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Commission denies comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning after residents raise traffic and screening concerns in Green Turf Acres

2663880 · March 17, 2025
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Summary

The board unanimously denied a requested future land use change and rezoning that would have allowed a commercial mobile-home sales operation near Green Turf Acres subdivision, following strong neighborhood opposition and staff warnings about transportation, buffering and compatibility.

The Marion County Board of County Commissioners on March 17 denied both a proposed comprehensive-plan amendment and a zoning change that would have permitted a mobile-home/model-home sales complex on a commercially zoned lot adjacent to the Green Turf Acres subdivision along State Road 200.

Growth Services staff opened the hearing describing case numbers tied to the request: a change of future land use from Commercial to Employment Center and a companion rezoning from B-2 to B-4 to permit a mixed-use sales lot that would include mobile and modular homes. Staff recommended denial of the comprehensive-plan amendment and the rezoning, citing consistency concerns with the county’s Future Land Use and Transportation elements and noting that Green Turf Acres qualifies as a rural neighborhood with privately maintained,…

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