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Staff Report
To: Okeechobee City Council
From: James G. LaRue, AICP
Date: November 24, 2021
Subject: Ordinance No. 1235, Property Rights Element Comprehensive Plan Adoption
The Ordinance before the Council is for the adoption of the City's Comprehensive Plan by adding a
Property Rights Element, including a Goal, Objective, and Policies. The first submittal public hearing was
held on the 27th of September and the amendments subsequently submitted to Department of
Economic Opportunity (DEO) and the other appropriate agencies for their review.
The results of the reviews from the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, South Florida Water
Management District, Department of Transportation, and Department of Environmental Protection
were favorable with DEO stating no comment on the amendment. We have included the review
correspondence received from DEO and the agencies. Staff recommends the City proceed with adoption
of the Comprehensive Plan without any changes.
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October 12, 2021
The Honorable Dowling R. Watford, Jr.
Mayor, City of Okeechobee
55 Southeast Third Avenue
Okeechobee, Florida 34974
Dear Mayor Watford:
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The Department of Economic Opportunity ("Department") has re�iewed the proposed
comprehensive plan amendment for the City of Okeechobee (Amendment No. 21-01ESR) received on
October 6, 2021. The review was completed under the expedited state review process. We have no
comment on the proposed amendment.
The City should act by choosing to adopt, adopt with changes, or not adopt the proposed
amendment. For your assistance, we have enclosed the procedures for adoption and transmittal of the
comprehensive plan amendment. In addition, the City is reminded that:
• Section 163.3184(3)(b), F.S., authorizes other reviewing agencies to provide comments directly
to the City. If the City receives reviewing agenry comments and they are not resolved, these
comments could form the basis for a challenge to the amendment after adoption.
� The second public hearing, which shall be a hearing on whether to adopt one or more
comprehensive plan amendments, must be held within 180 days of your receipt of agency
comments or the amendment shall be deemed withdrawn unless extended by agreement with
notice to the Department and any affected party that provided comment on the amendment
pursuant to Section 163.3184(3)(c)1., F.S.
• The adopted amendment must be rendered to the Department. Under Section
163.3184(3)(c)2. and 4., F.S., the amendment effecti�e date is 31 days after the Department
notifies the City that the amendment package is complete or, if challenged, until it is found to be
in compliance by the Department ar the Administration Commission.
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If you have any questions concerning this review, please contact Scott Rogers, Planning Analyst, by
telephone at (850) 717-8510 or by email at scott.rogers@deo.myflorida.com.
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Patricia Steed, Executive Director, Central Florida Regional Planning Council
SUBMITTAL OF ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
FOR EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW
Section 163.3184(3), Florida Statutes
NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE SUBMITTED: Please submit electronically using the Department's electronic
amendment submittal portal "Comprehensive Plan and Amendment Upload"
(h�*t s: lo�rfd�,is�bs.secure.f�rc�.�om/cp/) or submit three complete copies of all comprehensive plan
materiafs, of which one complete paper copy and two complete electronic copies on CD ROM in
Portable Document Format (PDF) to the State Land Planning Agency and one copy to each entity below
that provided timely comments to the local government: the appropriate Regional Planning Council;
Water Management District; Department of Transportation; Department of Environmental Protection;
Department of State; the appropriate county (municipal amendments only); the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (county plan
amendments only); and the Department of Education (amendments relating to public schools); and for
certain local governments, the appropriate military installation and any other local government or
governmental agency that has filed a written request.
SUBMiTTAI LETTER: Please include the following information in the cover letter transmitting the
adopted amendment:
State Land Planning Agency identification number for adopted amendment package;
Summary description of the adoption package, including any amendments proposed but not
adopted;
Identify if concurrency has been rescinded and indicate for which public facilities.
(Transportation, schools, recreation and open space).
Ordinance number and adoption date;
Certification that the adopted amendment(s) has been submitted to all parties that provided
timely comments to the local government;
Name, title, address, telephone, FAX number and e-mail address of local government contact;
Letter signed by the chief elected otFicial or the person designated by the local government.
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ADQPTION AMENDMENT PACKAGE: Please include the following information in the amendment
package:
In the case of text amendments, changes should be shown in strike-through/underline format.
In the case of future land use map amendments, an adopted future land use map, in color
format� clearly depicting the parcel, its future land use designation, and its adopted designation.
