TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Planning, Zoning and Building Director
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: April 18, 2017
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ORDINANCE NO. 06-17: EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT (EAR) BASED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH. (FIRST READING/PUBLIC HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve and transmit Ordinance No. 06-17 to the Department of Economic Opportunity (“DEO”) for its review of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) based amendments to the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Delray Beach, pursuant to Florida Statute Section 163.3191.
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Background:
Florida Statute Section 163.3191 requires that at least once every seven years, the City is must evaluate the comprehensive plan to determine if plan amendments are necessary to reflect changes in state requirements since its last update and notify the state land planning agency (DEO) as to its determination. The City notified DEO in December 2015 that the a complete update of the plan would be undertaken. The DEO assumed this to be in response to the evaluation and thereby notified the City that the amendments needed to be adopted within one year (December 2016) or the City would be suspended from any future amendments until such time.
The Planning Department is working with the community and steering committee to update the plan. It is anticipated the update will be complete by Spring 2018. However, the Planning Department has determined that minor amendments are required to maintain the plan’s consistency with Ch. 163, Part II, Florida Statutes (“Community Planning Act”), and has prepared the attached amendments to achieve the statute requirement and remove the suspension. The Ordinance makes minor revisions, predominantly of a housekeeping nature, to keep step with the Community Planning Act. A brief description of each amendment is provided below....
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