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Dunedin LPA backs two‑path update to Sustainability Matrix, adding a new scorecard and a third‑party exemption
Summary
The Local Planning Agency voted to forward Ordinance 25‑11, which retains the existing Sustainability Matrix and adds a new Sustainable Development Scorecard (500‑point structure) with an exemption for projects that obtain third‑party certifications such as LEED or Green Globes; staff said the new route provides flexibility to meet Senate Bill 180 legal constraints.
The Dunedin Local Planning Agency voted to forward a recommendation to the City Commission for Ordinance 25‑11, a proposed update to the city’s Sustainability Matrix that would create an alternative Sustainable Development Scorecard and allow an exemption for projects that carry third‑party sustainability certifications.
Natalie Gass, the city’s Sustainability Program Manager, told the LPA the ordinance was drafted to both modernize the matrix and to comply with Senate Bill 180, which limits municipalities from adding new restrictions that could be seen as more burdensome. "Senate Bill 180 provides for regulations around not having anything in the land development code be more restrictive or burdensome that's new," Gass said, and the recommended solution was a two‑path approach:…
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