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Levy County commissioners agree to submit current comprehensive plan, defer major changes amid SB 180 uncertainty
Summary
After hours of staff briefings and public comment, the Levy County Board of County Commissioners reached a consensus to submit the county's existing comprehensive plan to the state and defer most new policy changes until the fate of Senate Bill 180 is clear.
Levy County commissioners concluded a workshop on the county's draft comprehensive plan by agreeing to transmit the county's existing plan to the state and work through proposed changes later.
Staff warned several proposed additions could be more restrictive than the county's current plan and might trigger state review under Senate Bill 180. County planner Kelly Calder told the board the goal was pragmatic: get a plan that will pass state review now and revisit substantive policy additions later. "The plan was by the beginning middle part of November to try to get it sent to the state so that we can have if there's any comments, rejections, anything by the state, that we can get it back and hopefully have the correction submitted by the end of December so we can stay compliant," Calder said.
Commissioners debated whether to press ahead with many planning-commission recommendations or to avoid a confrontation with the state. Multiple commissioners urged caution about sending language the county attorney had flagged as potentially violating SB 180. After discussion, the board expressed a general consensus to transmit the older, currently effective plan and to process proposed changes in stages with the planning commission. "We got a consensus to go use the old one, get the stuff from the new... and then we'll be getting with the planning commission and going through it," a commissioner summarized during the workshop.
The decision was procedural rather than a formal vote: staff said the existing plan can be submitted on schedule while the board and planning commission schedule joint workshops to review and selectively adopt changes after more legal clarity on SB 180. Staff advised the board that their timeline allows time to advertise, hold readings and transmit a submittal before state deadlines. The workshop adjourned after public comments and the consensus to move forward with the older plan as the official submittal.
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