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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING
AUGUST 15, 1990
VICE CHAIRMAN WADGWORTH CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER
PRESENT; MRS. O`CONNOR, MR. MAHONEY, MR. WADSWORTH, MRS.
KILKB-LY, MR. THOMPSON, MR. SHROYER, ALTERNATE
ABSENT; MR. LINDSEY, MR. FULLERTON, MR. KRULIKOWGKI, ALL
EXCUSED
ALSO PRESENT; RICK TORPY, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY,
LINDA KINCHEN, SECRETARY
ANNOUNCEMENTS; NONE
VICE CHAIRMAN WADGWORTH TURNS THE MEETING OVER TO THE
, ATTORNEY FIRST.
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION WILL BE VERBATIM FROM THE TAPE.
TO MAKE IT REAL CLEAR THE INTENT, THIS CAME UP JUST AS REALLY
A CONVERSATION I HAD AT I THINK THE FIRST MEETING I ATTENDED
WITH MR. WADGWORTH AND A COUPLE OTHERS. WHAT HAPPENS WITH
YOUR CODE BOOKS. FIRST OF ALL YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE I KNOW
BY NOW, YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CODES AND IF I GAY ANYTHING
TONIGHT WHICH SEEMS TO INSULT ANYBODY OR GO BENEATH WHAT YOU
ALREADY KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO GO OVER THE BASICS HERE AND
WALK YOU THROUGH THE CODE BECAUSE AS BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT I
THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE WHEN A QUESTION,
YOU'LL GET YOUR AGENDA IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU ALL CAN GO
THROUGH THE CODE AND COME UP WITH YOUR OWN ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS. I KNOW TOMMIE DOES THIS ALL THE TIME, HE IS
ROUTINELY WRONG ON HIS ANSWERS BUT HE DOES IT ALL THE TIME
ANYWAY.
NO REALLY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE POINT OF TONIGHT IG TO
WALK YOU THROUGH THE IMPORTANT FEATURES BECAUSE REALLY IT IS
KIND OF LIKE A MINI LAW SCHOOL LESSON - READING A CODE IS A
LOT DIFFERENT THEN READING ANYTHING ELSE AND READING A
STATUTE IS THE SAME WAY.
tlo*A COUPLE OF BASIC PREMISES- ONE, I THINK AS WE DEMONSTRATED
� DURING THAT ONE MEETING, EVERY WORD IN A CODE YOU HAVE TO
ASSUME HAS A SPECIFIC MEANING. YOU MUST ASSUME THAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRUCTURE AND A BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE A CODE AS YOU'LL SEE IN HERE, AS WE SAW IN ONE OF
OUR MEETINGS WHERE THEY USED THE WORD STRUCTURE IN ONE
PARAGRAPH AND THEY USED THE WORD BUILDING IN ANOTHER
PARAGRAPH THAT IS NOT ACCIDENTAL.
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THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON THEY HAVE DONE THAT AND WHAT YOU
HAVE A TENDENCY TO DO IS READ THAT. IF THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE
HERE, REMEMBER, WE WERE TAKING ABOUT THE PAWN SHOP AND THE
QUESTION CAME UP, YOU KNOW, ONE THING ALLOWS A FENCE AND ONE
DOESN'T ALLOW A FENCE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE HERE AND I
IMMEDIATELY WENT AND SAID WELL WAIT A MINUTE ONE GAYS
STRUCTURE AND ONE SAYS BUILDING WHATS THE DIFFERENCE. LETS
TAKE A LOOK AND WENT TO THE DEFINITIONS AND FOUND OUT THERE
WAS A SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TERMS. AS FAR AS
GALES, THEY COULD TAKE PLACE IN A BUILDING THAT WAS DEFINED
AS HAVING A ROOF, A STRUCTURE WASN'T DEFINED AS HAVING A ROOF
WHICH MEANT THE FENCE IN THE BACK. GO THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC
THINGS AND THATS THE MOST BASIC THING ABOUT READING
ORDINANCES THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, IS THAT WHEN YOUR
READING THROUGH SOMETHING, DON'T ASSUME A MEANING. ALWAYS
AND WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT INDEXES IN A MOMENT, BUT ALWAYS
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ASSUME THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC REASON IT IS WRITTEN. NOW
THAT YOU HAVE THE RULE, NOW LET ME GIVE YOU THE EXCEPTION.
IF YOU GO TO THE GLOSSARIES OR THE INDEXES OR THE
DEFINITIONAL SECTION AS WE WILL LOOK AT IN A FEW MOMENTS AND
IT IS NOT THERE, THEN DON'T TRY TO READ SOMETHING IN THERE
THAT IS NOT THERE EITHER. THIS IS HOW LAWYERS MAKE THEIR
MONEY, LAWYERS MAKE THEIR MONEY BY TAKING A VERY SEEMINGLY
SIMPLE STATUTE THATS ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS " A BLACK CAR
CAN'T RIDE ON THE STREET" WELL EVERYBODY WOULD READ THAT AND
SAY IF YOU HAVE A BLACK CAR YOU CAN'T RIDE ON THE STREET.
WELL A LAWYER TAKES THAT AND SAYS WELL, WHAT COLOR BLACK.
AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY RIDE, WELL IS A STREET DIFFERENT THEN
A ROAD OR IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A THOROUGHFARE. SO
LAWYERS PLAY THE GAMES WITH WORDS AND THATS JUST BEING REAL
CANDID AND THATS WHAT WE GET PAID TO DO. ITS TO GO INTO COURT
AND TAKE WORDS AND TO TRY TO IF THERE IS A QUESTION OF I WANT
IT TO BE INTERPRETED ONE WAY AND THE OTHER GUY WANTS IT TO BE
INTERPRETED THE OTHER WAY, MY JOB IS TO CONVINCE THE JUDGE MY
WAY IS RIGHT.
YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS SHOULDN'T DO THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE IT AT
FACE VALUE. THATS WHAT I DO WHEN I TRY TO GIVE
INTERPRETATIONS TO THE BOARD. SO IF THERE IS A WORD THERE
THAT YOUR NOT SURE OF THE MEANING IF ITS NOT DEFINED IN THE
GLOSSARIES, INDEXES OR DEFINITIONAL SECTIONS TAKE IT FOR ITS
COMMON MEANING, DON'T SIT THERE AND TRY TO PUT KIND OF SOME
MEANING TO IT THATS UNUSUAL OR OFF THE WALL. DON'T TRY TO
TAKE BLACK AND SAY BLACK IS GREY. BLACK IS BLACK. THOSE ARE
THE TWO BASIC PREMISES OF CODE INTERPRETATIONS NOW WE ARE
GOING TO GET INTO SOME SPECIFICS.
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THE SECTIONS OF' YOUR CODE., I KNOW YOIJ HAVE'.:. ALL SEEN AND I
KNOW YOU HAVE ALL LOOK THROUGH AND READ ]'HIS 'THING, A COUPLE
THINGS '[HAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT I THINK ARE IMF'ORTAN"r.
FIRST OF ALL IN YOUR LAND DE:VELOPMENT CODE YOU HAVE A
STATUTORY REFERENCE TABLE NOW THATS REAL I MPOR. TANT BECAUSE A
LOT OF Y[]UR CODES, WE'LL BACK LIP ONE THING, A CODE AS ANY
CODE: WITHIN A CI'I'Y IS EFFECTIVE WITHIN THAT CITY NO F'ROBLEM
BUT IF 'I"HERE IS A STATE STATUTE THAT ADDRESSES THAT SAME
ISSUE THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO PROBLEMS. ONE THE STATUTE
ITSELF MAY F'REEMF'T THAT ENTIRE AREA OF LAW.. WHICH MEANS TNAT
TFIE STA]"E MAY HAVE: COME IN, ADOPTED A LAW AND SAID THIS IS
OUR EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO PROMULGATE THE RULE AND REGULATIONS IN
THIS AREA. AND IF THIA'TS THE CASE~ THEN YOU MAY HAVE A CODE ON
THE BOOKS, AND IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE, VIRTUALLY EVERY CITY
AND TOWN DOES, YOU MAY HAVE A CODE IN HERE THAT IS AN OLD ONE
'I'HAT WAS ADOF'TED BEFORE THE STATE CAME UF' AND MADE A LAW BUT
NOW THAT CODE iS UNENFOR. CEABLE. THE SECOND THING YOU MAY RUN
UF' TO IS THAT THE STATUTE MAY EXIST ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T'
PREEMPT THE ENTIRE AREA BUT WHAT IT DOES IS SET DOWN
F'ARAMETERS. YOU CANNOT ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW
MORE THAN A STATUTE ALL[]WS FOR EXAMPLE ON A STATE RI]AD, IF'
THE LAW OR STA"I'UTE SAYS THE SPEED LIMIT ON A STATE ROAD IS 55
MF'H AND YOU HAVE A STA"I'E ROAD GOING THROUGH THE CITY OF
SEBASTIAN YOU COULD NOT ADOP'F AN ORDINANCE MAKING THE SPEED
L. IMIT 65 MF'H. YOU COULD NOT ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO GO FURTHER THEN THE STATUTE DOES AND THATS WHY YOU
HIAVE THESE STATUTORY REFERE:NCE TABLES~ CAUSE THESE ORDINANCES
HERE YOU'LL_ SEE SECTION 20A5.6 FLA STATUTE 163 'I'HESE ARE
CROSS REFERENCES AND THESE STATUTES EACH DEAl_ WiTH THE SAME
AREA OF THE []ODE, AF'F'AREN]"i...Y WHAT HAS HiAF'F'ENED HERE IS THAT
T'HESE SECTIONS OF' THE CODE WER. E ADOPTED IN CONFORMANCE W ITHI
THE STATUTE. THATS WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. YOU~VE TAKEN A
STATUTE, A STA]"UTE WOULD BE PROMULGATED AND IN ORDER TO
F'OLLOW iT OR DO WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS THE LAND DEVEL[]PMENT
CODE HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT EITHER. FURTHER EXPANDS IT OR
FURTHER DEFINES IT. SOMETIMES YOU'LL GET A STATE STATUTE THAT
PUTS A BORDEN ON THiE CiTY TO DO SOMETHING. LAND DEVELOPMEN'[
CODES, WE:' R.E ALI_ FULL. Y AWARE ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES
WELL. THERE IS A ST'ATE STAT'LiTE THAT REDUIRES THE ADOPTION OF'
I...AND DEVELOF'MENT CODES SO WHAT YOU SEE IS A SI'Al'UTE REFERRED
WHICH IS THE STATU'i"E WI.-IICH REqUiRES A LAND DEVELOPMEN'F CODE
AND THEN THEY:'D REFERENCE ]"HE CODE OF ]'HE SECTION. SHDRT HINT
HERE, LETS SAY THAT SOMEBODY HAS A STATUTE THIAT THEY ARE
COMING IN AND COMPLAINING, A STATE STATUTE, I AM LDOKING AT
THE STATUTDRY REFERENCE TABLE RI GH'F NOW WHICH IS ON PAGE 1563
IN THE CODE. LETS SAY SOMEONE CAME IN OR Y(]U GLJYS HAD A
DUESTION, YOU FOUND A STATUTE OR SOMEONE SAID SOMETHIING TO
YOU ABOUT A STA'I'E STATUTE WHIA]' DO WE DO ABOUT "I"HIS, DO WE
HAVE ANY RULES ABOUT THIS. WELl .... VERY SIMPLY YOU 'FAKE OUT YOUR
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LAND DEVELOPMENT []ODE OR YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND YOU LOOK
A'T' ]"HEM AND YOU SEE FL. OF.:IDA STATUTE LETS SAY IT HAPPENS TO BE
SECTION 163 WELL YOU LOOK AT' CHAF'TER 16.]; Wi-.IICH IS THE FIRST
NO'rE IN HER. E AND THEN I"f' GIVES YOU THE SECTIONS OF THE CODE
THAT SOMEHOW ARE RELEVANT TO CI..-IAPTEF.: 165. Y[]UR ANSWEF.: TO THAT
I:.':'EF.:SON OR YOUR ANSWEF.: 'f'O YOURSEL. F IS YES ABSOL. UTELY AND YOU
CAN SIMPLY NOW GO THROUGH ALL '.THOSE SECTIONS OF' '.THE CODE
KNOWING THAT, 'T'HAT"S WHAT R. EF'ERS TO Ct.-.IAP"f'ER '1.63.
