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Mobile Baykeeper: Community Master Plans Should Be Made Binding

Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com    Strickland standing.   NOT JUST "GUIDELINES" FOR GROWTH? During a recent town hall meeting in Fairhope concerning county planning policies, Mobile Baykeeper's director William Strickland said community master plans should be considered official regulatory documents -- not just guidelines for planners as they are usually characterized. Strickland was referencing a new master plan Baldwin County's planning department has just rolled out, as only a guideline to try to follow.  He said he thought there may be a way to challenge that, possibly via legal action in the court system. 'Master plans' are required by state law (Alabama Code 11-52-8) for communities with planing commissions; they are sometimes called comprehensive growth plans as well (as in Fairhope).    

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