A copy of any data and analyses the local government deems appropriate.
Note: If the local government is relying on previously submitted data and analysis, no additionaf data
and analysis is required;
Copy of the executed ordinance adopting the comprehensive plan amendment(s);
Suggested effective date language for the adoption ordinance for expedited review:
"The effective date of this plan amendment, if the amendment is not timely challenged, shall be
31 days after the state land planning agency notifies the local go�ernment that the plan
amendment package is complete. If the amendment is 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."
List of additional changes made in the adopted amendment that the State Land Planning Agency
did not previously review;
List of �ndings of the local governing body, if any, that were not included in the ordinance and
which provided the basis of the adoption or determination not to adopt the proposed amendment;
Statement indicating the relationship of the additional changes not previously reviewed by the
State Land Planning Agency in response to the comment letter from the State Land Planning Agency.
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Mr. Ray Eubanks, Administrator Via E-mail
Plan Review and Processing
State of Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Caldwell Building, MSC 160
107 East Madison Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4120
RE: CFRPC Local Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review — Okeechobee 21-01 ESR
Dear Mr. Eubanks,
The Central Florida Regional Planning Council continues to review Comprehensive Plan Amendments.
Upon conclusion of review, an Amendment Review Form is completed. Enclosed, please find the review
form for the following Comprehensive Plan Amendment Package:
• Okeechobee 21-01 ESR
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at (863) 534-7130.
Sincerely,
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Stefanie von Paleske-Bush, AICP
Senior Planner
cc via email: Barbara Powell, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Ben Smith, AICP LaRue Planning
Jennifer Codo-Salisbury, AICP, CFRPC
Jeff Schmucker, AICP CFRPC
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW FORM O1
Regional Planning Council: CFRPC Regional Planning
Council Item #:
Date Mailed to Local Okeechobee 21-
Government and State 10/06/2021 Local Government Item #: O1 ESR
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Pursuant to Section 1633184, Florida Statutes, Council review of proposed amendments to local
government comprehensive plans is limited to adverse effects on regional resources and facilities identified
in the strategic regional policy plan and extra jurisdictional impacts that would be inconsistent with the
comprehensive plan of any affected local government within the region. A written report containing an
evaluation of these impacts, pursuant to Section 1633184, Florida Statutes, is to be provided to the local
government and the state land planning agency within 30 calendar days of receipt of the amendment.
The Central Florida Regional Planning Council prepared the Amendment.
DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT
Ordinance 1235
Add a Property Rights Element to the City's Comprehensive Plan as required by Florida Statutes.
1. ADVERSE EFFECTS TO SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES
IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC REGIONAL POLICY PLAN
This amendment does not appear to pose any adverse effects to significant regional resources and
facilities and appears to be in compliance with the Goals, Policies, and Strategies set forth in the SRPP.
2. EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL IMPACTS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN THE REGION
This amendment does not appear to pose any extra jurisdictional impacts with comprehensive plans of
local governments within the region.
Request a copy of the adopted version of the amendment?
(Electronic copy only)
Yes X No
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From: Gordon, Glennika <ggordon@sfwmd.gov>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 20213:05 PM
To: Ben Smith <ben@larueplanning.com>
Cc: DCPexternalagencycomments <DCPexternalagencycomments@deo.myflorida.com>;
justin.stiell@deo.myflorida.com; psteed@cfrpc.org
Subject: City of Okeechobee, DEO #21-1ESR Comments on Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Package
Dear Mr. Smith,
The South Florida Water Management Distrid (District) has completed its review of the proposed amendment
package submitted by the City of Okeechobee (City). The package includes the Property Rights Element
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. There appear to be no regionally significant water resource issues;
however, the District offers the following technical guidance regarding Regional Water Supply Planning:
The City is required to revise its Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (Work Plan) within 18 months after
approval of the Lower Kissimmee (LKB) Water Supply Plan Update by the District's Governing Board.
The District's Governing Board approved the LKB Water Supply Plan Update on December 12, 2019.
Therefore, the Cit�s Work Plan was to be adopted by June 12, 2021; however, the District has not
received the updated Work Plan for review to date. The Work Plan must cover at least a 10-year
planning period, include updated water demand projections, identify alternative and traditional water
supply projects, and describe conservation and reuse activities needed to meet the projected future
demands. Planning tools are available on the District's website for your use and District Staff are
available to provide technical assistance to update the Work Plan, including reviewing draft Work
Plans prior to formal plan amendment submittal. The planning tools are located at this link:
https://www.sfwmd.�ov/doin�-business-with-us/work-pla ns.
