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Martin County commissioners deny Waterside text and map amendments after debate over capacity methodology
Summary
The board voted unanimously to deny a site‑specific comprehensive plan text amendment (CPA 21‑11) and the related future land use map amendment for the Waterside parcel, with staff saying required criteria were not met and the applicant arguing the county’s residential capacity methodology is flawed.
The Martin County Board of County Commissioners denied a developer‑backed comprehensive plan text amendment and, later in the meeting, a linked future land use map amendment that would have converted 396 acres known as the Waterside property from agricultural to low‑density residential.
Staff presented CPA 21‑11 and an accompanying CPA 21‑12 future land use request and recommended denial. Senior planner Jenna Nobby told the board staff had analyzed the county’s policy criteria for expanding the primary urban service district and concluded the application failed to demonstrate compliance with policy 4.787 subsections 1, 2 and 5 — specifically internal consistency with the comprehensive plan, compatibility with adjacent uses, and that reasonable capacity does not exist within the existing primary urban service district. "Compliance with criteria 1, 2 and 5 had not been met by this application," Nobby said during the presentation.
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