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• ORDINANCE NO. 954
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,FLORIDA;AMENDING
THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF OKEECHOBEE BY REZONING A
CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
HEREIN, FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY-ONE (RSF-1) ZONING
DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY (RMF) ZONING
DISTRICT; AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING
FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida has adopted Ordinance
Number: 402 in which a revised Official Zoning Map was adopted for said City; and
WHEREAS, the owner(s) Daniel B. Creech, of the property more particularly described
hereafter, has heretofore filed Petition No. 06-013-R, pursuant to the Land
Development Regulations of the City of Okeechobee for the purpose of rezoning a
certain tract of land consisting of 2.313 acre(s)from Residential Single Family-One
(RSF-1)Zoning District to Residential Multiple Family(RMF)Zoning District and that
this request be removed from the boundaries of the above mentioned zone to allow
for the processing of the rezoning application; and
WHEREAS, the City has received and reviewed certain application(s) (No. 06-013-R),
submitted by property owner Daniel B. Creech, for a rezoning amendment to the
City's Comprehensive Plan, and said application(s) being reviewed by the City's
Planning Board at a duly advertised meeting held on June 27, 2006, and submitted
by staff report, which determined such applicant(s) to be inconsistent with the
Comprehensive Plan and is not appropriate with the zoning land uses within the
City; and
WHEREAS,the City Council finds such rezoning consistent with the City's Comprehensive
Plan and deems it in the best interest of the inhabitants of said City to amend
aforesaid revised Zoning Map as hereinafter set forth:
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained before the City Council of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida; presented at a duly advertised public meeting; and passed by majority vote
of the City Council; and properly executed by the Mayor or designee, as Chief
Presiding Office for the City; that:
SECTION 1. LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
The following described land, located in the City of Okeechobee, to-wit:
Lots 4 to 10 and the East one-half of Lot 15, Lots 16 to 21, and
the West one-half of Lot 22, Block 99, OKEECHOBEE, according
to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 5, of the public
records of Okeechobee County, Florida.
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SECTION 2. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
That the aforesaid Revised Zoning Map of the City of Okeechobee be amended to
reflect the subject property zoning classification to be changed from Residential
Single Family-One (RSF-1) Zoning District to Residential Multiple Family (RMF)
Zoning District.
SECTION 3. CONFLICT.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. 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 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
INTRODUCED for first reading and set for final public hearing on this 18th day of
July, 2006.
DENIED AT FIRST READING.
N/A
James E. Kirk, Mayor
ATTEST:
N/A
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
PASSED AND ADOPTED after Second and Final Public Hearing this 1st day of
August, 2006.
DENIED AT FIRST READING.
N/A
James E. Kirk, Mayor
ATTEST:
N/A
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
N/A
John R. Cook, City Attorney
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