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County broadens where farmers markets can operate, keeps annual permitting requirement
Summary
The Board expanded rules to allow farmers markets as an accessory use in any zoning district while retaining annual permitting and accessory‑use limits. County attorney cautioned that public‑land markets may trigger free‑speech/public‑forum issues depending on the owner of the land where markets operate.
Charlotte County amended zoning code Jan. 27 to allow farmers markets as accessory uses in any zoning district, expanding from a short list of previously eligible districts. The change keeps existing conditions — the market must be accessory to an existing primary use, vendors must be permitted and local…
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