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Council advances ordinance to bar BOA variances on certain special-design criteria
Summary
On first reading Council moved to amend the county zoning code to prohibit variances by the Board of Zoning Appeals to Article 5.b.3 special-design criteria for hazardous or potentially disruptive uses and clarify BOA authority to impose conditions; the motion carried with several dissenting votes and a Land Use Committee meeting was scheduled.
Sumter County Council granted first reading May 14 to OA-24-03, a proposed amendment to the Sumter County Zoning & Development Standards Ordinance that would bar the Sumter City-County Board of Zoning Appeals (BOA) from granting variances to the special design criteria identified in Article 5.b.3 for hazardous or potentially disruptive land uses.
Planning Director Helen Roodman told council that Article 5 lists performance criteria for uses…
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