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Wakulla commissioners approve large-scale map amendment for 48-acre MLK Road parcel over resident objections
Summary
The Wakulla County Board adopted a comprehensive plan map amendment changing nearly 50 acres on Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Road from agricultural to suburban transitioning, a 4-1 vote that drew multiple public speakers who warned of traffic, school capacity and environmental impacts.
The Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 to adopt a large-scale comprehensive plan map amendment that changes roughly 48 acres at 562 Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Road from agricultural to suburban transitioning.
The change shifts the property's future land-use designation from agriculture (one unit per 20 acres) to suburban transitioning (up to five units per acre), a move commissioners said would allow a substantially higher residential density than the site's current designation.
The county's planning staff told the board the parcel contains roughly 43 acres of uplands and 4.8 acres of wetlands and that required state reviews produced no objections. Wade Brown, the applicant's representative, briefed commissioners on…
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