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Planning board approves opt-out of Jacks Branch DSAP for 2300 N. Highway 29; assigns rural community future land use
Summary
The planning board recommended approving an application to remove a roughly 2.4–2.5 acre parcel at 2300 North Highway 29 from the Midwest Sector Plan (Jacks Branch DSAP) and assign a Rural Community future land use. Staff found adequate infrastructure capacity; a resident objected, citing wetlands and planning-area integrity.
The Escambia County Planning Board voted Feb. 4 to recommend approval of an opt-out application to remove a parcel at 2300 North Highway 29 from the Midwest Sector Plan’s Jacks Branch detailed specific area plan (DSAP) and to assign the site a Rural Community (RC) future land-use designation.
Meredith Bush, agent for property owners David and Diane Fitzpatrick, presented the opt-out application and said staff supports the request. Bush told the board the parcel is not in a wellhead protection area, that cultural-resource review found no historic resources, and that sanitary sewer, potable…
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