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1982-04-06 - dOl LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE Member Kirk moved to table the Landscaping Ordinance until next months meeting. Seconded by Ferneau. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT As the hour was late, Member Kirk moved to adjourn; seconded by Ferneau. Meeting adjourned. ATTEST: K-O~ ~ . Dale Burk - Chairman Planning Board City of Okeechobee .".. ~ ;..1".... ¿(- t'i¿c- ¿ <::. <- (. c¿¿¿ óI¿¿¿.¿ <.. ' ."- Beatrice Castorina Planning Board Secretary City of Okeechobee .'-- REGULAR MEETING APRIL 6, 1982 The Planning Board/Board of Adjustments and Appeals of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, convened in regular session in the Council Chambers at City Hall in Okeechobee on Tuesday, April 6, 1982, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. Members present were: Jim Wright, Darrell Ferneau and Chairman Dale Burk. Members absent: Frank A1tobe110 and James Kirk. Others present were: BUilding and Zoning Administrator, Mallette Westbrook; Attorney, David Conlon; and Secretary, Ruth Berndt. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS Chairman Burk called the Board of Adjustments and Appeals into session. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Member Ferneau moved to accept minutes of March 2, 1982, meeting as presented. Member Wright seconded; motion carried. FLORIDA DRIVER LICENSE OFFICE - TIME EXTENSION Supervisor, Division of Driver Licenses, who was unable to attend. Ms. Vickie Serge1 appeared before the Board in behalf of Mr. J. F. Hayes, District Ms.Serge1 offered an apology on behalf of Mr. Hayes and then presented the case. In December 1981, the Division of Driver Licenses was given notice that as of June 1, 1982, they must have a more permanent office as the Zoning Regulations regarding mobile homes as offices, as amended in August 1981, allowed for temporary use of 180 days and to be in compli- ance the~ would have to disist all operations as of June 1, 1982. Ms. Serge1 explained that the bUdqet for the next two years did not include any monies for this office situation and was overbudgeted and if the extension was not granted, Okee- chobee would probably lose it's Division of Driver License Office makeing people drive to Ft. Pierce, Sebring, Pahokee or elsewhere. - - - Chairman Burk asked if it was standard procedure to use mobile homes as offices in other cities and Ms. Serge1 replied that it was, and there are approximately 10 other units in the State. - . - - Member Ferneau asked if granted an extension if they would look for a permanent location and if so, how the~ could do so if they are already over budget. Ms. Serge1 stated they had put a freeze on spending for the next two years and would cut back the first year and then lift the freeæon some things for the next year, thereby, getting some mone~ to use. At this point, Attorney Conlon suggested a letter be sent to Tallahassee stating that Okeechobee feels it is being pressured into granting an extension or else losing the Driver License Office. Ms. Serge1 was asked the number of applications processed daily at her office. She stated the~ process approximately 40 applications per day. In contrast, Ft. Pierce pro- cesses 300 to 400 per day. The first year the office operated in Okeechobee they processed 3,000 applications and last year it had risen to 9,000. Member Wright moved to grant an extension for one year beginning as of April 6, 1982, with a letter to Mr. Hayes stating extension conditions. Also, a letter going to Tallahassee concerning Okeechobee's view of the issue. Seconded by Member Ferneau. Motion carried. MR. ROOKS' RG-2 REQUEST Administrator Westbrook addressed the Board concerning a request made to him by Mr. Rooks who has property zoned RG-2 between Southeast 4th and 5th Streets. Mr. Rooks had his office at this location at one time but has since abandoned it and now wishes to improve the property and move office back into area. Administrator Westbrook said he thought Mr. Rooks would need to file a Special Exception and wanted the Board to clarify. Chairman Burk stated that as it had been abandoned over six months, a Special Exception is required. Administrator Westbrook will so inform Mr. Rooks. ADJOURNMENT Member Ferneau moved to adjourn; seconded by Member Wright; motion carried. PLANNING BOARD Chairman Burk called the Planning Board into session. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Member Ferneau moved to accept minutes of March 2, 1982, meeting as presented. Member Wright seconded; motion carried. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Chairman Burk referred to letters written to all persons notified in L. M. Taylor re- zoning request, also, letter sent to Messers. Ward and Armstrong concerning expiration of a Special Exception they had requested. As there were no questions concerning the letters, Chairman Burk then asked Member Ferneau to give a short report on the meeting concerning the Recreational Area Project on City Property West of Taylor Creek. Member Ferneau stated that since the monies available for Recreation Area were lost, the project was put on hold until next year. Chairman Burk passed out some literature regarding Correspondence Course on Practice of Local Government Planning. This could be done on Individual or Group Study. May 15th is deadline for a decision on this item. Chairman Burk said each person would receive a textbook in the group study approach, and then they would come together and form answers to be sent in by the group. Each member is to give his fee1ingson the matter to Chairman Burk. ~1r. Fellows stated that he was asked to get some educational courses, hence, the reason for the 1iturature. J r:~ ~ ~OT BOOKLETS - Re-Zoning, Variances and Special Exceptions