Ordinance No. 47-86-3 v ORDINANCE NO. 47-86-3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY
OF ATLANTIC : sCH, FLORIDA; REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRE-
TY ARTICLE '4° , SECTIONS 132 THROUGH SECTION 147;
REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 14, SECTIONS 14-1
THROUGH 14-22; CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 14 TO BE
TITLED PLANNING/ZONING/APPEALS; PROVIDING RULES AND
REGULATIONS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of Atlantic
Beach, Florida:
Section 1. Article XV, and Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida are hereby repealed in their
entirety.
Section 2. A new Chapter 14 is hereby created and said Chapter
14 shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 14
PLANNING/ZONING/APPEALS
ARTICLE I. PLANNING
Section 14-1. Comprehensive Plan.
(a) The Comprehensive plan of the City of Atlantic Beach, entitled
"City of Atlantic Beach Comprehensive Plan", is incorporated
herein by reference, including the Comprehensive Plan Land Use
Element Map, which is an integral part of the plan, is hereby
adopted for the area of jurisdiction of the City pursuant to
the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975, and
the Growth Management Act of 1986.
(b) Not less than one (1) copy of the Comprehensive Plan, and any
subsequent amendments thereto, shall be maintained for public
inspection in the office of the City Clerk, and not less than
one (1) additional copy each and any subsequent amendments
thereto, shall be maintained for public inspection in the
office of the City Manager and the office of the Community
Development Director.
Section 14-2 to 14-15. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Section 14-16. Created
There is hereby created a Community Development Board.
Section 14-17. Composition: Qualifications of members; Officers
The Community Development Board shall consist of seven (7) members
appointed by the City Commission, none of whom shall hold any other
public office or position in the City, all of whom shall be bonafide
residents of the City, and where practical, each shall possess some
special skill or knowledge which would assist them in the discharge of
their responsibilities under this Ordinance. The Community Development
Board shall elect its chairman and vice chairman from among the appoint-
ed members. The Community Development Director shall act as secretary
to the board under the direction of the City Manager.
Section 14-18. Terms of office of members; Filling of vacancies
Initial appointments to the Community Development Board shall be as
follows: Two members for one year, two members for two years, two
members for three years, and one member for four years. Following the
initial appointments, the term of the appointed members of the Community
Development Board shall be for four (4) years; except, that the first
members appointed shall serve staggered terms as provided. All terms
shall expire on December 31 of the proper year. Any vacancy during the
unexpired term of an appointed member shall be filled by the City
Commission for the remainder of the term.
Section 14-19. Removal of members
Any member of the Community Development Board may be removed for
cause by the City Commission upon written charges and after public
hearing.
Section 14-20. Powers and duties
The Community Development Board shall have the power, duty, respon-
sibility, and authority to:
1. Make recommendations to the City Commission for the physical,
fiscal, and esthetic development of the City;
2. Exercise supervisory control over planning and land use within
the City, following the standards established by the City
Commission pertaining to such planning or land use regulation
as contained in the Ordinance Code of the City of Atlantic
Beach, Florida.
3. Recommend to the City Commission proposed changes in the land
use regulation map of the City;
4. Recommend to the City Commission proposed changes in the land
use regulations of the Code;
5. Submit to the City Commission their recommendations covering
all applications for changes in the provisions of the land use
regulations of the City referred to them by the City Commis-
sion;
6. Submit annually to the City Manager, not less then one hundred
and twenty (120) days prior to the beginning of the budget
year, a list of recommended capital improvements which in the
opinion of the board, are necessary or desirable to be con-
structed. The list shall be arranged in order of preference,
with recommendations as to which project shall be constructed
in which year, and shall include sources of revenue;
7. Promote public interest in and understanding of the planning,
zoning and beautification of the City;
8. Meet on a regularly scheduled day each month, and periodically
on call, and keep a public record of all its meetings, resolu-
tions, findings and determinations;
9. Require information from other departments of the City govern-
ment in relation to its work, which information shall be
furnished to them within a reasonable time;
10. Request additional assistance for special survey work of the
City Manager, who may, at his discretion, assign to the board
members of the staff of any administrative department or
direct such department to make a special study requested by
the board;
11. Recommend to the City Commission plans for the planning,
replanning, improvement or redevelopment of the City;
12. Recommend to the City Commission plans for the replanning,
reconstruction, or redevelopment of any area or district which
may be destroyed in whole or in part or seriously damaged by
fire, earthquake, flood or other disaster;
13. Request the City Manager to provide for the employment of
sufficient personnel to enable the board to carry out its
powers, duties, and responsibilities;
14. To act as a zoning board and to make recommendations to the
City Commission on zoning applications and applications for
exceptions filed in accordance with the land development
regulations of the Comprehensive Zoning Code of the City of
Atlantic Beach, Florida;
15. To act as an appeals board or board of adjustment to authorize
upon findings of fact minor variances from the terms of
Chapter 24, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Atlantic Beach, as will not be contrary to the public interest
and, where owing to special conditions, not self imposed or
self created, literal enforcement of the provisions of said
Chapter 24 would result in unnecessary hardship.
