STATE OF
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
In Re: CITY OF
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 2007-13
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FINAL ORDER
The Department of Community Affairs (the “Department”) hereby issues its Final Order, pursuant to §§ 380.05(6), Fla. Stat., and § 380.0552(9), Fla. Stat. (2006), approving a land development regulation adopted by a local government within the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern as set forth below.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Florida Keys Area is a statutorily designated area of critical state concern, and the City of
2. On August 6, 2007, the Department received for review City of
3. Ord. 2007-13 is consistent with the City’s 2010 Comprehensive Plan.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
4. The Department is required to approve or reject land development regulations that are enacted, amended or rescinded by any local government in the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern. §§ 380.05(6),
5. The City of
6. “Land development regulations” include local zoning, subdivision, building and other regulations controlling the development of land. § 380.031(8),
7. All land development regulations enacted, amended or rescinded within an area of critical state concern must be consistent with the Principles for Guiding Development (the “Principles”) as set forth in § 380.0552(7), Fla. Stat. See Rathkamp v. Department of Community Affairs, 21 F.A.L.R. 1902 (Dec. 4, 1998), aff’d, 740 So. 2d 1209 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). The Principles are construed as a whole and no specific provision is construed or applied in isolation from the other provisions.
8. Ord. 2007-13 promotes and furthers the following Principles:
(a) To strengthen local government capabilities for managing land use and development so that local government is able to achieve these objectives without the continuation of the area of critical state concern designation.
(b) To protect shoreline and marine resources, including mangroves, coral reef formations, seagrass beds, wetlands, fish and wildlife, and their habitat.
(c) To protect upland resources, tropical biological communities, freshwater wetlands, native tropical vegetation (for example, hardwood hammocks and pinelands), dune ridges and beaches, wildlife, and their habitat.
9. Ord. 2007-13 is not inconsistent with the remaining Principles. Ord. 2007-13 is consistent with the Principles for Guiding Development as a whole.
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Ord. 2007-13 is found to be consistent with the Principles for Guiding Development of the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern, and is hereby APPROVED.
This Order becomes effective 21 days after publication in the Florida Administrative Weekly unless a petition is filed as described below.
DONE AND ORDERED in
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CHARLES GAUTHIER, AICP
Director, Division of Community Planning
Department of Community Affairs
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CERTIFICATE OF FILING AND SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the original of the foregoing Final Order has been filed with the undersigned designated Agency Clerk, and that true and correct copies have been furnished to the persons listed below by the method indicated this 20th day of August, 2007.
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Paula Ford, Agency Clerk
By
Honorable Christopher M. Bull, Mayor
City of
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Diane Clavier, City Clerk
City of
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Mike Puto
Acting City Manager
City of
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Jimmy Morales, Esq.
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler
Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.