0414 (Zoning)ORDINANCE NO. 414
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 402; ZONING ORDINANCE
FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE. AMENDMENT REDUCING REQUIRED
ACREAGE TO 5 ACRES FOR EXPANSION OF EXISTING MOBILE HOME
PARKS OR MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISIONS.
WHEREAS, under Article VIII, Section 2 (b) of the
Construction of Florida and Chapter 166, Part 1, Florida
Statutes, the City of Okeechobee, FLorida, has governmental,
corporate, and proprietary powers to enable it to conduct
municipal government, perform municipal functions, and
render municipal services, and to that end may exercise any
power for municipal purposes, except when expressly by law;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Okeechobee, Florida, has
determined after study and consideration of all factors
involved that it is in the public interest to amend certain
requirements for expansion of existing Mobile Home Parks &
Mobile Home Subdivisions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Okeechobee, Florida, has
complied with all applicable procedural and substantive
requirements of the Charter of the City and of State law; it
is
ORDAINED as follows:
1. THAT Section VIII, paragraph 11 entitled RMH,
Residential, Mobile Home, District: Existing Mobile Home
Parks or Mobile Home Subdivisions, be amended as follows:
Within the City as of the effective date
of this ordinance there exist Mobile Home
Parks & Mobile Home Subdivisions. Such
existing Mobile Home Parks & Mobile Home
Subdivisions may be zoned RMH, even though
such parks or subdivisions may not meet one
or more of the requirements for new Mobile
Home Parks or Mobile Home Subdivisions set
out herein; provided, all minimum health
and sanitation requirements shall be met.
This provision shall not be deemed, however,
to permit the establishment of new facilities
or the expansion of existing facilities under
this section except in conformity with all
requirements herein set out, except that the
minimum area requirements of Mobile Home
Parks & Mobile Homes Subdivisions for the
expansion of existing conforming Mobile Home
Parks & Mobile Home Subdivision is at least
five (5) contiguous acres, excluding right -of-
way for roads, utilities, and drainage. An
expansion is a contiguous enlargement of as
existing use.
2. Any portions of Ordinance No. 402 which are inconsis-
tent with the above Amendment are hereby repealed.
DATED this 9th day of October , 1979.
ATTEST:
ZOO/
BONNIE THOMAS, City Clerk
City of Okeechobee
EDWARD DOUGLAS
President of City Council
City of Okeechobee