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Taylor County approves future land-use change for Keaton Beach site; public speakers oppose Dollar General plan
Summary
The Taylor County Commission adopted an ordinance amending the comprehensive plan to reclassify a roughly 3-acre Keaton Beach property from agricultural/rural residential to mixed-use rural residential, a change the applicant says will enable a 9,100-square-foot retail store and that several residents said appears intended for a Dollar General.
Taylor County commissioners on April 8 approved an amendment to the county's future land use map that will change roughly 3 acres near Beach Drive and Sea Meadows Drive in the Keaton Beach area from "agricultural rural residential" to "mixed-use rural residential." The applicant presented the amendment as a step toward a retail building of about 9,100 square feet.
A certified land-use planner hired by the applicant, Alara Mills Fletcher, told the commission the property lies outside FEMA flood zones, coastal high-hazard areas and mapped wetlands and that the county planning commission had recommended unanimous approval. Fletcher said the county's mixed-use rural residential category allows a transition from agriculture to a…
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