Staff outlines broad EAR-based comprehensive-plan updates; commission to forward recommendation to BOCC
Planning staff summarized proposed EAR-based amendments to the Indian River County comprehensive plan — reallocating many regulatory details into the LDRs, adjusting future land-use policies, and updating sanitary sewer, potable water, stormwater and conservation elements. The commission voted to forward staff recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for transmittal to the state.
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Planning staff presented a section-by-section overview of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) amendments that will be transmitted to the Florida Department of Commerce for review. Patrick Murphy, chief of long-range planning, said many changes are intended to meet statutory requirements, consolidate scattered policies, and move technical implementation rules into the county’s land development regulations (LDRs) rather than the comprehensive plan.
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