The District requests that the City forward a copy of the adopted amendments to the District at the following
email mailbox address: SFLOCALGOVPLAN(c�sfwmd.�ov. Please contact me if you have any questions or need
additional information.
Sincerely,
Ms.Glennika Gordon, Policy and Planning Analyst.
South Florida Water Management District
Water Supply Implementation Unit
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
Phone: 561-682-2544
Fax: 561-681-6264
E-Mail: ggordon@sfwmd.�ov
From: Suguri, Vitor <Vitor.Su�uri@dot.state.fl.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 20213:17 PM
To: Ben Smith <ben@larueplannin�.com>
Cc: 'DEO - CPA Comments (DCPexternala�encycomments@deo.myflorida.com)'
<DCPexternala�encvcomments@deo.mvflorida.com>; Reina, Bessie <Bessie.Reina@dot.state.fl.us>;
Engala, Todd <Todd.En�ala@dot.state.fl.us>; Babuji Ambikapathy <BAmbikapathy@VHB.com>;
jzaballero@vhb.com
Subject: Proposed CPA-21-01ESR / City of Okeechobee / FDOT Review Comments / 10-06-21
Mr. Smith,
Pursuant to Section 163.3184(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), in its role as a reviewing agency as
identified in Section 163.3184(1)(c), F.S., the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
reviewed the City of Okeechobee's Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA)
package 21-01 ESR.
The proposed amendment seeks to add a Private Property Rights Elements to the City of
Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan, consistent with the Florida Statutes.
FDOT Review Comment: FDOT determined the proposed amendment does not have
significant adverse impacts to transportation resources or facilities of state importance,
and it will not form a basis of challenge.
FDOT appreciates your commitment to intergovernmental coordination and the
opportunity to review and comment on the proposed amendment.
Thank you,
Vitor Suguri, Ph.D.
Community Planner
Florida Department of Transportation - District One
10041 Daniels Parkway
Fort Myers, FL 33913
(239) 225-1959 - Desk
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From: Plan_Review <PIan.Review@dep.state.fl.us>
Sent: Monday, November 1, 2021 3:55 PM
To: Ben Smith <ben@larueplanning.com>; dcpexternalagencycomments@deo.myflorida.com
Cc: Plan_Review <PIan.Review@dep.state.fl.us>
Subject: Okeechobee 21-01ESR Proposed
To: Ben Smith, AICP, Planning Consultant
Re: Okeechobee 21-01 ESR — Expedited State Review of Proposed Comprehensive Plan
Amendment
The Office of Intergovernmental Programs of the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (Department) has reviewed the above-referenced amendment package under the
provisions of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes. The Department conducted a detailed review that
focused on potential adverse impacts to important state resources and facilities, specifically: air
and water pollution; wetlands and other surface waters of the state; federal and state-owned lands
and interest in lands, including state parks, greenways and trails, conservation easements; solid
waste; and water and wastewater treatment.
Based on our review of the submitted amendment package, the Department has found no
provision that, if adopted, would result in adverse impacts to important state resources subject to
the Department's jurisdiction.
Please submit all future amendments by email to Plan.Review�FloridaDEP.�ov. If your
submittal is too large to send via email or if you need other assistance, contact Lindsay Weaver
at (850) 717-9037.
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ORDINANCE N0.1235
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; AMENDING THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; ADDING A PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT INCLUDING A
GOAL, OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES, INCLUDING STATEMENTS OF PROPERTY
RIGHTS AS PROVIDED IN FLORIDA STATUTES 163.3177(6), AS REQUIRED BY
RECENTLY ADOPTED FLORIDA HOUSE BILL 59; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF
FACT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Of Okeechobee recognizes the need to plan for orderly growth and development; and
the State Legislature passed the Community Planning Act requiring all local govemments to prepare
and adopt a Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 163, Florida Statutes authorizes amendments to Adopted Comprehensive Plans under
the Expedited Review Process; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the adoption of House Bill 59 requiring adoption of a Properry Rights Element
into the City's Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board, acting as the Local Planning Agency of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
recently reviewed and discussed proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 21-002-CPA at a
duly advertised public hearing on August 19, 2021, and determined such request to be consistent
with the City's Comprehensive Plan and recommends the City Council transmit the proposed
amendment to the State Land Planning Agency for review and approval, and subsequent adoption
by ordinance by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has agreed with the recommendation of the Planning Board and finds that
Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 21-002-CPA complies with the requirements of Florida
Statutes 163, Part II, and that the proposed Application is consistent with the City's Comprehensive
Plan.
