0955 Withdrawn ORDINANCE NO. 955
*WITHDRAWN AT FINAL PUBLIC HEARING*
• 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 ON
A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
HEREIN FROM SINGLE FAMILY (SF) TO MULTI-FAMILY (MF)
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION OF ORDINANCE AND REVISED FUTURE
LAND USE MAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee recognizes the need to plan for
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) (No. 06-013-SSA),
submitted by Steve Dobbs on behalf of property owner, InSite Development Group,
LLC, for a small-scale amendment to the Future Land Use Map of the City's
Comprehensive Plan, and said application(s) being reviewed by the City's Planning
Board at a duly advertised meeting held on July 20, 2006, 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 Planning Board that the
proposed application(s)complies with the requirements of Florida Statutes 163, Part
II, and that the proposed applications are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan
and appropriate to the future land uses within the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordained before the City Council for 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 Officer for the City, that:
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 Statutes.
SECTION 3. REVISIONS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
1. The following described land consisting of approximately 9.195 acre(s) is
hereby redesignated for purposes of the Future Land Use Map of the City of
Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan:
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a. Application No. 06-013-SSA,from Single Family to Multi-Family. The
Legal Description of Subject Property is as follows:
All of Block 12 (Lots 1 to 26); Lots 1, 2, 3 and 9 (less the
East 32.50 feet of 9) and 10 to 26 of Block 21; All of Block
22 (Lots 1 to 6), OKEECHOBEE, according to the plat
thereof recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 5, of the 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
Land Use Map more particularly described as "Future Land Use: 2000 City of
Okeechobee, March 19, 1991, as amended December 6, 1994," which is
incorporated 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).
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. 953 shall be thirty-one (31)
days after the adoption of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED for first reading and public hearing on the 15th day of August, 2006.
N/A
Dowling R. Watford, Jr., Mayor Pro-Tempore
ATTEST:
N/A
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
ADOPTED after first reading on the 15th day of August, 2006.
WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANTS REQUEST - WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR A LARGE
SCALE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT AT A LATER DATE.
N/A
Dowling R. Watford, Jr., Mayor Pro-Tempore
ATTEST:
N/A
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
N/A
John R. Cook, City Attorney
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