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Board approves SECO service center near 475A with added landscape, fencing and visibility conditions
Summary
Sumter Electric Cooperative won county approval to rezone and build a 79.2‑acre service center and storage yard in the County Road 475A overlay after the cooperative and staff negotiated substantial setbacks, enhanced plantings and conditions to limit visibility of outdoor storage.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a rezoning and a special-use permit for Sumter Electric Cooperative to build a new operations and equipment yard near County Road 475A, a gateway corridor to the Florida Horse Park.
The board approved two companion items: a rezoning for a portion of the parcel to Community Business (B-2) and a special-use permit to allow an electrical utility service yard with outdoor material storage and laydown areas across approximately 79.2 acres. Chris Rising of Marion County Growth Services told the board the site is in the county’s employment-center future land-use designation and lies within the County Road 475A visual enhancement overlay.
Why it matters: SECO said the new facility would be a modern base for about 45 frontline employees now and plans for roughly 89 employees over the next decade. The cooperative argued a county-limited utility yard is less traffic- and land-use intensive than…
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