ANOTHEF.: WAY, ANO]'HER SECTION, SO THATS WHAT YOUF.: S"I'A'TU"I'OI:;]Y
REFERENCE TABLE IS ABOUT, IT LETS YOU KNOW IT SHOULD BUT
OF.'.DINANCES HAVE 'TO BE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT II' WILL
LET YOU KNOW THE; SECTIONS OF YOUF.: CODE THAT ARE DOVETAILED OR
SOMEHOW DEF'ENDENT UPON STA"FIF STATUTES AND IF' YOU ARE TRYING
TO RESEAR. CH SOMETHING YOU RE;AD JUST THE SECTION OF THE CODE;
WITHOUT READING THE STATE STATUTE YOUF.: RESEARCH IS
INCOMPL. E]',E OR MISSING SOME"i'HING AND YOU NEED TO F.:EAD BOTH -FO
GET A COMPI...E'T'E OPINION OR TO FORMULATE YOUR OWN OPINION AND
YOU WILL, F-:EAD THEM ANI) MANY TIMES AL.L iT IS, IS AN ENABLING
STATUTE; WHICH AN ENABLING STATUTE IS ONE WI..-IiCH ALLOWS A CITY
TO DO SOMETHING, YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE THERE IS A NEW STATUTE
NOW WHICH WAS JUST PASSED ON CONVENIENCE; STORES -.THAT
PA-RT ICULAR S]'A'i"t...I"I"E RE[;)UIRES CITIES AND TOWNS TO ADOPT
(;]RI:)INANCES SO IN THAT SI'I"UATIOr,..I EVE;NTUALL. Y WHAT YOU WILL SEE~
THERE IS AL. RE;qDY AN 0F.:DiNANCE IN THE CITY OF' SE]E~AS't-IAN BUT I't'
WII...L. HAVE ]'0 BE AMENDED I1"4 AI._L I_IKEL. IHOO't'), YOU WILL SEE THAT
ORDINANCE THAT SECTION NUMBEF.: IN THE; STA'rU]"ORY REFERENCE
SECTION AND I"1" WILL F.:EFER BACK TO THE S]"ATE STATU]'E THAT
RE(DLJIRES I"r. Sc) Tt-.IATS WHAT YOUR REFE;f.;:ENCE: TABL. E; ARE Al,ID
]'HERE ARE; VERY IMPORTANT CAUSE THEY ARE 6~UICK. ']'HEY 14ELF' YOU
GO THROUGH THINGS AND FIND THINGS (;~UICKL. Y IF' YOU KNOW YOLJR
LOOKING FOR SOME'.THING '.THATS RELATED ']"0 THE STATE S.TATLJTES.
YOUR NEXT TABLE IN HERE IS YOt..Ii:~: CODE COMF'ARATIVE TABLE. NOW
"1"1.-IIS ONE IS STILt... ;I:MF'ORTAN.T BUT IT IS OF LESS IMF'OF.:TANCE.
WHAT THIS REALL. Y DOES IS TAKE."S THE OF.:DiIqANCES THAT Ar)oP"rED
SECTIONS OF.'-THE CODE AND IT GIVES YOU THE ORDINANCE NLJMBEF.:
CAUSE YOUR CODE WON:'T HAVE:'] THE ORDINANCES, SOME'T'IMES IT WILL
SOMETI. IdES IT WON' T. THIS SHOULD HAVE IT I..IS-rED BU'f' 'tHIS WILL
TEL. L Y[)U THE ORDiI',,IANCE NUIdBER T[] [;Ri]SS REFERENCE. IN DOING
YOUR RESEARCH I'F F'ROBABLY WILL NOT BE THAT S1;GNIFICANT TO
YOU, I HARDLY EVER REI...Y ON IT. BU'f' THA'.TS SIMPLY WHAT Il' DOES,
NOW BY I:::'AI~: '.THE MOST IMF'ORTANT SEC'.TI[)N OF YOUR CODE: IS YOUF.:
INDEX. AND I HAVEN"'T F'IGURED OUT THIS MYS.TICAL THING YET BUT
A LO'r OF PEOPLE SOMETIMES "t"HiNK I"1" IS CHEATING T[] LOOK AT THE
INDEX. ITS REAL, L.Y WEIRD, ITS STRANGE, WELt .... YOU KN[]W~, GEE:,
I SHOULD KNOW THIS !.30 THEY START GOING THR:OUC-]H THE:' F'AGES
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT REL. A]'ES. WELL ITS NOT CHEATING
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THATS WHY YOU HAVE AN INDEX, I, YOU'VE SEEN NOW IN DEALING
WITH ME YOU ASK ME A QUESTION NINE OUT OF TEN TIMES I SAY
WAIT A MINUTE AND LET ME FIND OUT, AND THE FIRST THING I DO
IS PULL OUT THE INDEX AND THATS HOW I FIND IT. I DON'T HAVE
ALL YOUR ORDINANCES MEMORIZED NOR DO I HAVE THE STAT TO
SCHEME MEMORIZED. BUT I KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM AND THATS
WHAT MY JOB IS IF I DON'T KNOW THE LAW, I HAVE TO KNOW WHERE
TO FIND IT. SO I KID WITH YOU I SAY LIKE A LOT OF LAWYERS
WILL BG WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, I TRY NOT TO DO THAT
I JUST SAY HEY, LET ME LOOK IT UP, ITS EASY TO LOOK UP.
