1251 #22-002-SSA, Blk 3 So Okee, SFR to CORDINANCE NO. 1251
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
RESIDENTIAL (SFR) TO COMMERCIAL (C), APPLICATION NO.
22 -002 -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 Statues provides for amendment to Adopted
Comprehensive Plans; and
WHEREAS, the City has received and reviewed certain application (No. 22 -002 -
SSA), submitted by property owner Brian Keith Hickman, Manager of
Huntermako "LLC" 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 March 17, 2022, 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 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.
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SECTION 3: REVISIONS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
The following described land consisting of approximately 0.16 acres is
hereby re -designated for purposes of the Future Land Use Map of the City of
Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan:
Application No. 22 -002 -SSA, from SFR to C. The Legal Description of the
Subject Property is as follows:
LOT 1 OF BLOCK 3, SOUTH OKEECHOBEE, ACCORDING TO THE
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 7, 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 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
5t" day of April 2022, pursuant to F.S. 163.3187(2).
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\ Dowling R. Watford Jr., Mayor
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Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED OR LEGAL FFICIENCY:
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John J. Fumero, City Attorney
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