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Commissioners weigh 20- vs. 60-foot buffer to protect Merrick Industries as Marina Island proceeds
Summary
At a Lynn Haven workshop developers and commissioners debated buffer widths between new Marina Island development and existing Merrick Industries; city attorney said the commission may set a 60-foot buffer now or leave it at 20 feet and expand at the development-order stage.
Commissioners and developers traded proposals at a Lynn Haven workshop over how wide a landscape buffer should be between the Marina Island development and adjacent Merrick Industries.
Commissioner Peebles, who said he is “very pro Marina Island,” urged the commission to protect Merrick Industries and its roughly 150 employees and recommended a 60-foot buffer rather than the 20-foot buffer shown in the mixed-use overlay.
Developers and their representatives acknowledged the need to be good neighbors and proposed noise mitigation measures such as berms, trees and…
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