NOW THE SECTION, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS INDEXES ARE
DIFFICULT, I ONCE HAD A LAW PROFESSOR AND WE WENT THROUGH
THIS AND HE SAID INDEXES ARE INCOMPLETE AND HE AND I ARGUED
BACK AND FORTH ABOUT IT AND HE SAID OK I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
THIRTY SECOND AND HE GAVE ME A STATUTE TO FIND CAUSE HE
INSISTED THAT HE HAD LOOKED FOR HOURS AND IT WASN`T THERE AND
em"p) I FOUND IT WITHIN THE THIRTY SECONDS AND THIS WAS A LAW
PROFESSOR. AND HE JUST KIND OF LOOKED AT ME AND DROPPED HIS
TEETH. INDEXES ARE IMPORTANT BUT YOU DO HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO
USE THEM. ITS NOT LIKE A STANDARD INDEX, YOU GOT TO THINK OF
KEY WOODS. LETS SAY YOUR LOOKING UP FOR SOMETHING ABOUT - I
DON'T KNOW, YOU GUYS THROW SOMETHING OUT. ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO LOOK UP. BILL WHAT HAVE YOU GOT�
MR. MAHONEY SAYS SOMETHING IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES
REGARDING STREETLIGHTING. ALRIGHT SAYS RICK, LETS LOOK UP
THERES THREE THINGS HE SAID THERE, SUBDIVISION,
STREETLIGHTING, ORDINANCES - ORDINANCES IS TOO VAGUE YOU WANT
TO TRY YOUR MOST SPECIFIC THING. WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT IS STREET LIGHTS. IF YOU WENT TO SUBDIVISIONS, YOU
MIGHT FIND A BIG SECTION ON SUBDIVISION BUT WHAT YOU REALLY
WANT TO LOOK FOR IS STREETLIGHTS. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THERE
IS ANYTHING IN HERE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT STREETLIGHTS. BUT THE
EASIEST THING IS TO LOOK AT IT. WELL WE GOT STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS LETS BACK UP, WE HAVE SETBACKS, SIGNS,
IMPROVEMENTS, STREETLIGHTS, SON OF A GUN, SEE UNDER STREETS
AND SIDEWALKS YOU'LL SEE STREET LIGHTS. IT TELLS YOU THE
SECTION TO REFER TO. IF YOU'D GONE UNDER SUBDIVISION FOR THAT
SAME THING, WHICH WAS THE FIRST WORD, YOU'LL GO DOWN HERE AND
FIND SUBDIVISION OF LAND AND LETS BEE IF WE CAN FIND THAT
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. OK WE FOUND IT THERE TOO, IF YOU LOOK
UNDER SUBDIVISION OF LANDS UNDER IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED YOU'LL
FIND STREETLIGHTING, SO ON THAT ONE WE ARE LUCKY WE COULD
HAVE FOUND IT UNDER BOTH SECTIONS. IT BECOMES PRETTY EASY,
BUT THE IDEA HERE ITS NOT A DIFFICULT CONCEPT AT ALL, BUT
I'VE JUST FOUND PEOPLE GO ALONG WITH THIS BROAD CONCEPT AND
SOMETIMES THE BROAD CONCEPT YOU WON'T FIND THEM BUT IF YOU
CAN GO RIGHT TO STREETLIGHTING GREAT. NOW TO CHECK YOURSELF,
YOU'LL WANT TO GO LOOK UNDER, IT MIGHT NOT BE STREETLIGHTING
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IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING OBSCURE LIKE ILLUMINATION I MEAN I
DON'T KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY TO THINK OF EVERY POSSIBLE WORD
THAT WOULD BE THERE. THATS THE OTHER PROBLEM FOR INDEXES. THE
WORD I MIGHT THINK OF FOR SOMETHING, I MIGHT THINK ROAD, ROAD
IMPROVEMENT, WELL IT MIGHT BE UNDER THE INDEX UNDER STREET
IMPROVEMENT OR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT OR ANY NUMBER OF WORDS
THAT WOULD MEAN THE SAME THING. SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO
CONCENTRATE ON WHEN YOUR TRYING TO DO INDEX RESEARCH. FIRST
THINK ABOUT THE MOST SPECIFIC THING, STREETLIGHTING AND THEN
THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS IT MIGHT BE REFERRED TO
AS. BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK OF IT AS GTREETLIGHTING
SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEN WHEN YOU
GO TO YOUR CODE LETS TAKE A LOOK AND WALK THROUGH THIS SINCE
YOUR ON STREETLIGHTING LETS GO AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT
AND SEE HOW WE CAN INTERPRET THAT SECTION. NOW WE FOUND TWO
SECTIONS ALREADY, WE FOUND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, WE FOUND
SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS STREETLIGHTING SECTION 20A17.1N.
OKAY, PAGE 1189 THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE A GOOD ONE CAUSE ONE
OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE AS YOUR LOOKING FOR THIS IS YOU'VE
GOT TO FOLLOW THESE NUMBERS. SOMETIMES YOU MAKE SILLY
MISTAKES, I`VE DONE IT BEFORE IN DOING RESEARCH ESPECIALLY
WITH A CODE THAT IS 20A17.1N WELL YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU.
HAVE EACH SECTION RIGHT AND WHEN IT GETS BETTER IS WHEN YOU
HAVE 20A17.1 SUBSECTION NDA -22. THAT8 REAL CRITICAL CAUSE IF
YOU GET TO SECTION ND. YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT TO THE RIGHT
SECTION. THAT8 WHAT A| -L YOUR NUMBERS UP TOP MEAN THEY WILL
TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE BUT MAKE SURE YOUR LOOKING AT
THE RIGHT SECTION AND LIKE THIS 20A17.1 GOES ON FOR PAGES AND
PAGES SO IT COULD BE EASY THAT YOU WOULD BE READING THE WRONG
THING.
ANYWAY SO WE FIND STREETLIGHTING - LETS SEE - ATTORNEY TORPY
READS FROM THE BOOK TO A POINT WHERE IT STATES WHEREVER IN
THE OPINION OF THE CITY ENGINEER. HE STOPS TO SAY WHICH IS
KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE WE JUST HAD THIS COME UP IN THE CITY
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE UTILITY FOR SEBASTIAN LAKE8
FOR INCREASES IN THERE FEES THAT THE CITY'S ENGINEER A
CONSULTANT OR THE CITY ENGINEER REVIEW- SOMETHING WELL THE
ISSUE IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CITY ENGINEER. HOW
DO YOU ADOPT THE CODE" RIGHT NOW DAVE FISHER IS ACTING AS A
CITY ENGINEER BUT DAVE IS ABOUT TO BE LEAVING YOU WILL BE
WITHOUT A CITY ENGINEER YET THIS CODE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES,
PUTS SOMETHING THERE YOU KNOW IF THE CITY ENGINEER WHENEVER
,
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE NO CITY ENGINEER NOW WHAT DO YOU DO.
