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Staff presents updated wellhead protection ordinance and maps; commission asks to view maps before final action
Summary
County utilities and planning staff briefed the commission on a draft update to the wellhead protection and special protection-area ordinance and maps. Commissioners supported moving the draft forward but asked to review the sensitive maps in staff offices before final consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.
Hernando County utilities staff and the planning division presented a draft update to the county's wellhead protection and special protection-area ordinance and accompanying maps. The presentation explained the ordinance's purpose — to limit land uses that could contaminate public water-supply wells — and described the zones used in the maps, the prohibited uses in each protection area, and exemptions for existing nonconforming uses.
Utilities director Gordon Donk (presenting as the utilities lead) said the…
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