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Martin County OKs Meadow Run rear‑gate site plan after residents cite emergency‑response delays
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a revised final site plan allowing Meadow Run to add a gated rear entrance to Southwest Layton Farm Avenue, after residents and engineers argued it will shorten emergency response times and provide an alternate community access; staff found the plan compliant with county regulations.
The Martin County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 9 to approve a revised final site plan allowing Meadow Run to install a gated rear entrance to Southwest Layton Farm Avenue, an alternative access the neighborhood said will cut emergency response times and provide an additional evacuation route.
The decision follows testimony from residents who said emergency responders were misrouted or delayed by GPS to a locked back gate. "They could not get in," said Kathy Jensen, a Meadow Run resident, recounting two summer incidents in which sheriff deputies arrived at the back gate but initially could not access the community. "It took all that time for them to…
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