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Section 14-21. Certification of Board Actions to the City Manager
All plans or recommendations of the Community Development Board, in
order to be accorded official cognizance by the City Commission, must be
certified to the City Commission through the office of the City Manager
by the chairman of the Community Development Board as the official act
of the board, duly passed by a majority vote of the board as distin-
guished from the personal views or desires of any single member or group
of members of the board. Such certification shall be attested to by the
appropriate administrative official. This provision is not intended as
prohibiting the board from submitting alternate plans or recommendations
or of submitting minority plans or recommendations in certain cases when
so approved by a majority vote of the board to be also certified to the
City Commission for consideration.
Section 14-22. Local Planning Agency.
The Community Development Board is hereby designated as the Local
Planning Agency and the Local Land Development Regulation Commission as
set forth in Part 2 of Chapter 163.3164, Florida Statutes as from time
to time amended.
Section 14-23. Proceedings of the Board
Four (4) members of the Community Development Board shall consti-
tute a quorum but a less number may adjourn from time to time until a
quorum is present. The board shall adopt rules as may be required for
the proper conduct of its business. Meetings of the board shall be held
at the call of the chairman and at such times as the board may
determine. Such chairman, or in his absence, the acting chairman, may
administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings
of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes
of the proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question,
or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep
records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which
shall be immediately filed in the office of the board and shall become a
public record.
Section 14-24. Appeals
Appeals from decisions of the Community Development Board may be
taken by any person or persons, jointly or separately, or any tax-payer
or any officer of the City. Such appeals shall be taken within thirty
(30) days after the decision of the board on which the appeal is based.
The appeal shall be filed with the Community Development Director on
behalf of the Community Development Board and with the City Manager for
forwarding to the City Commission. The appeal shall state the grounds
thereof and relief sought.
Section 14-25. Petition may be presented to court of record within
thirty (30) days after filing of decision of City Commission, setting
forth illegality.
Any person or persons, jointly or separately, aggrieved by any
decision of the City Commission rendered as a result of an appeal filed
in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-24 herein may present to
a court of record a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such
decision is illegal in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of
the illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court within
thirty (30) days after the filing of the decision of the City
Commission.
Section 14-26 Cost
Costs shall not be allowed against the City Commission unless it
shall appear to the court that it acted with gross negligence, or in bad
faith, or with malice in making the decision appealed from.
Section 14-27 Enforcement of Ordinance or regulations; Penalties
for violation.
The City Commission may provide by Ordinance for the enforcement of
this chapter and of any Ordinance and regulation made thereunder, and
may provide for the punishment of any violation therein by fine or
imprisonment or both, and also may provide civil penalties for said
violation.
Section 14-28 Legal Proceedings
Legal proceedings may be instituted in addition to other remedies
provided for violation of this chapter.
In case any building or structure if erected, constructed, recon-
structed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building,
structure, land, or water is used in violation of this chapter or of any
Ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred herein, the
proper local authorities of the City Commission, in addition to other
remedies, may institute appropriate action or proceedings to prevent
such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct or abate
such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure,
land or water, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use
in or about such premises.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect February 1 , 1987.
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4`.- Passed by the City Commission on first readingDecember ecember 8, 1986
Passed by the City Commission on second and final reading January 26, 1987
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William S. Howell, Mayor, Presiding Officer
Approved as to Form and Correctness:
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Clau e L. Mullis, City Attorney
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ATTEST:
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Adelaide R. Tucker, City Clerk