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 Comprehensive Plan Amendment,"
pursuant to Florida Statutes 163.3184, regarding Application No. 21-002-CPA and shall be effective
within the corporate boundaries of the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
SECTION 2: AUTHORITY.
This City of Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan Amendment is adopted pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 163.3184, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 3: REVISIONS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
The City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein the Comprehensive Plan by
adding a Property Rights Element to read as follows:
Propertv Riqhts Element
Goals, Obiectives and Policies
Goal: The Citv shall recoqnize and respect all iudiciallv acknowledqed or constitutionallv
protected orivate aroqeitv riqhts.
Obiective 1: Private oropertv riqhts shall be considered in the Ciiv's decision makinq
Policv 1.1: Propertv owners shall have the riqht to nhvsicallv possess and control their interests
in the propertv includinq easements leases or mineral riqhts
Policv 1.2: Propertv owners shall have the ripht to use maintain develoa and imqrove their
propertv for personal use or for the use of anv other person subiect to state law and
local ordinances.
Ordinance No.1235 - Page 1 of 2
Language �o be added is underlined.
Language to be deleted is �a
Policv 1 3� Property owners shall have the riqht to privacv and to exclude others from the
propertv to qrotect their qossessions and property.
Policv 1 4• Propertv owners shall have the riaht to dispose of their oropertv throuqh sale or qift
SECTION 3: INCLUSION OF ORDINANCE AND REVISED 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 Comprehensive Plan 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 4: CONFLICT.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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 of this plan amendment, if the amendment is not timely challenged, shall be 31
days after the State Land Planning Agency notifies the local government that the plan amendment
package is complete. 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. If
a final order of noncompliance is issued by the Administration Commission, this amendment may
nevertheless be made effective by adoption of a resolution affirming its effective status, a copy of
which resolution shall be sent to the State Land Planning Agency.
INTRODUCED for first reading of the Ordinance for transmittal to the Stale Land Planning Agency at a public
hearing this 27�h day of Seatember 2021, pursuant to Florida Statutes 163.3184.
ATTEST:
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
Dowling R. Watford, Jr., Mayor
PASSED AND ADOPTED after Second and Final Public Hearing this 7w day of December 2021, pursuant
to Florida Statutes 163.3184.
ATTEST:
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
John J. Fumero, City Attorney
Dowling R. Watford, Jr., Mayor
Ordinance No.1235 - Page 2 of 2
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Language lo be deleted is stwsk�lMeu§H.
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Okeechobee Planning Board
Ben Smith, AICP
August 19, 2021
Property Rights Element Comprehensive Plan Amendment
On June 29th, 2021, the Governor signed House Bill 59 into law. One of the requirements of HB 59
is that every local government in the state of Florida must adopt a Property Rights Element into
their Comprehensive Plan. The legislation provides a recommended "statement of rights" for
inclusion in the Element. Though local governments are not required to adopt the exact language
of the recommended statement of rights, the language that is adopted may not be in conflict with
the provided statements.
Another requirement of HB 59 is that local governments must adopt the Property Rights Element
prior to adoption of any other comprehensive plan amendments that have been initiated after July
1, 2021. As discussed at the July 15, 2021 Planning Board meeting, it is staff's contention that the
City's proposed commercial corridor plan amendment was initiated prior to July 1, 2021 and should
be allowed to be submitted to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) (state land
planning agency) prior to the adoption of the Property Rights Element.
City staff corresponded with DEO staff and provided documentation to verify that advertised public
workshops for the proposed commercial corridor plan amendment were held in April and May and
that the City paid for public hearing advertisement of that amendment in June prior to the adoption
of the legislation. Nevertheless, DEO staff has stated that they are not considering the amendment
to be initiated prior to July 1S' because a public hearing was not held in June.
