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Planning board approves ordinance making development director administrative authority for final plats
Summary
The Escambia County Planning Board voted to recommend an ordinance that designates the county’s Director of Development Services as the administrative authority to approve final plats, a change required by state law (Senate Bill 784, 2025).
The Escambia County Planning Board on Sept. 9 voted to recommend an ordinance amending the county land development code to designate the Director of Development Services as the administrative authority for approval of final plats and replats, pursuant to state legislation (Senate Bill 784, 2025).
County staff told the board the change is required by new state law and replaces the former process under which the Board of County Commissioners served as the final authority for plat sign-off. “This is a fairly straightforward mandated law,” a staff member said during the public hearing, describing the change…
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