10-16-18 CDB Minutes�s "S SS Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
October 16, 2018
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1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 6:01 p.m. by Chair Lanier. Mr. Hansen, Mr.
Major, Ms. Paul and Ms. Simmons were all present. Mr. Elmore and alternate, Mr.
Tingen, were absent. Also present were Director Shane Corbin, Principal Planner
Derek Reeves, Planner Brian Broedell, Board Secretary Valerie Jones and the City
Attorney, Brenna Durden representing the firm Lewis, Longman and Walker.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes of the September 18, 2018 Regular Meeting of the Community
Development Board.
Mr. Hansen motioned to approve the minutes. Ms. Paul seconded the motion. The
motion carried unanimously.
3. OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business.
4. NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.
5. REPORTS
A. R -SM Zoning District Creation Discussion
Director Corbin said that he wanted to make sure that the Board heard both of
the proposals and had plenty of time to digest everything before the next meeting.
Director Corbin explained that Staff took the feedback that came from many
sources and came up with the proposal that he was presenting.
Director Corbin explained that this new Zoning District is comprised of 12 PUDs
developed by George Bull over the course of a decade in the early 70's to 80's.
Originally the PUDs were set up with covenants and restrictions and they had to
go through a Planning Advisory Board if the owner wanted to do something
outside of the restrictions. That Planning Advisory Board is no longer in existence.
Originally there was a PUD ordinance developed by the City that helped the City
with control of future development. Director Corbin showed a color coded map
that explained the build out process of approximately 250 lots from 1976 to 1982
resulting in the 12 different PUDs. He said that the biggest issues that Staff has
had is that there is a 4 foot height fence restriction and owners want 6 foot fences.
Many properties have 6 foot fences, some as a result of variances and some from
Planning Directors that applied the RS -1 Zoning Standards to this area and issued
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permits according to it. Other issues are the unique minimum home size, setbacks,
inactive Planning Boards and debate over whether the covenants are expired.
There are approximately 75 non -conforming lots and approximately half of the
lots have fences and other items that put them in violation of their covenants and
restrictions. Without the Planning Board, owners have had to come before the
Board for a variety of exceptions.
Director Corbin said that Staff originally planned on rezoning the whole area as
RS -1 since that was the structure and framework that the Board had been looking
at in the past. With that in mind, an Open House was held with about 30 owners
in attendance. These owners were concerned about losing the unique character
of these neighborhoods and especially the setbacks. Almost everyone agreed on
correcting the fence height issue but they didn't want fences in the front yard.
Their opinions varied on minimum house size, accessory structures and other
issues. Staff's solution is a new Zoning District that would maintain the character
of the neighborhood but give owners relief on the other issues. All of the PUD
setbacks were kept the same and based on what frontage the lots faced. Minimum
house size was split at 1,450 sf for the first floor, 6 foot fences are allowed in the
rear yards but not allowed in the front yards, accessory structures of 150 sf and
screen enclosures can be 5 feet from the rear property line.
He said that signs were put in the neighborhood, the website was loaded with the
original Covenants and Restrictions, along with a PowerPoint that had concept
designs matching what Staff was drafting, including the language. Another Open
House was held on Thursday, September 13th. Director Corbin said that there was
no objections with the proposed Zoning District.
B. Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Discussion
Director Corbin confirmed that Staff is diligently working on a Comprehensive Plan
Update. He explained that there are 4 areas of the Comprehensive Plan that are
going to be updated: 1) Table of Contents and Introduction: Staff would like to add
a section on demographics since there are none in the current Comprehensive
Plan, 2) Conservation and Coastal Management: This is a new provision called peril
flood which is required by the State, 3) Capital Improvements: Staff has a draft of
this to insert, 4) Maps: Update of all Maps currently in the plan and add a few.
He said that every 7 years the Comp Plan needs to be updated or the City will be
prohibited to make changes to it. One of the biggest challenges is to go through
the Comp Plan line by line and catch all of the inconsistences of dates and
references that need to be changed.
Planner Broedell explained to the Board where he collected all of the demographic
data (population broken down by: race, sex, age, earnings, etc.) Most of the data
is from the 2017 Census and the 2012-2017 ACS Estimate. The Board discussed a
variety of data from transportation, education, housing, income and occupations.
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Director Corbin said it would be good to include State and National data, to which
the Board agreed.
Planner Reeves presented the peril flood information and he said that they already
do about 99 percent of it. He explained that the information that needs to be
included in the Comp Plan comes from the State mandated requirements and the
State statute section. There were 6 bullet points that were added: Strategies to
reduce flood risk, Best practices in flood zone development, Reducing flood
insurance losses, Follow the Florida Building Code, Enforce the coastal
construction control line and Involvement in the community rating system. This
has to do with the National Flood Insurance Program which the City participates
in and this gives residents discounts on their flood insurance. Staff created a new
goal within the Conservation and Coastal Element to address this (Goal D5). It
requires principal strategies and engineering solutions that reduce flood risks that
result from high tide events, storm surge, flash flood, storm water run-off and
related impacts of sea level rise. Planner Reeves said that the language comes
directly from #1 in the state statutes. In order to address this, Staff created 3
objectives and 11 policies within the objectives. He said that they looked at other
cities and their language: Jacksonville, Boynton and Satellite were all good
examples. Planner Reeves went on to explain the objectives and policies and some
of the details.
Director Corbin informed the Board that Staff has put together the first Capital
Improvement Plan since the adoption of the last plan in 2010. It is supposed to be
updated on an annual basis with departments coming together and looking at long
range projections and anything that is infrastructure related that is $20,000 or
greater. Staff has put a plan together that is drafted out through 2025 including
public works, water utilities and storm water.
Planner Broedell presented all of the updated maps. He said that many of them
didn't change but due to the annexation of the Country Club they still had to
update them because the boundaries were off. Planner Broedell said that there
are several properties that are being given different future land use designations.
He explained some changes to the Wetland Map designations, along the beach
and along the marsh. Planner Broedell said that the Environmentally Sensitive
Areas map is supposed to include lands, water or areas in the City that meet
certain criteria spelled out in the policy. Another map is the Coastal High Hazard
map which is defined as the area below the elevation of a category 1 hurricane
storm surge zone. He said that the old map was based on evacuation zones and
not storm surge. The new map will include storm surge zones raging from category
1 up to category 5 including the high hazard areas. Nothing changed on the
Military Influence Zone map except the boundaries. Planner Broedell said the
Energy Efficiency and Conservation map had a new bus route that goes down
Royal Palms and added a few bus stops. There are no changes to the
Transportation map or the Potable Wells map.
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Planner Broedell said that some new maps may be added: Sea Level Rise Scenarios
mapped from NOAA data that shows potential sea rise from 0 to 6 feet; Shallow
Coastal Flooding Areas shows low elevation and frequently flooded areas within
the City.
Chair Lanier asked if these maps were posted anywhere for the Board to see.
Director Corbin said that Staff will put everything together to post at the website.
Staff hopes to bring it to the Board in November for a vote and if it is approved it
would then go to the City Commission and if approved by the Commission it would
be transmitted to the State and the Regional Council. It would then come back to
the Commission for a final adoption.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Ms. Simmons motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:20 p.m. Mr. Hansen seconded
the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
Linda Lanier, Chair
Attest
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