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Planning commission recommends denial of countywide "private recreational use" text amendment
Summary
After a lengthy applicant presentation and widespread public opposition, the Levy County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of TA-26-01, an amendment to add a countywide "private recreational use" definition to the land development code.
The Levy County Planning Commission on April 27 recommended that the Board of County Commissioners deny a proposed countywide text amendment that would add a new "private recreational use" definition to the land development code.
Attorney Walker Bullock, representing property owners David and Gordon Howard, told the commission the amendment would resolve ambiguity in the code and allow nongovernmental recreational facilities—"kayaking, shotgun sports with an express prohibition of any use of lead shot, zipline activities, and other similar recreational uses"—to operate on forestry/rural residential lands. Bullock…
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