At the July public hearing for the proposed commercial corridor amendment, the Planning Board
voted to continue the hearing of that amendment to the September meeting and directed staff to
bring the Property Rights Element for a public hearing as soon as possible so that it could be
adopted prior to, or concurrently with the adoption of the Commercial Corridor Amendment.
Attached is a proposed Ordinance for adoption of the Property Rights Element. The language that
is included in the proposed policies is the recommended statement of rights included in the
legislation. The proposed Goal includes an excerpt of existing language from Florida Statute
Section 163.3161(10), which is also referenced in HB 59, along with Florida Statute Section
187.101(3). The full text of those statute sections is provided below. The full, adopted text of HB
59 is also attached.
If the Planning Board, acting as City's Local Planning Agency, agrees that the text changes in this
proposed amendment are desirable and consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan, we request
that they recommend that the City Council transmit this amendment to DEO. The Board may also
consider adopting alternative language for the Property Rights Element, as long as it does not
conflict with the statement of rights provided in the statute.
If the City Council also agrees that this proposed amendment is desirable and consistent with the
City's Comprehensive Plan, then they may vote to transmit to DEO. Once the state and various
agencies (FDOT, FDEP, SFWMD, etc.) have had 30 days to review the amendment, if there are
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Florida Statute Section 163.3161(10)
It is the intent of the Legislature that all governmental entities in this state recognize and respect
judicially acknowledged or constitutionally protected private property rights. It is the intent of the
Legislature that all rules, ordinances, regulations, comprehensive plans and amendments thereto,
and programs adopted under the authority of this act must be developed, promulgated,
implemented, and applied with sensitivity for private property rights and not be unduly restrictive,
and property owners must be free from actions by others which would harm their property or which
would constitute an inordinate burden on property rights as those terms are defined in s.
70.001(3)(e) and (fl. Full and just compensation or other appropriate relief must be provided to any
property owner for a governmental action that is determined to be an invalid exercise of the police
power which constitutes a taking, as provided by law. Any such relief must ultimately be determined
in a judicial action.
Florida Statute Section 187.101(3)
The goals and policies contained in the State Comprehensive Plan shall be reasonably applied
where they are economically and environmentally feasible, not contrary to the public interest, and
consistent with the protection of private property rights. The plan shall be construed and applied as
a whole, and no specific goal or policy in the plan shall be construed or applied in isolation from the
other goals and policies in the plan.
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SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTION
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Hoover called the regular meeting of the Planning Board for the City of
Okeechobee to order on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at 6:01 P.M. in the City Council
Chambers, located at 55 Southeast Third Avenue, Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida,
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
ATTENDANCE
Roll was taken by Board Secretary Patty Burnette. Chairperson Dawn Hoover, Vice
Chairperson Doug McCoy, Board Members Karyne Brass and Mac Jonassaint were
present. Board Members Phil Baughman, Rick Chartier and Felix Granados as well as
Alternate Board Members Joe Papasso and Jim Shaw were absent with consent.
III. AGENDA
A. There were no items added, deferred, or withdrawn from the agenda.
B. Motion by Board Member Brass, seconded by Vice Chairperson McCoy to approve
the agenda as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
C. There were no comment cards submitted for public participation.
IV. MINUTES
A. Motion by Board Member Brass, seconded by Vice Chairperson McCoy to dispense
with the reading and approve the July 15, 2021, Regular Meeting minutes. Motion
Carried Unanimously.
V. CHAIRPERSON HOOVER OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:03 P.M.
A. Comprehensive Plan Small Scale Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Amendment
Application No. 21-005-SSA, from Single Family Residential to Commercial on
0.405± acres located on Northeast 13ih Street, Lots 19 and 20 of Block 2, CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, Plat Book 5, Page 5, Public Records of Okeechobee County.
1. City Planning Consultant Mr. Ben Smith of LaRue Planning and Management
Services reviewed the Planning Staff Report recommending approval.
2. Mr. Jeff Sumner was present on behalf of the Property Owner, Suraiya
Husain Trustee of the Suraiya Husain Revocable Trust Agreement, and Mr.
Derrill McAteer was present on behalf of the potential buyer of the property.
The board had no questions.