MR. WADSWORTH STATES WELL COULDN'T YOU USE A CONTRACT
ENGINEER. WE HAVE USED THOSE A LOT. ATTORNEY TORPY STATES
THERE IS A LOT OF AVENUES BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THERE
THAT THE CITY MANAGER COULDN'T JUST RUN IN THERE AND MAKE
THAT OPINION BECAUSE HE IS NOT THE CITY ENGINEER UNLESS
COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY SAID YOU ARE ACTING IN THE CAPACITY OF
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THE CITY ENGINEER WHILE WE HAVE NONE BUT TECHNICALLY
ACCORDING TO THIS CODE IT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC TITLED PERSON
TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC FUNCTION. YOU CAN'T JUST IGNORE THOSE
THEY ARE THERE FOR A SPECIFIC REASON MAYBE FOR A BAD REASON,
IT MAY BE FOR A REASON THAT WHEN THIS WAS DRAFTED THAT IS
OBSOLETE BUT YOU STILL NEED TO DO IT CAUSE THIS IS THE LAW OF
THE CITY. IT MAY BE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL THEN NEEDS TO COME
IN AND AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
WHERE THE BOARDS CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. THE CITY COUNCIL DOES
NOT DEAL WITH THESE ORDINANCES AS MUCH AS YOU ALL WILL AND AS
A PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY READ THESE,
YOU HAVE TO APPLY THESE. YOU GUYS IN LARGE SCALE ARE POLICY
MAKERS AND YOUR MAJOR FUNCTION AS A PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
ARE TO TAKE THESE ORDINANCES AND THEN LOOK AT THESE
DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND MAKE SURE ITS ALL
CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCES AND WITH THE OVERALL PLAN OF
THE CITY AND ALSO AGTHETICALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL
PLANS OF THE CITY NOW IF YOU COME INTO AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS
AND FOR SOME REASON LETS SAY YOU FIND THAT SOMETHING JUST
CAN'T BE WORKED. IT SAY THEY WANT TO PUT IN STREETLIGHTING
OR LETS SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IN 8TREETLIGHTING AND FOR
SOME REASON THE ORDINANCE IGN'T WORKING, EVERYTIME YOU TRY TO
APPLY IT YOU RUN INTO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. THATS WHERE THE
BOARD SHOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR
AMENDMENTS TO THESE ORDINANCES CAUSE THATS HOW YOU'LL GET
THEM BETTER. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST REASONS THAT I CAN IN
HERE WAS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE LAUNDROMAT. OKAY, WE ALL GO
ROUND AND ROUND, WELL I'VE LOOKED AT THIS CODE A DOZEN TIMES
OVER THAT VERY ISSUE AND I CAN SIT HERE RIGHT TODAY AND TELL
YOU THAT THERE IS NO CLEAR ANSWER. THE CODE IS NOT CLEAR ON A
LAUNDROMAT. CAUSE IT SIMPLY DOES NOT REFERENCE A LAUNDROMAT.
IT TRIES TO DEFINE EVERY OTHER KIND OF BUSINESS BUT IT
DOESN'T SAY LAUNDROMAT.
AND CLEARLY YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS THERE, YOU GET SOMEONE
LIKE BRUCE WHOSE PRIMARY JOB IS TO APPLY THESE ON A DAILY
BASIS SO HE SITS BACK AND NOW HE SAYS OKAY WHAT IS IT. AND I
THINK HE HAS MADE A PROPOSAL AND I AGREE WITH IT THAT THE
ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED SO THAT IN THOSE SITUATIONS
WHERE YOU HAVE A BIG HOLE LIKE THAT LIKE A LAUNDROMAT OR A
CARWASH OR WHATEVER, THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO COME BEFORE
PLANNING AND ZONING OR SOMETHING ELSE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE GO
SOMEHOW IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED CAUSE RIGHT NOW ITS JUST WIDE
OPEN AND VAGUE. BUT YOU WIND UP WITH PORTIONS OF ORDINANCES
WHICH ARE HARD TO INTERPRET OR SOMEHOW OBSOLETE. LETS GO
THROUGH WITH THE REST OF THIS THING. RICK READS FROM THE BOOK
AGAIN. ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH ORDINANCES AND THATS WHY I AM
MAKING YOU GO THROUGH THIS THING, YOU READ SOMETHING LIKE
THAT - YOU CAN READ THAT SIX TIMES AND COME UP WITH A MEANING
BUT EACH OF YOU CAN READ IT SIX TIMES AND COME UP WITH A
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DIFFERENT MEANING. IT IS A LONG CONVOLUTED SENTENCE. SO
THEN YOU COME DOWN TO A POINT THATG THE NEXT PART OF
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION AND THAT IS WHAT EVERY BODY WILL
CALL THE SPIRIT OF THE STATUTE. THERE IS TWO DISTINCT
PORTIONS. THERE IS THE WRITTEN PORTION THE ACTUAL BLACK AND
WHITE AND THEN THERE IS THE SPIRIT. WHY WAS IT WRITTEN. AND
THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF STATUTORY INTERPRETATION, IF THE
THING IS VAGUE IF YOUR SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THIS STATUTE
AND YOU READ SOMETHING SIXTEEN TIMES AND YOU CAN'T MAKE HEAD
NOR TAILS OF IT AND I PROMISE YOU THAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU AND
IT IS NOT THROUGH YOUR IGNORANCE THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT IS THROUGH DRAFTMANGHIP AND IT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WITH
ORDINANCES. ORDINANCES HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE COPIED FROM TOWN
TO TOWN FROM CITY TO CITY AND IN THE AGE OF WORD PROCESSORS
ITS WORSE.
YES, TOMM%E'S OVER THERE SCISSOR CUTTING BUT THATS RIGHT CUT
AND PASTE IS THE NAME OF THE GAME A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT IS
VERY GOOD. YOU WILL HAVE MANY ORDINANCES FOR CITIES THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTED IN THE COURTS AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE
SOUND AND THEY WILL WITHSTAND THE REVIEW OF THE COURTS AND IN
THAT SITUATION YOU WANT TO ADOPT THEM. A CLASSIC EXAMPLE THE
CITY OF MELBOURNE HAS AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS FOR
REGULATING TOPLESS BARS. IT HAS BEEN TESTED IN THE COURTS.
