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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 3, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING CENTERLINE SETBACKS
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This is a public hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Article 3, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code regarding centerline setbacks to provide for an exemption from centerline setbacks for both public and private rights-of-way platted prior to April 29, 1986.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Peter Walden, AICP
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Paul Schilling, Growth Management Director
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Many areas of Martin County have established residential communities with confined road networks that have little chance of being expanded in the future. Some of these roads are classified as minor or major collectors that require additional right-of-way setbacks even though historical development may have been established by zoning district codes that allowed homes to be located within the required centerline setbacks. Today, as infill properties are being developed in these established neighborhoods, prospective builders and homeowners are finding they cannot build to the existing setbacks afforded prior development, but rather must seek relief from centerline setbacks that are more stringent than the existing zoning codes and patterns of development.
Regulations are already in place to exempt residents from centerline setbacks adjacent to private right of ways platted prior to April 29, 1986. The proposed text amendment would add public right of ways to that exemption therefore eliminating the restrictions on older platted right of ways that will not need expansion. Residents will still need to adhere to all other zoning requirements in place or seek variance relief from those codes in case of hardships.
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