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Sanford advances major rewrite of Land Development Regulations on first reading
Summary
The City of Sanford approved a first reading of a comprehensive rewrite of its Land Development Regulations on Feb. 10, 2025, after staff described reorganized articles, clearer submittal requirements and added tools such as transfer development rights; commissioners pressed for more review time and access to redlines before second reading.
Sanford commissioners voted on Feb. 10 to advance on first reading a comprehensive rewrite of the city's Land Development Regulations (Ordinance 48-19), a staff-led overhaul intended to improve transparency, cut redundancy and make the zoning and development process easier to follow.
Planning staff told the commission the rewrite reorganizes material into seven articles, adds a table of contents and clearer submittal requirements, and reduces the document from roughly 111 pages to 95 while incorporating recent state statutory changes. "We added clarity and put processes in writing so when people ask 'where is that in the code,'…
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