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Citrus Mining & Timber opposes rule changes
The firm challenges proposed changes to the comprehensive plan, including a new limit for residential development.
By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published October 2, 2006
Citrus Mining & Timber, which is looking to develop 1,500 plus acres in northwest Citrus, is challenging some proposed changes to the county's comprehensive plan. At issue: a rule limiting residential development to one unit per 20 acres within 5 miles of the Progress Energy nuclear power plant, and a rule concerning off-site mitigation for wetlands degradation. The County Commission this year approved those comprehensive plan amendments and sent them to the state for review. The Department of Community Affairs recently announced its intention to approve the amendments. That prompted Citrus Mining & Timber to file a formal challenge. The company wants an administrative law judge to hold a hearing and toss out the proposed amendments. In May, after getting a thumbs down from the county planning board and multiple questions from government staffers, Citrus Mining & Timber withdrew its development plans for its land, which is north of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Company president Dixie Hollins asked commissioners to postpone their consideration of the plans and direct county staffers to help craft a development agreement for the Hollinswood Ranch project.
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