1240 #21-006-SSA IND to CORDINANCE NO. 1240
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 INDUSTRIAL TO
COMMERCIAL (APPLICATION NO. 21-006-SSA); PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION OF ORDINANCE AND REVISED FUTURE LAND USE MAP
IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; 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 Statutes provides for amendment to Adopted
Comprehensive Plans; and
WHEREAS, the City has received and reviewed certain Application (No. 21-006-SSA),
submitted by Monica Clark, Registered Agent of the property owner Glades Gas
Company of Okeechobee, Inc., for a small-scale amendment to the Future Land
Use Map of the City's Comprehensive Plan, and said Application being reviewed
by the City's Planning Board, acting as the Local Planning Agency, at a duly
advertised Public Hearing held on September 16, 2021, which determined such
request to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and consistent with the
pattern of future land uses within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has agreed with the recommendation of the Planning Board
and finds that the proposed Application complies with the requirements of Florida
Statute 163, Part II, and that the proposed Application is 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:
SECTION 1: SHORT TITLE.
THIS ORDINANCE shall be known as a"City of Okeechobee Small Scale
Development Activities Comprehensive Plan Amendment," pursuant to Florida
Statutes 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 0.651 acres is hereby
re-designated for purposes of the Future Land Use Map of the City of
Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan:
Application No. 21-006-SSA, from Industrial to Commercial. The Legal
Description of Subject Property is as follows:
LOTS 11, 12, 13 AND 14 OF BLOCK 49, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5,
PAGE 5, PUBLIC RECORDS OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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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 that the
provisions of this Ordinance, and the revisions to the Future Land Use Map which
are 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: CONFLICT.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: 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 7: EFFECTIVE DATE.
The effective date of this plan amendment shall be thirty-one (31) days after the
adoption of this Ordinance, if not timely challenged. If timely challenged, this
amendment shall become effective on the date the State Land Planning Agency
or the Administration Commission enters a final order determining this adopted
amendment to be in compliance. No development orders, development permits, or
land uses dependent on this amendment may be issued or commence before it
has become effective.
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED at First Reading and Final Public Hearing on this 26tn
day of October 2021, pursuant to Florida Statutes 163.3187(2).
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r` ` D wling R. Wat�ord, Jr., Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lane Gamiotea, C, City Clerk
REVIEWE L S ENCY:
John J. Fumero, City Attorney
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