St. Augustine takes steps to protect conservation lands

St. Augustine takes steps to protect conservation lands

St. Augustine is aiming to make it harder to pave over the roughly 30 acres of city-owned conservation lands. The City Commission advanced a measure this week that would change the city’s charter to require a unanimous vote to remove a parcel’s protection.  What that means is that all five members of the City Commission would have to agree to remove the conservation designation from a tract of land, or to significantly develop a property, for it…