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County boards discuss guardrails for PD waivers, notice and neighborhood meetings
Summary
Staff proposed percentage caps and other guardrails on common PD waivers (lot size, setbacks), recommended neighborhood meetings and larger notice requirements, and suggested the county host project pages rather than requiring applicant sites; commissioners asked staff to return with draft language.
Indian River County staff asked the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners to provide policy direction on several procedural components of the PD process: guardrails on waivers (how far below minimums a PD can go), minimum project size, compatibility buffers, neighborhood meeting requirements, and public notice practices.
Guardrails and waivers: Staff recommended establishing either percentage‑based caps (for example, capping lot‑size reductions at 25% below the underlying…
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