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GEORGETOWN Controversial county land use plan nears vote

Source: DelmarvaNow.com, by Bruce Pringle
March 12, 2008
 GEORGETOWN — A third and possibly final draft of a new Sussex County land-use plan was formally introduced Tuesday, clearing the way for passage next month of the controversial proposal for guiding real estate development.

The document, designed to meet a state requirement that local land-use plans be updated every five years, has won praise for recently added provisions to encourage stronger protection of wetlands, waterways and underground drinking-water supplies. But it calls for no change in a county law that makes most rural land eligible for development at a density of more than one house per acre.

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