1295, 24-001-SSA ORDINANCE NO. 1295
• 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. 24-001-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 Application No. 24-001-SSA, submitted by applicant
Chris Ossa, PE of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., on behalf of the property owner, Be A
Man Buy Land, 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 September
19, 2024, 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 (F.S.) 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: RECITALS ADOPTED.
Each of the above stated recitals is true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2: 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 3: AUTHORITY.
This City of Okeechobee Small Scale Development Activities Comprehensive Plan
Amendment is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 163.3187, Part II, F.S.
SECTION 4: REVISIONS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
The following described land consisting of approximately 0.51 acres is hereby re-designated
for purposes of the Future Land Use Map of the City of Okeechobee Comprehensive Plan:
1. Application No. 24-001-SSA, from SFR to C. The Legal Description of the Subject
Property is as follows:
LOTS 4 AND 5 OF TAYLOR CREEK MANOR,ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGE 4, OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER with all
the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging or in
• anywise appertaining.
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SECTION 5: 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 6: CONFLICT.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: 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 8: 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 15th day of October
2024, pursuant to F.S. 163.3187(2). Roll Call Vote:
Yes No Abstained Absent
Council Member Chandler: X
Council Member/Vice Mayor Clark: X
Council Member Jarriel: X
Council Member McAuley: X
Mayor Watford: X
Dowling R a ord Jr., Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City C erk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
John IFumero, City Attorney
Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A.
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