Manatee County Commissioner Mike Rahn voted against bringing back expanded wetland buffers for fear of legal consequences.

Some Manatee County commissioners called for more infrastructure improvement before approving more development.

Previously: Manatee County strips local wetland protections amid outcry from ... to the names of governmental agencies, updates to map data, and implementation of recent wetland protection policy ...

The protections, which had been on the books in Manatee County for decades to shield sensitive environmental areas from development, required buffers of 30 to 50 feet between wetlands and new ...