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Council reviews overhaul of county landscaping rules; rural buffering prompts committee review
Summary
Planning staff proposed a rewrite of Article 8(d) to set clear, linear-foot-based planting and buffering standards for commercial and residential districts; rural residents and council members asked for further study of buffering for agricultural subdivisions and the item was referred to committee for more work.
Sumter County planning staff presented a comprehensive replacement to the county’s landscaping standards at the March 24 council meeting that would replace subjective buffers with a clear matrix of planting requirements and defined Type A, B and C buffers.
Helen Rudman, planning staff, told the council the update draws on a 2013 text amendment the county paused and refines it for local conditions, with street landscaping standards of "three canopy trees per 100…
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