3. There were no public comments offered.
4. There were no Ex-Parte disclosures offered.
5. Motion by Board Member Jonassaint, seconded by Board Member Brass to
recommend to the City Council approval of Comprehensive Plan Small Scale
FLUM Amendment Application No. 21-005-SSA as presented in [Exhibit 1,
which includes the findings as required for granting applications per Code
Section 70-340; and the Planning ConsultanYs analysis of the findings and
recommendation for approval]. Motion Carried Unanimously. The
recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration at a
Public Hearing tentatively scheduled for September 27, 2021.
B. Comprehensive Plan Amendment No. 21-002-CPA, which proposes to adopt a
Property Rights Element into the City's Comprehensive Plan as required by House
Bill 59.
7. City Planning Consultant Smith reviewed the Planning Staff Report
recommending approval.
2. There was no board discussion.
3. There were no public comments offered.
4. There were no Ex-Parte disclosures offered.
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V. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM B CONTINUED
5. Motion by Board Member Brass, seconded by Vice Chairperson McCoy to
recommend the City Council find proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment
No. 21-002-CPA consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and transmit
the Amendment to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for
review and approval as presented in [Exhibit 2, which includes the Planning
ConsultanYs analysis of the findings and recommendation for approval].
Motion Carried Unanimously. The recommendation will be forwarded to the
City Council for consideration at a Public Hearing tentatively scheduled for
September 27, 2021.
CHAIRPERSON HOOVER CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:16 P.M.
VI. Chairperson Hoover adjourned the meeting at 6:16 P.M.
Submitted by:
Patty M. Burnette, Secretary
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An act relating to growth management; amending s.
163.3167, F.S.; specifying requirements for certain
comprehensive plans effective, rather than adopted,
after a specified date and for associated land
development regulations; amending s. 163.3177, F.S.;
requiring local governments to include a property
rights element in their comprehensive plans; providing
a statement of rights which a local government may
use; requiring a local government to adopt a property
rights element by the earlier of its adoption of its
next proposed plan amendment initiated after a certain
date or the next scheduled evaluation and appraisal of
its comprehensive plan; prohibiting a local
government's property rights element from conflicting
with the statement of rights contained in the act;
amending s. 163.3237, F.S.; providing that the consent
of certain property owners is not required for
development agreement changes under certain
circumstances; providing an exception; amending s.
337.25, F.S.; requiring the Department of
Transportation to afford a right of first refusal to
certain individuals under specified circumstances;
providing requirements and procedures for the right of
first refusal; amending s. 380.06, F.S.; authorizing
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certain developments of regional impact agreements to
be amended under certain circumstances; providing
retroactive applicability; providing a declaration of
important state interest; providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 163.3167, Florida
Statutes, is amended to read:
163.3167 Scope of act.—
(3) A municipality established after the effective date of
this act shall, within 1 year after incorporation, establish a
local planning agency, pursuant to s. 163.3174, and prepare and
adopt a comprehensive plan of the type and in the manner set out
in this act within 3 years after the date of such incorporation.
A county comprehensive plan is controlling until the
municipality adopts a comprehensive plan in accordance with this
act. A comprehensive plan for a newly incorporated municipality
which becomes effective �s�e� after January 1, 2016 �9�, and
all land development regulations adopted to implement the
comprehensive plan must incorporate each development order
existing before the comprehensive plan's effective date, may not
impair the completion of a development in accordance with such
existing development order, and must vest the density and
intensity approved by such development order existing on the
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effective date of the comprehensive plan without limitation or
modification.
Section 2. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (6) of
section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, to read:
163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive
plan; studies and surveys.—
(6) In addition to the requirements of subsections (1)-
(5), the comprehensive plan shall include the following
elements:
(i)l. In accordance with the legislative intent expressed
in ss. 163.3161(10) and 187.101(3) that governmental entities
respect judicially acknowledged and constitutionally protected
private property rights, each local government shall include in
its comprehensive plan a property rights element to ensure that
private property rights are considered in local decisionmaking.
A local government may adopt its own property rights element or
use the followinq statement of riahts:
The following rights shall be considered in local
decisionmaking:
1. The right of a property owner to physically
possess and control his or her interests in the
property, including easements, leases, or mineral
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2. The right of a property owner to use, maintain,
develop, and improve his or her ro erty for personal
use or for the use of any other person, subject to
state law and local ordinances.
3. The right of the property owner to privacy and to
exclude others from the property to protect the
owner's possessions and property.
4. The right of a property owner to dispose of his or
her property through sale or gift.
