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Santa Rosa County approves 'conservation communities' with geographic and infrastructure conditions
Summary
After hours of public comment, the Santa Rosa County Commission approved a Land Development Code amendment creating a 'conservation communities' option, limited to areas south of State Road 182 and subject to water, fire-flow and minimum-lot-size requirements; the measure passed 3–2.
Santa Rosa County commissioners on — after a lengthy public hearing and debate — approved a new Land Development Code option called “conservation communities,” a clustered subdivision model that requires at least 25% of a parcel be preserved in permanent conservation and does not increase a project’s overall density. The board approved the change with geographic and infrastructure conditions and a 3–2 vote in favor.
The ordinance passed with three conditions the commission added during debate: conservation communities will be allowed only south of State Road 182; developers must provide a central potable-water distribution system with off‑site improvements as needed to ensure fire-flow capacity per NFPA standards; and lot sizes must be no smaller than 0.5 acre unless the developer installs a DEP‑approved wastewater collection/sewer system for any lots under…
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