NOW THAT WAS STRUCK DOWN BUT THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC REASONS
IT WAS -STRUCK DOWN THE COURTS INSTRUCTED THE PROBLEMS WITH
THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO CORRECT IT. THE
CITY OF PALM BAY THEN ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE AND IT WAS
DESTROYED IN THE COURTS. IT WAS JUST DESTROYED THE COURTS
JUMPED ALL OVER IT BUT GUESS WHAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY DIDN'T
GO IN AND TAKE MELBOURNE'S ORDINANCE WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN
TESTED AND JUST MAKE THE CHANGES THAT THE COURT SAID NEEDED
TO BE CHANGED AND ADOPT IT WHICH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A
PRUDENT PRACTICE. NOW GUESS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY ARE
DOING JUST THAT. SO THERE IS SOME TIMES CUT AND PASTE ISN'T
BAD IF YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN TESTED IN THE
COURTS YOU WANT TO REAPPLY IT BUT YOU'LL ALSO FIND JUST
SOMETIMES PURE LAZINESS AND YOU`LL GET STATUTES. I'VE READ
THEM I READ A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND I
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT CAUSE THEY EVEN CROSS REFERENCED THEY HAD
FOR GOTTEN TO TAKE OUT THE REFERENCES TO THE PARTICULAR CITY
THAT WAS USED. NOW THAT HAPPENS SOME TIMES WHERE YOU'LL
FORGET TO DO THAT AND I'VE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE BUT WHEN
YOU WENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE ORDINANCE YOU'LL FIND THAT
THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THINGS THAT CLEARLY DIDN'T APPLY. 8O
SOMETIMES YOU'LL GET ORDINANCES LIKE THIS THAT ARE JUST
POORLY DRAFTED. WHEN YOU GET IN THAT SITUATION YOU NEED TO
SIT BACK AND SAY WELL WHAT WAS THE INTENTION HERE WHEN THIS
WAS PASSED. WHEN THIS SECTION ON STREETLIGHTING WAS DRAFTED
THAT LAST SENTENCE THAT LONG CONVOLUTED SENTENCE, WHAT WAS
THE INTENTION, WELL THE INTENTION HERE WAS SPECIFICALLY THAT
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ONCE THE LIGHTS ARE PUT IN THERE NEEDS TO BE A PROVISION FOR
MAINTENANCE SO THAT THESE THINGS DON'T SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE
CARE OF THEM ONCE THEGE THINGS ARE PUT IN AND THE CONTRACTOR
IS LONG GONE. THATG THE ESSENCE OF THESE THINGS.
IF YOU READ IT NOW YOU PROBABLY COULD READ THIS THIS SECTION
ISN'T THAT BAD. YOU COULD FIGURE OUT HOW YOU PLACE THEM ON
THERE BUT THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU FORTY MILLION ALTERNATIVES HERE
TO DO IT WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SOME KIND OF AN ASGOCIATION OR
DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ALLOW THE CITY TO COME IN AND GET IT
DONE AND GET REIMBURSED WHATEVER. BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT SO
IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT THIS THING -
FOR EXAMPLE LETS SAY SOMEONE COMES IN AND HAS A NEW METHOD, A
DIFFERENT METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOR PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE OF
STREETLIGHTS IN A SUBDIVISION BUT IT IS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS LISTED HERE. WELL CAN THEY DO IT. IF I WERE ASKED
THAT QUESTION I'D SIT BACK THE IDEA IS MAINTENANCE, I'D LOOK
AT THE PROGRAM THEY HAVE AND IF IN FACT WHAT THEY ARE
emo� PROPOSING WILL PROVIDE FOR PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE OF
STREETLIGHTING AND FOR SOME REASON IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE
OR IT IS SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST WHEN THIS CODE WAS
WRITTEN WELL SURE THEY WOULD HAVE NO REAL PROBLEM WITH DOING
THAT AS LONG AS THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE IS MET.
THATS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS MEET THAT SPIRIT NOW WHEN I'M
CALLED TO INTERPRET CODES, I LOOK AT THAT PORTION TOO NOT
JUST THE BLACK AND WHITE BUT I LOOK AT WHAT THE INTENTION
WAS BEHIND THATG WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. NOW TO FINISH READING
THIS THING IF WE CAN - READ AGAIN FROM THE BOOK- STARTING AT
UPON COMPLETION OF THE DEVELOPMENT ETC. TO THE END. A COUPLE
POINTS HERE - ONE - AS DEFINED FROM FLORIDA LAW THERE ARE
STATUTES THAT DEFINE THIS THING SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GAY
WHERE WELL THERE IS TWO THINGS IF IT IS NOT IN YOUR STATUTORY
REFERENCE TABLE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR NOT BUT LETS
JUST SEE 20A17.2 , 20A17.1G IS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 177. FIRST
I'D GO TO THAT CHAPTER TO SEE IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE WHAT THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUT EVEN IF JT IS NOT THEN WHAT YOU NEED
TO DO IS GO TO THE STATE STATUTE THEMSELVES THEIR INDEX
SECTION AND YOU WOULD LOOK UP CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION IN THE INDEX AND THAT WOULD TAKE YOU TO A
DEFINITIONAL SECTION OF THE INDEX THAT YOU WOULD USE' TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND THAT. IF YOU DON'T DO THAT YOUR RESEARCH IS
INCOMPLETE. BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND SAID AS DEFINED
BY FLORIDA LAW. WELL THEY ARE TELLING YOU THAT IT HAS TO BE
MAINTAINED BY ONE OF THESE VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. IF SOMEBODY
IS SITTING OUT HERE PROPOSING TO YOU A PLAN THAT IS GOING TO
HAVE STREET LIGHTS MAINTAINED BY SOMETHING THAT THEY CALL
SOME KIND OF A GROUP YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE UNDER YOUR OWN
ORDINANCES THAT WHATEVER THAT GROUP IS MEETS THE DEFINITIONS
OF ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS GO
BACK AND CHECK THE STATE STATUTE BUT THE TENDENCY IS TO READ
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AS DEFINED BY FLORIDA LAW AND THEN MOVE ON AND ACCEPT WHAT
THE GUY OUT THERE TELLS YOU. THE GUY OUT THERE THAT IS
TRYING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING HIS JOB IS JUST TO GET YOU TO
APPROVE IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT COMPLIES WITH THIS OR
NOT. THATG HIS JOB CAUSE IF YOU APPROVE IT YOUR STUCK ON THAT
ONE. SO IF HE SAYS THIS IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY SUCH AND
SUCH A GROUP AND YOU JUST ASSUME THAT IT MEETS THE
REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA LAW AND YOUR WRONG ITS TOO LATE TO
CHANGE YOUR MIND. YOU'VE GIVEN THEM THE APPROVAL ON SOMETHING
THAT MAY NOT MEET YOUR OWN ORDINANCES. SO YOU TAKE A LITTLE
THING LIKE THAT AND I'M REALLY NOT ELABORATING TOO MUCH, I"VE
TAKEN A VERY SIMPLE SECTION ON STREETLIGHTING AND WE HAVE
SPENT TWENTY MINUTES FIGURING OUT HOW TO INTERPRET THIS ONE
LITTLE SECTION.
