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Bradford County workshop advances non-restrictive subdivision rule changes while awaiting state action
Summary
County officials and a consultant reviewed proposed subdivision regulation updates—including MSBUs, lot-split procedures, updated paving standards and surety requirements—and agreed to submit a pared-down LDR draft for board review on March 6 while saving potentially "more restrictive" measures until state legislation is resolved.
Bradford County commissioners moved on Thursday to ask staff and consultants to prepare a two‑phase package of changes to the county's subdivision and land development regulations, advancing items the county can adopt now while holding potentially "more restrictive" rules until state law allows further action.
The consultant from North Florida Professional Services told the board that recent state legislation (Senate Bill 1180) constrains local governments inside certain hurricane-affected areas from adopting comprehensive plan or LDR changes that are more restrictive than existing rules. "This statute overrides home rule for local communities for, you know, comp planning and LDRs and making new regulation," the consultant said when describing the constraint and why it has created a compliance dilemma for counties in the affected swath.
County officials and the county…
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