2022-06-16 Draft Minutes 5/19/2022`4y.OF•OKEECyOo
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
PLANNING BOARD MEETING
MAY 19, 2022
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, May 19, 2022, at 6:34 P.M. in the City Council
Chambers, located at 55 Southeast Third Avenue, Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida.
II. ATTENDANCE
Roll was taken by Board Secretary Patty Burnette. Chairperson Dawn Hoover, Vice
Chairperson Doug McCoy, Board Members Karyne Brass, Mac Jonassaint and
Alternate Board Members Jim Shaw and David McAuley were present. Board Members
Phil Baughman and Rick Chartier were absent with consent. Chairperson Hoover moved
Alternate Board Members Shaw and McAuley to voting position.
III. AGENDA
A. There were no items added, deferred, or withdrawn from the agenda.
B. Motion by Member Brass, seconded by Member Jonassaint to approve the
agenda as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
C. There were no comment cards submitted for public participation.
IV. MINUTES
A. Motion by Member Brass, seconded by Member Jonassaint to dispense with the
reading and approve the March 17t 2022, Regular Meeting minutes. Motion
Carried Unanimously.
V. CHAIRPERSON HOOVER OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:36 P.M.
A. Land Development Regulations (LDR) Text Amendment Petition No. 22-001-TA
proposes to amend the regulations for Home Occupations, provided in Section
90-633 within Chapter 90 of the Code of Ordinances.
1. City Attorney Gloria Velazquez reviewed proposed Ordinance No. 1254.
2. There were no public comnitnts offered.
3. There were no Ex-Parte disclosures offered.
4. Motion by Member Jonassaint, seconded by Member McCoy to
recommend the City Council approve LDR Text Amendment Petition No.
22-001-TA as presented in [Exhibit 1.] Motion Carried Unanimously. The
recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration at
Public Hearings tentatively scheduled for June 7, 2022, and July 5,2022.
VI
VII
CHAIRPERSON HOOVER CLOSED THE PULIC HEARING AT 6:42 P.M.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE
Gary reminded Board Members about the Joint Workshop with the City Council on
May 24, 2022, at 6 P.M.
Chairperson Hoover adjourned the meeting at 6:43 P.M.
Submitted by:
Patty M. Burnette, Secretary
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