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Discuss Proposed Evaluation and Appraisal Report Based Amendments to the Marion County Comprehensive Plan
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DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
In 2024/2025, Growth Services worked with a consultant (Kimley Horn) to review the Marion County Comprehensive Plan and completed a Data Inventory Analysis to create population projections and needs for housing and commercial development through the year 2050 in Marion County. Since February of 2025, Growth Services has worked with the consultant and the Board of County Commissioners to go through the Comprehensive Plan line by line and create suggested revisions to the Comprehensive Plan. After ten workshops, two community meetings and an online survey (see link below), we are looking to move forward with the transmittal and adoption process.
Today, Growth Services is asking the Planning and Zoning Commission Board to discuss the transmittal and adoption process of the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments because these changes are required to go through the Local Planning Agency (LPA) which is the Planning and Zoning Commission for recommendation.
There is also an online survey being conducted through August 31, 2025, that everyone in the public is encouraged to participate in. It can be found at: <https://www.marionfl.org/agencies-departments/departments-facilities-offices/growth-services/planning-zoning/ear>
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