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St. Augustine Beach commissioners discuss charter fixes, preserve 35-foot height limit
Summary
Commissioners reviewed proposed charter cleanups and whether to move technical land-development language into the city code; they emphasized preserving the 35-foot building-height limit and debated the role of ordinance vs. referendum for structural charter changes.
The City Commission spent significant time on Jan. 5 reviewing proposed changes to the municipal charter that staff said could be separated into items handled by ordinance and items requiring a referendum.
City legal staff and the charter-review consultant advised commissioners that many technical items (spelling, gender-neutral language, internal references) could be moved from…
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