THATG WHAT INTERPRETATION IS ALL ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
EVERY SECTION, EVERY WORD AND THEN KNOW WHERE TO GO TO FIND
OUT HOW TO DEFINE IT. IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU HAVE DONE
INCOMPLETE RESEARCH AND YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO COME UP
WITH THE WRONG ANSWER, YOUR PROBABLY GOING TO COME UP WITH
THE WRONG CONCLUSION 8O IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A COMPLEX PROBLEM.
NOW A COUPLE OTHER POINTS ABOUT THIS, IT KEEPS REFERRING TO A
CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION IT PUTS THE BURDEN ON YOU ALL WHEN
YOUR REVIEWING THESE PLANS TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE THINGS ARE
TAKEN CARE OF AND THATS WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE.
THAT THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED AND PART OF
THE RESPONSIBILITIES IS THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THE
8TREETLIGHTING. QUESTION -SINCE THE ORDINANCE IMPOSES ON THE
CITY OR WHOEVER IS APPROPRIATE IN APPROVING THESE PLANS, THE
BURDEN OF MAKING SURE THAT STREET LIGHTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF,
LETS SAY TO DO THAT SOMEONE COMES IN AND PROPOSES A HOME
OWNERS ASSOCIATION CREATED BY DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT IS GIVEN
THE BURDEN OF MAINTENANCE OF STREET LIGHTS. NOW A STREET
LIGHT IS NOT MAINTAINED IN AN AREA. IS THAT A VIOLATION OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. LETS GAY THAT PART OF THAT BURDEN
THROUGH THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THAT THE PERSON WHO
HAS THE STREET LIGHT IN FRONT OF THERE HOUSE HAS THE BURDEN
TO MAINTAIN IT. THE PERSON DOESN'T MAINTAIN IT. CAN THE CITY
COME IN AND FORCE THAT PERSON TO FIX THAT STREET LIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
MR. WADGWORTH SAYS IF IT IS A PRIVATELY OWNED STREET LIGHT HE
WOULD SAY NO.
OKAY. FIRST QUESTION WHO OWNS THE STREET LIGHT AND WHO IS THE
BURDEN ON. THE ORDINANCE PLACES THE BURDEN ON YOU TO MAKE
' SURE IT IS PERPETUALLY MAINTAINED DOESN'T IT BEFORE IT IG PUT
IN. DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR VIEWPOINT..
MR. MAHONEY SAYS WOULD IT MATTER WHETHER OR NOT THE STREETS
ARE DEDICATED TO THE CITY. RICK SAYS I DON'T KNOW WOULD IT.
IF IT WAS A PRIVATE SUBDIVISION AND THE STREETS ARE NOT
DEDICATED IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO
ANYTHING ON A PRIVATE STREET CAUSE THE CITY HAS NO LIABILITY
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OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. THERE IN LIES THE GDC PROBLEM RIGHT
NOW IN THE CITY ON THE STREETS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTED
YET, THE QUESTION IS WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY. THE POINT I
AM MAKING HERE IS JUST BECAUSE THIS ORDINANCE REQUIRES YOU TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE MECHANISM FOR MAINTENANCE IS SET UP IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT LATER ON YOU CAN COME BACK AND ENFORCE THAT
MECHANISM. IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE MECHANISM REQUIRES THE
HOMEOWNER TO MAINTAIN IT THE METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT IS THE
HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION THATS THERE BURDEN THATS WHAT HAS
BEEN SET UP IN THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT THEY WOULD
ESTABLISH. THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT YOU COULD NOT GO TO THAT
RESIDENT AND MAKE THEM FIX THAT STREET LIGHT. NOW YOU COULD
GO TO THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION IF THERE WAS AN AFFIRMATIVE
DUTY FOR THEM TO ENFORCE AND REQUIRE THEM TO ENFORCE BUT YOU
COULD NOT GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL. SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ
TOO MUCH INTO HERE. THERE IS UP IN THE TOWN OF MALABAR THERE
IS A SUBDIVISION THAT HAS A LOT OF TREES AND THERE WAS UP
UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO A TREE ORDINANCE IN THAT CITY - BUT
THERE WAS IN THIS PRIVATE SUBDIVISION EXTENSIVE RESTRICTIONS
IN THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION WITH RESPECT TO CUTTING DOWN
'TREES AND THE DEVELOPERS WERE ROUTINELY IGNORING THEM AND THE
PROBLEMS WERE ROUTINELY BROUGHT BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR
ENFORCEMENT AND I HAD THE DISTASTEFUL BURDEN OF INFORMING
THEM THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE
IT WAS A HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION RULE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
NOW THERE IS A TREE ORDINANCE UP THERE AND NOW IT ALLOWS US
TO COVER IT AND ENFORCE. BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE
THINGS. WHO IS THE ENFORCEMENT ONCE YOU PUT THESE THINGS DOWN
NOW DO WE HAVE THE POWER TO ENFORCE IT. THATS ANOTHER
EVALUATION YOU HAVE TO MAKE,, THERE MAY BE THINGS AROUND HERE
YOU DO NOT LIKE, BUT IF THERE IS NOT AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO ENFORCE IT YOU HAVE A REAL PROBLEM AS FAR AS MOVING
