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Planning Commission debates gating language, asks staff to study gated communities within 90 days
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to prohibit new gated subdivisions in the urban cluster and, citing Senate Bill 180 and drafting concerns, directed staff to return within 90 days with recommendations rather than enacting an immediate ban.
Commissioners spent an extended portion of the continuation meeting debating proposed comp-plan language that would disallow gated residential developments in the county's urban cluster. The discussion centered on whether to adopt an absolute prohibition carried over from the City of Gainesville's plan or to forward a more general recommendation and ask staff to craft clearer, enforceable language.
Commissioner Hayes Santos introduced the idea…
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