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Published in 2007

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OFFICIALS

of

GILCHRIST COUNTY, FLORIDA

AT THE TIME OF THIS PUBLICATION

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Randy Durden, Chair

Tommy Langford, Vice Chair

D. Ray Harrison, Jr.

Sharon Langford

Kendrick Thomas

County Commissioners

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Ron McQueen

County Administrator

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John McPherson

County Attorney

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Joseph Gilliam

County Clerk

PREFACE

This volume is a publication of the Land Development Code of the Gilchrist County, Florida and was adopted by Ord. No. 06-20 on December 4, 2006 and was effective January 1, 2007. On the effective date (January 1, 2007) of the updated land development code adopted herein, the existing Gilchrist County Land Development Code, originally adopted by Ord. No. 93-01, and all amendments thereto, shall be superseded by the updated land development code adopted herein.

The Code has been printed as adopted and the original numbering system has been retained. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected without notation; words or phrases added by the editor for purposes of clarification are enclosed in brackets.

Amendatory Legislation

A feature of this publication that is particularly useful is the Code Comparative Table. Any amendatory legislation may be located therein by number and date of enactment, and the sections or subsections amended will be listed. In addition, the sources of any amendments to the Code are listed in a parenthetical history note following the amended section. The absence of such a note indicates that the section derives unamended from the Land Development Code as originally adopted.

Page Numbering System

The page numbering system used in this volume is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion.

Index

As part of the publication project, a comprehensive index was prepared. Each particular subject has been placed under several headings, some couched in lay phraseology and others in legal terminology. There are numerous cross references within the index which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which the user is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

Another special feature of this volume is the supplemental service, by which the publication will be kept up to date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendments, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages can be distributed to holders of copies of the publication with instructions for the manner of inserting the pages and deleting the obsolete pages. The instruction sheet for the most current supplement should be placed in the front of the volume, and it is recommended that deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference.

Acknowledgments

This publication was under the direct supervision of A. Lawton Langford, Corporate President, and Pattie F. Smith, Supplement Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Mr. John McPherson, County Attorney for his cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this publication. It is hoped that his efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a publication which will make the active law of the county readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the county's affairs.

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