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North Port adopts amended Central Park buffer plan over environmental objections
Summary
The commission approved changes to the Central Park development master plan that grant waivers to buffer planting requirements along several lakes; the 3–2 vote split commissioners over preserving prior commitments to tree protections versus honoring neighbors’ requests to keep lake views.
The North Port City Commission narrowly approved an amendment to the Central Park at Northport development master plan that revises the required landscape buffers and grants two waivers sought by the developer and neighbors.
Applicant Peter Van Buskirk, a licensed civil engineer and certified planner, told the commission the revised plan responds to requests from nearby residents while keeping substantial plantings elsewhere, saying, “We would add 70 trees required, 1,168 shrubs in that 3,505 feet.” Staff cautioned the…
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