2. Each local government must adopt a property rights
element in its comprehensive plan by the earlier of the date of
its adoption of its next proposed plan amendment that is
initiated after July l, 2021, or the date of the next scheduled
evaluation and appraisal of its comprehensive plan pursuant to
s. 163.3191. If a local overnment ado ts its own property
rights element, the element may not conflict with the statement
of rights provided in subparagraph 1.
Section 3. Section 163.3237, Florida Statutes, is amended
to read:
163.3237 Amendment or cancellation of a development
agreement.—A development agreement may be amended or canceled by
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mutual consent of the parties to the agreement or by their
successors in interest. A party or its designated successor in
interest to a development agreement and a local overnment ma
amend or cancel a development agreement without securing the
consent of other parcel owners whose pro erty was ori inally
subject to the development agreement, unless the amendment or
cancellation directly modifies the allowable uses or
entitlements of such owners' property.
Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 337.25, Florida
Statutes, is amended to read:
337.25 Acquisition, lease, and disposal of real and
personal property.—
(4) The department may convey, in the name of the state,
any land, building, or other property, real or personal, which
was acquired under subsection (1) and which the department has
determined is not needed for the construction, operation, and
maintenance of a transportation facility. When such a
determination has been made, property may be disposed of through
negotiations, sealed competitive bids, auctions, or any other
means the department deems to be in its best interest, with due
advertisement for property valued by the department at greater
than $10,000. A sale may not occur at a price less than the
department's current estimate of value, except as provided in
paragraphs (a)-(d). The department may afford a right of first
refusal to the local government or other political subdivision
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in the jurisdiction in which the parcel is situated, except in a
conveyance transacted under paragraph (a), paragraph (c), or
paragraph (e). Notwithstanding any rovision of this section to
the contrary, before any conveyance under this subsection may be
made, except a conveyance under para ra h(a) or ara raph (c),
the department shall first afford a right of first refusal to
the previous property owner for the department's current
estimate of value of the property. The ri ht of first refusal
must be made in writing and sent to the previous owner via
certified mail or hand delivery, effective upon receipt. The
right of first refusal must provide the previous owner with a
minimum of 30 days to exercise the right in writing and must be
sent to the originator of the offer by certified mail or hand
delivery, effective upon dispatch. If the previous owner
exercises his or her right of first refusal, the previous owner
has a minimum of 90 days to close on the property. The right of
first refusal set forth in this subsection may not be required
for the disposal of property acquired more than 10 years before
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transportation purposes and a transportation facility has not
been constructed for at least 5 years, plans have not been
prepared for the construction of such facility, and the property
is not located in a transportation corridor, the governmental
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consideration to the original donor or the donor's heirs,
successors, assigns, or representatives.
(b) If the property is to be used for a public purpose,
the property may be conveyed without consideration to a
governmental entity.
(c) If the property was originally acquired specifically
to provide replacement housing for persons displaced by
transportation projects, the department may negotiate for the
sale of such property as replacement housing. As compensation,
the state shall receive at least its investment in such property
or the department's current estimate of value, whichever is
lower. It is expressly intended that this benefit be extended
only to persons actually displaced by the project. Dispositions
to any other person must be for at least the department's
current estimate of value.
(d) If the department determines that the property
requires significant costs to be incurred or that continued
ownership of the property exposes the department to significant
liability risks, the department may use the projected
maintenance costs over the next 10 years to offset the
property's value in establishing a value for disposal of the
property, even if that value is zero.
(e) If, at the discretion of the department, a sale to a
person other than an abutting property owner would be
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the department's current estimate of value.
Section 5. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
380.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
380.06 Developments of regional impact.—
(4) LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT ORDER.—
(d) Any agreement entered into by the state land planning
agency, the developer, and the local government with respect to
an approved development of regional impact previously classified
as essentially built out, or any other official determination
that an approved development of regional impact is essentially
built out, remains valid unless it expired on or before April 6,
2018, and may be amended pursuant to the processes adopted by
the local government for amending development orders. Any such
agreement or amendment may authorize the developer to exchange
approved land uses, subject to demonstrating that the exchange
will not increase impacts to public facilities This para raph
applies to all such agreements and amendments effective on or
after April 6, 2018.
Section 6. The Legislature finds and declares that this
act fulfills an important state interest.
Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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