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Public urges explicit wetlands protections as Marion County advances zoning plan
Summary
During the public hearing on the county's 10-year comprehensive plan update, residents urged Marion County to include explicit wetlands and floodplain protections and to consider new industrial and energy projects in zoning rules; councilors said zoning and the plan will work together and held some items for additional review.
A resident told Marion County Council during a public hearing that the county's 10-year Comprehensive Plan update should explicitly protect wetlands and floodplains, saying local protections are more important now after recent federal changes narrowed jurisdictional wetland protections.
"Flood plains, wetlands are very important for flood mitigation. There are natural storm water infrastructure that we don't have to build and pay for," the resident said, urging the county to maintain and plan for those natural systems rather than rely solely on built solutions.
The resident cited…
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