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Okeechobee commissioners adopt new rules for community development districts and amend land-development rules
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners adopted an ordinance establishing local procedures for community development districts and approved several land development regulation updates after public hearings.
Okeechobee County commissioners on Thursday adopted an ordinance creating a local process for community development districts and approved amendments to the county's land development regulations, after public hearings and a planning-board review that had recommended denial of the CDD language.
The new ordinance — presented as “ordinance number 25 20 25-00009” in the meeting materials — establishes application requirements, review steps and certain financial disclosures for developers seeking to form a community development district (CDD) in the county. The commission also approved separate amendments that change where neighborhood commercial zoning may be located, update setback tables, shorten notice deadlines for planning-board items to 10 days and…
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