Despite NR115, state pushes waterfront development

Lakeland Times

...By statute, shoreland zoning rules apply only to unincorporated areas, and to all such localities. The proposed code revision would limit construction by maintaining a 75-foot setback for new structures and by capping impervious surfaces at no more than 30 percent of any shoreland parcel, or 15 percent without a mitigation requirement.

By contrast state statutes do not require general shoreland development standards for incorporated cities and villages - no setbacks and no impervious surface restrictions.

So while the governor's revitalization grants can flow to unincorporated and to incorporated areas, the ways in which those entities can use those dollars are radically different.

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