TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: September 13, 2021
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ORDINANCE NO. 30-21: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE “COMMUNITY PLANNING ACT”, FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 163.3177 AND SECTION 163.3184, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” ENTITLED “ALWAYS DELRAY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, ORDINANCE NO. 30-21” AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, TO BRING THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INTO COMPLIANCE WITH LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO F.S. 163.3177(6)(i)1 by adopting a property rights element; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING/PUBLIC HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider Ordinance No. 30-21, an amendment to the Always Delray Comprehensive Plan, adopting a new property rights element in compliance with statutory changes to Section 163.3177, Florida Statutes.
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Background:
House Bill 59, effective July 1, 2021, updates Section 163.3177(6), Florida Statutes to require each local government to adopt a property rights element into its comprehensive plan. This new element must be adopted by the earlier of the date of its adoption of its next proposed plan amendment, or the date of the next scheduled evaluation and appraisal of its comprehensive plan pursuant to Section 163.3191, Florida Statutes. Any proposed comprehensive plan amendment package submitted after July 1, 2021, will be returned to the local government if the package does not include a property rights element or if the required property rights element has not been adopted.
On August 16, 2021, the Planning and Zoning Board voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the amendment. Board discussion reflected concern with the impact of the statutory change on local governm...
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