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Commissioners delay adoption of conservation and open‑space amendment after questions about wetland maps and park acreages
Summary
Martin County commissioners continued consideration of IR Amendment 24‑09 after staff and commissioners debated how wetlands are identified, discrepancies in park acreage figures and whether composite digital maps should replace field delineations. The board voted to continue the item to March 25.
Martin County commissioners on March 11 delayed action on IR Amendment 24‑09, a proposed update to the conservation and open‑space chapter, after detailed questioning about park acreage figures and how wetlands will be identified.
The item drew extended staff explanations about the county’s proposed removal of a single, static wetland map and replacement with a “wetland composite” assembled from newer data layers such as updated National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) layers, digital elevation models and recent aerial imagery. "This wetland composite map is just a map of probability areas that have the potential to have wetlands," said Daryl DeLu, Environmental Planning Administrator. "We're trying to move away from that, but still keep some of the factors that we use when we're evaluating properties in the office."
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