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Planning panel recommends rezoning 36 acres to conservation for Indian River Land Trust project

4787026 · June 12, 2025
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The Indian River County Planning and Zoning Commission on June 12 recommended that about 35.73 acres owned by the Indian River Land Trust be designated and zoned for conservation to allow passive recreation and habitat protection.

The Indian River County Planning and Zoning Commission on June 12 recommended that the Board of County Commissioners approve a future land use designation amendment and rezone for about 35.73 acres owned by the Indian River Land Trust.

Patrick Murphy, chief of Long Range Planning, told commissioners the land trust purchased the property using funds from the Florida Communities Trust and that one condition of that funding requires the land to be designated and zoned for conservation. “This proposed amendment meets the policy's third criteria,” Murphy said, citing Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element policy 1.43 as the governing standard for redesignation.

Murphy told the commission the parcel lies immediately south of Sebastian Highlands Unit 11,…

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