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Council resists Planning & Zoning recommendation to alter road-classification policy after wide public opposition
Summary
Council declined to consider a Planning & Zoning Commission recommendation to loosen future-land-use policy language on when a local road can be reclassified as a collector or arterial road; dozens of residents urged keeping the existing protections.
Titusville City Council members voted on March 11 not to pursue a Planning & Zoning Commission recommendation to amend policy 1.9.0.1 of the Future Land Use Element, a change residents said would make it easier for developers to reclassify local streets for high-intensity access.
The item drew one of the meeting's largest public turnouts; the mayor asked whether council wanted to hear about the cards before acting, and several council members said they preferred to send the recommendation back to staff and P&Z for specific language rather than act on the commission's broad request.
Nut graf: Dozens of residents and local professionals told council the proposed language'which would add "determining factors, including…
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