Chairman Burk asked each member to refer to the 3 booklets placed before them. These booklets are to be given to persons requesting applications for re-zoning, variances and Special Exceptions. They contain a detail step by step of procedures entailed with each ap- plication. All members agreed the booklets seemed complete and a good idea. CPO - REVISED COPY OF ORDINANCE Chairman Burk asked the members if they had any further comments on the revised copy of the CPO Ordinance. As there were none, Member Ferneau moved to recommend to City Council to Amend Ordinance No. 402, Rezoning Classification, to include CPO Ordinance. Member Wright seconded. Motion carried. Recommendation to be forwarded to City Council. Chairman Burk asked if one of the members could accompany him to the City Council meeting for the first read- ing on CPO Ordinance. Both Members Ferneau and Wright could not attend. Chairman Burk advised he would contact one of the other members to see if one of them could attend. LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE As this is a lengthy ordinance, Member Ferneau moved to set up a workshop for this item onl~. Member Wright seconded; motion carried. All members to be notified of date of this workshop by Chairman Burk. PROPOSAL FOR ORDINANCE REGULATING LIVESTOCK IN CITY LIMITS Administrator Westbrook explained that numerous calls had been received inquiring if there is a livestock ordinance in the City and when told there is none, they immediately hang up. He stated we do have problems and referred to Mr. Blair Kuhlewind, who was in attendance. Mr. Kuhlewind stated a next door neighbor had a building with animals and the odor got unreal. His son couldn't even play in his sandbox if the wind was blowing as the odor was so bad. As a residential taxpayer, he did not feel he had to put up with livestock in the City. After much discussion, it was decided an ordinance concerning livestock is needed. Chair- man Burk asked Administrator westbrook to keep a log of complaints, also, to try to obtain a copy of some other cities livestock ordinance. Attorney Conlon is to research on Grandfather Clause. Administrator Westbrook suggested if livestock removed for 30 day period it could not be put back. Chairman Burk asked members to keep their eyes open in their area for livestock in the City. Chairman Burk thanked Mr. Kuhlewind for coming before the Board. DISCUSSION ON INSERTION OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR KENNELS IN RSF AREA This item was placed in error on the agenda and was therefore scratched. AMENDMENT TO PERMIT TEMPORARY USE OF TRAVEL TRAILERS FOR LIVING Administrator Westbrook informed the Board his office had cited 10 persons for illegal travel trailer hook-ups since the beginning of the year, and felt if a temporary permit was issued for 10 days to 2 weeks, this could be eliminated. Fee to compensate for additional work involved. Councilman Dowling Watford stated that Reverend Kilgore of the Church of God, who had been cited, requested such a permit from the City Council. City Council said they would look into the matter and Reverend Kilgore requested to be notified when the matter was taken up again as he wished to express his views. -- -- -- - - - After much discussion, Member Ferneau moved to table this item until the May meeting. As there was no second, motion died on the floor. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, Member Wright moved to adjourn. Seconded by Member Ferneau; motion carried. Meeting adjourned. ATTEST: tO~~ Dale Burk Chairman Planning Board City of Okeechobee /) '/1 ¡¿:xL j')t¿fZ,a!i- Ruth Berndt Planning Board Secretary City of Okeechobee REGULAR MEETING MAY 4, 1982 The Planning Board/Board of Adjustments and Appeals of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, convened in regular session in the Council Chambers at City Hall in Okeechobee on Tuesday, May 4, 1982, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. Members present were: Jim Wright, James Kirk, Darrell Ferneau and Chairman, Dale Burk. Member Frank Altobello was absent. Others present were: Building and Zoning Administrator, Mallette Westbrook; Assistant Attorney, Mary Dunn; and Secretary, Ruth Berndt. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS Chairman Burk called the Board of Adjustments and Appeals into session. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chairman Burk asked if any Member noticed anything that needed to be corrected in the April minutes. As there were no responses or objections, Chairman Burk stated the minutes of the April meeting would stand approved as presented. ROBERT E. BURGESS - SPECIAL EXCEPTION Mr. Lavon Bass was the representative for Mr. Robert Burgess. He stated that Mr. Burgess wished to add an extension on his store building for living quarters at the rear of his paint store. He informed the Board that 90% of todays paints are water based. Mr. Bass stated that Mr. Burgess felt that with so many burglaries that living at the store would act as a night watchman. Mr. Burgess wished to build storage area upstairs and have living quarters downstairs. Mr. Bass stepped to the blackboard displaying drawings of the proposed building and point- ed out the living quarters area and storage area. Mr. Bass stated that all doors would be steel and every fire protection and safety standard would be taken. Chairman Burk questioned the zoning of this Special Exception. He asked Administrator Westbrook to check the zoning on the map as Administrator Westbrook thought it to be Commercial and Chairman Burk stated he also thought it was Commercial until he looked at his zoning map and now belives it to be C-CBD (Commercial-Central Business District). After locating the property on the map, it was found that Chairman Burk was correct, in that it is zoned C-CBD. lO!)