0727 Revising FLUMORDINANCE NO. 727
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
AMENDING THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
ORDINANCE NO. 635 AS AMENDED, BY REVISING THE FUTURE LAND
USE MAP; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION OF ORDINANCE AND REVISED
FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN TILE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee recognizes the need to plan for the
orderly growth and development; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statues, and Rule 9J5, Florida Administrative Code
provide for amendment to Adopted Comprehensive Plans; and
WHEREAS, the City has received and reviewed certain application(s) for a small scale
amendment to the Future Land Use Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan, and said
application(s) being reviewed by the City's Land Planning Agency at a duly advertised meeting, and
submitted by staff report, which determined such applicant(s) to be consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan and appropriate to the future land uses within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has agreed with the recommendations of the Land Planning Agency
that the proposed application(s) complies with the requirements of Florida Statutes 163, Part II, and
that the proposed application(s) are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and appropriate to the
future land uses within the City;
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida as follows:
SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE.
THIS ORDINANCE shall be known as the "City of Okeechobee Small Scale
Development Activities Comprehensive Plan Amendment pursuant to F. S. 163.3187, and
shall be effective within the City limits of the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
SECTION 2 AUTHORITY.
This City of Okeechobee Small Scale Development Activities Comprehensive Plan
Amendment is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 163.3187, Part II, Florida
Statues.
SECTION 3 REVISIONS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
1. The following described land is hereby redesignated for purposes of the Future Land
Use Map of the City of Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan:
a. Application No. 99 -001 -SSA, from Single Family Residential to Multi- Family
Residential: Lots 4,5, and 6, Block 188, City of Okeechobee, according to the
Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 5, Public Records of Okeechobee
County, Florida.
SECTION 4 INCLUSION OF ORDINANCE AND REVISED FUTURE LAND USE
MAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida and it is
hereby provided, that the provision of the Ordinance, and the revisions to the Future Lane
Use Map more particulary described as "Future Land Use: 2000 City of Okeechobee, March
19, 1991, as amended December 6, 1994 which is incorporate herein by reference, shall
become and be made a part of the City of Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan (City of
Okeechobee Ordinance No. 635, as amended).
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SECTION 5 SEVERABILITY.
If any provision or portion of this ordinance is declared by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be void, unconstitutional, or unenforceable, then all remaining provisions and
portions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6 EFFECTIVE DATE.
The effective date for the enactment of Ordinance No.727 shall be thirty -one (31) days
after the adoption of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED for the first reading and public hearing on the 2n day of March, 1999.
Bonnie S. 'Thomas, CMC, City Clerk
ADOPTED after the first reading on the 2 day of March, 1999.
Bonnie S. Thomas, CMC, City Clerk
Approved for legal sufficiency:
John R. Cook, City Attorney
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James E. Kirk, Mayor
James 1✓`. Kirk, Mayor