OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Land Development Regulation Commission (LDRC) will hold a public hearing on proposed updates to the county’s land development code. The hearing is scheduled for March 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the McPherson Governmental Campus auditorium.
Earlier this month, the LDRC conducted a workshop to discuss possible revisions to the code. One of the key topics considered was potential limitations on the ownership and possession of dogs and cats on residential properties in unincorporated Marion County. While public comment was allowed at the workshop, there was some confusion regarding the discussion. No final decisions were made at that time. Before any amendments can be recommended, a public hearing is required.
“Now you need the definitions in the land development code, that’s what’s going through the LDRC committee,” said Chuck Varadin, Marion County growth services director. “The LDRC is a group of appointed volunteers, citizens, who are engineers, surveyors, and they’re looking at changes to the land development code, and then they make recommendations. The county’s attorney’s office has made some recommendations based on the ordinances, the definitions that need to align in the land development code, those can be enforced. They made some of the potential limitations on the number of pets, and I think that was from the board’s direction.”…