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Commission backs countywide three‑foot voluntary freeboard and UDC changes to daylight plane
Summary
After months of workshops, Sarasota commissioners directed staff to draft UDC amendments allowing up to three feet of voluntary freeboard above required design flood elevation, to adjust daylight‑plane height measurement, and to align county definitions with FEMA; commissioners limited the change to exclude state conservation district (CCCL) areas on parts of Casey and Manasota Key.
Planning staff returned July 8 with options to allow an additional three feet of voluntary freeboard above the State minimum and to clarify how daylight plane and height are measured in flood‑prone zones.
Michelle Norton, Planning and Development Services, explained the proposal would require a UDC amendment to define freeboard,…
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