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Residents question Sussex cluster ordinance
Ron MacArthur
2 years ago
Two residents appeared before Sussex County Council Feb. 7 with one message – rework the cluster...
Residents urged to take buffers ordinance survey
Ron MacArthur
3 years ago
The Sussex Alliance for Responsible Growth, the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays and the League...
Changes needed to wetland buffers ordinance
3 years ago
Sussex County Council is in the process of rewriting its outdated wetlands and waterways buffer...
Buffer ordinance in hands of Sussex council
Ron MacArthur
3 years ago
The complexity of a proposed new wetland buffers and drainage ordinance came to light during a Jan...
Public weighs in on Sussex buffer ordinance
Ron MacArthur
3 years ago
A working group assigned to review the county's current wetlands buffers and drainage ordinance,...
First public hearing on buffer ordinance is Nov. 4
Ron MacArthur
3 years ago
Two years after Sussex County Council was presented with recommendations from a working group on...
Tougher buffer
Jim Paterson
3 years ago
Buffer ordinance proposal surfaces again
Ron MacArthur
3 years ago
It’s been two years since a Sussex County Council-appointed working group on buffers, wetlands and...
Sussex officials say mature buffer trees can be saved
Ron MacArthur
4 years ago
Sussex County officials admit they can do a better job ensuring that mature trees are preserved for...
Buffer suffering
Jim Paterson
4 years ago
Sussex wetland buffers group still at odds over...
Ron MacArthur
5 years ago
After more than a year of meetings, a Sussex County Council-appointed wetland buffers committee...
‘The buffer battle”
Jim Paterson
5 years ago
Wetlands and buffers group has unfinished business
Ron MacArthur
5 years ago
The job undertaken by a volunteer Sussex County wetland buffers working group became more daunting...
Group proposes 100-foot buffers for tidal waters,...
Ron MacArthur
5 years ago
If approved by Sussex County Council, buffers for tidal waters and wetlands would double in size to...
Wetlands, buffers group works to update regulations
Ron MacArthur
6 years ago
Now that the wetlands and buffers working group has tackled Phase 1 of its mission to draft updated...
Sussex wetlands, buffers group hammers out definitions
Ron MacArthur
6 years ago
As Sussex County officials work to update the wetland buffers ordinance, a working group tasked...
Editorial: Sussex approach to buffers is encouraging
6 years ago
Sussex County Council recently injected a strong dose of optimism and encouragement into the...
Sussex buffers group kicks off meetings
Ron MacArthur
6 years ago
Sussex County's Wetlands and Buffers Working Group got its feet wet at its first meeting Feb. 13...
Wetland buffers draw scrutiny
Ron MacArthur
6 years ago
During a workshop on Sussex County's wetland buffer regulations, it become obvious early on that...
Editorial: Let the pros propose buffer solutions
6 years ago
“In the search lies the solution.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Sussex County is having very important...
Forested buffer ordinance meets with resistance
Ron MacArthur
6 years ago
Who knew 20 feet could cause so much debate. A proposed change to Sussex County's forested/...
Editorial: Buffer, density proposals have storm...
6 years ago
As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, we are reminded again that we are a low-lying...
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County panel debates need for public input on...
Kevin T. Conlon
1 day ago
The issue of how much public input is appropriate for proposed housing projects was debated at the...