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Planning board backs Rural Residential rezoning for 5700 Highway 99 despite farmland preservation concerns
Summary
The board approved rezoning 5700 Highway 99 from Agricultural to Rural Residential (case Z2025‑11). Staff said the change aligns with the rural community future land use and that soils and environmental limits will constrain disturbance; an adjacent landowner warned rezoning risks loss of productive farmland.
The Escambia County Planning Board voted Dec. 2 to recommend rezoning 5700 Highway 99 in Molino from Agricultural (1 dwelling unit per 20 acres) to Rural Residential (1 dwelling unit per 4 acres) for case Z2025‑11.
Applicant agent Meredith Bush and county staff recommended the RR designation as consistent with the Rural Community future land use designation and appropriate as a transition between agricultural land and…
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