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Martin County

File #: 26-0142   
Type: Departmental Status: Agenda Ready
In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 11/4/2025 Final action:
Title: REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2025 MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY ANALYSIS
Attachments: 1. DRAFT 2025 Martin County Residential Capacity Analysis 10-14-25.pdf, 2. FinalMartin County Residential Capacity Analysis 12-8-23.pdf, 3. Presentation
PLACEMENT: Departmental
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REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2025 MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY ANALYSIS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) 21-11 Waterside Text proposes to expand the Primary Urban Service District, and the applicant has requested consideration at public hearings. Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (CGMP) policy states that such amendments "shall be considered only after the regular update to the Residential Capacity Analysis is completed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners."
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Clyde Dulin, AICP
Title: Comprehensive Planning Administrator
REQUESTED BY: Paul Schilling, Growth Management Director

PRESET: 11:00 AM
PROCEDURES: None

BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:

The CGMP requires a Residential Capacity Analysis to be performed every five (5) years. Policy 4.2A.11. states that "Residential capacity for unincorporated Martin County shall be published to the Martin County web site and shall be updated every five years. Residential capacity shall be presented in tabular form for the Primary and Secondary Urban Service Districts and shall include: Data identified in Policy 4.1D.2, Policy 4.1D.3, Policy 4.1D.4 and Policy 4.1D.5., CGMP. The residential capacity shall be presented in tabular form with the projected population increases to demonstrate both the 10-year and the 20-year capacity for both the Urban Service Districts (Primary and Secondary)." The Residential Capacity Analysis produced in 2023 is attached to this agenda item as background information.

Separate from the CGMP text describing the methodology for a Residential Capacity Analysis are certain policies describing the Primary and Secondary Urban Service Districts. These policies contain criteria for amending the urban service districts, including the following:

Policy 4.7A.6. states that "Any proposed amendment to either the Primary Urban Ser...

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