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Commissioners adopt four land‑use ordinances, including relaxed permit rules for small structures
Summary
The board adopted four zoning and land‑use ordinances (2026‑07 through 2026‑10), including administrative handling of some conditional use permits, new thresholds aligning zoning permits with the building code (120 sq ft / 8‑ft walls), landscape inspection changes and sidewalk fund rules; all passed on 4‑0 votes.
At its April 7 meeting the Hernando County Board adopted four ordinances affecting land‑use procedures and small‑structure permitting.
What passed
- Ordinance 2026‑07 (conditional use permits): Amends the county's conditional‑use and hardship process to allow certain administrative decisions, limits repetitive two‑year hardship renewals to a 10‑year time frame, and revises the definition of "extreme personal hardship" to align with state law by referencing limitations on any economically…
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