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Delegation urges zoning office to expedite Hopwood school rebuild; zoning recommends conditional-use route to meet FEMA deadline
Summary
Legislators pressed zoning staff to expedite permitting for a FEMA-funded rebuild of Hopwood Junior High School, which sits in a tourist-resort zoning district; zoning advised using a conditional-use application as the fastest route.
Senators and representatives pressed the Commonwealth Zoning Office to fast-track approvals for a FEMA-funded rebuild of Hopwood Junior High School after officials warned the public school system faces a deadline to obligate disaster funds.
Zoning Administrator Theresa Gumrow told the delegation that Hopwood is located in an area designated by the official map as a tourist-resort zoning district and that "schools currently are conditional uses, within the, tourist resort." She said the office has discussed the project with Public School System (PSS) representatives and that a conditional-use application is…
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