; reinstating "kennel" in the use table; adding…

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