Current Board Members
| Member Name |
Member Type
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Term Expires
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| H. Vaughn Lee (Vice-Chair) |
District 1
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4/2015
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| Thomas J. Harper (Chair) |
District 2
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4/2016
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| Thadus Barber Jr. |
District 3
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4/2014
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| Phil E. Parker |
District 4
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6/2015
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| Ron Grant |
District 5
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4/2014
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| Jeff Edison |
Non-Voting School Board Member
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| Robert Lowyns |
Alternate
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7/2016
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Alternate Member Application Form
Membership:
Five members and four alternates, who shall be residents of the county and appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. One non-voting member, representing the Levy County School Board.
Term Length: 4 years, with the exception of the non-voting school board member.
Term of Office: All appointments shall continue to be effective until their successors are chosen. Any vacancy in membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board of county commissioners who shall have the authority to remove any member for cause, upon written charges, after a public hearing.
Powers and Duties: To prepare and recommend to the board of county commissioners the adoption of a comprehensive plan for the physical development of the county and to perfect it from time to time. In conducting its work, the planning commission may consider and investigate any subject matter tending to the development and betterment of the county and may make recommendations as it may deem advisable concerning the adoption thereof to the board of county commissioners. The comprehensive plan shall be based upon and include appropriate studies of the location and extent of present and anticipated use of land, population, social and economic resources and problems, and other useful data. The planning commission is advisory to the board of county commissioners and makes recommendations on all requests for rezonings, special exceptions, planned unit developments, conditional use permits, comprehensive plan policy amendments, comprehensive plan evaluation and appraisal reports, large and small scale future land use amendments, and final subdivision plats. The planning commission prepares and recommends to the board of county commissioners for adoption, rules and regulations governing the approval of maps and plats of the subdivision of land within the geographical boundaries of the county in accordance with the requirement of maps and plats, F.S. Chapter 177.
Meetings: First Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
Meeting Location:
Levy County Courthouse
County Commissioners Room
355 South Court Street
Bronson, FL 32621
Contact Person:
Shenley Neely
Planning Director
Levy County Planning Department
(352) 486-5405
levyplng@bellsouth.net
