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10-16-18 CDB Minutes�s "S SS Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD October 16, 2018 N 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 Page 1 of 4 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. Page 2 of 4 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. Page 3 of 4 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 Page 4 of 4