INTO IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF
REWRITING RIGHT NOW IS YOUR NUISANCE ORDINANCE. BECAUSE YOUR
NUISANCE ORDINANCE AND WE FINALLY COMPLETED IT BECAUSE
NUISANCE ORDINANCES ARE ALWAYS VAGUE., AND POOR BRUCE HAS
BATTLED WITH THIS THING FOR MONTHS AND HE ASKED ME SIX MONTHS
AGO- RICK WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JUNK VEHICLE AND
JUNK AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE DEFINITIONAL SECTION OF
THE ORDINANCE AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW AND THERE HAS BEEN A
COUPLE OF SITUATION WHERE HE HAS CALLED OR SOMEONE FROM HIS
OFFICE HAS CALLED AND I'VE GOT A CLASSIC A GUY HAS A PICK UP
TRUCK IN HIS FRONT YARD IN THE BACK OF THAT PICK UP TRUCK ARE
' ENGINE PARTS NOW IF THOSE ENGINE PARTS WERE SITTING IN THAT
MANS FRONT YARD OR GIDE YARD THEY ARE CLEARLY JUNK UNDER THE
ORDINANCE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE WHICH WILL TELL
YOU IF THEY ARE STILL JUNK ONCE THEY GO IN THE BACK OF THE
MANS PICK UP TRUCK. NOTHING ITS AN OPEN QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU
DO WHERE DOES THE ORDINANCE GO HOW DO WE INTERPRET THIS AND
IT IS A MATTER OF BACK TO THE SPIRIT WHAT IS WRITTEN THE
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ORDINANCE IS VAGUE AND BY THE WAY JUST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
I TOLD HIM THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUNK
ITS MOBILE THE GUY MOVES IT EVERY DAY, ITS NOT LEFT THERE IT
METHING IN THE BACK OF A MANS PICK UP TRUCK. ANYWAY
IS SO
LETS MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT.
MR. THOMPSON WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE JUST A MINUTE.
HE STATES HE INTERPRETS THAT PARAGRAPH TO BE TALKING ABOUT A
SUBDIVISION WHERE IT IS - THE STREETS AND SO FORTH ARE GOING
TO BE OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER WHAT DO YOU DO REFERENCE STREET
LIGHTS IF YOUR OUT IN A DEDICATED STREET. RICK STATES IF YOU
LOOK IN HERE YOU SEE A PROVISION IN THE SAME SECTION THAT
REQUIRES DEED RESTRICTIONS - THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO COME
INTO MAINTAIN THE LIGHTS. CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT THE SENTENCE
THAT READS THE OWNERS ARE SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS BY THE CITY
YOU ARE NOT HAVE ON A DEDICATED STREET A PRIVATE DEVELOPER GO
IN THERE AND PUT A STREET LIGHT ON A DEDICATED STREET UNLESS
THE CITY APPROVES IT AND HE AGAIN PROVIDES FOR MAINTENANCE.
YOUR RIGHT THIS SECTION DEALS WITH THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS
GOING IN BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DEDICATED YET. THIS IS WHEN IT
ALL STILL BELONGS TO THE DEVELOPER. GO YOU WILL NOT HAVE A
SITUATION UNDER THIS SECTION AS CONTEMPLATED. THE SECTION
WHERE A STREET ALREADY EXISTS AND SOMEONE WANTS TO PUT A
STREET LIGHT ON THE STREET AND IT IS A PUBLIC STREET I WOULD
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE BUT I AM SURE THERE IS A
PROCEDURE IN HERE FOR GETTING THAT DONE. THERE IS ALSO A
PROCEDURE IN HERE FOR REQUIRING SOME TYPE OF GUARANTEED
MAINTENANCE OR AT LEAST ALLOWS THE CITY TO DENY IT UNLESS IT
CAN BE MAINTAINED. IN FACT I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET WITHOUT
RESEARCH UNDER YOUR STATUTE SCHEME THAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW
THEM TO BE PUT UP ON PUBLIC STREETS IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT
THE CITY HAS TO DO. BECAUSE THE CITY WOULD DO THAT WHEN THE
CITY CAN FINANCE IT. YOU WILL SEE THAT ALL THE TIME CITIES
WILL COME AN HAVE A PROGRAM FOR STREET LIGHTS ITS ONE OF THE
BIG ISSUES. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET STREET LIGHTS ON OUR
STREET. AND THAT8 SIMPLY A BUDGET ISSUE AND MUST BE
ADDRESSED BY THE CITIES ALL THE TIME. AN/} IT IS WHEN THE CITY
CAN AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THEM NOW IT MIGHT BE THROUGH AN
INCREASE IN TAXES IT MIGHT BE THROUGH A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
AGAINST THE PEOPLE ON THAT STREET TO COVER THE COST OF
PUTTING THE STREET LIGHTS IN CAN BE THROUGH ANY NUMBER OF
MECHANISMS FOR THE COSTS OR DEFERRING COSTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
THAT ARE UNIQUE TO A PARTICULAR SECTION
NOW JUST TO PICK A SECTION OUT OF HERE I WANT TO SHOW YOU A
FEW MORE 'THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR INTERPRETATION.
OF ORDINANCES BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WILL DEAL WITH
COMMONLY IS WHERE SOMEONE HAS DONE SOMETHING UNDER AN
ORDINANCE AND YOUR TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER THE ORDINANCE
APPLIES AND YOUR DEALING WITH DATES, TIMES AND IF YOU LOOK
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AND YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS NOT GOING TO DO IT AS MUCH
CAUSE YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PRETTY MUCH WAS ADOPTED AT
ONE TIME AND I AM TRYING TO GEE IF THERE ARE ANY SECTIONS
THAT ARE NO THEY ARE NOT. IF YOU GO TO YOUR CODE OF
ORDINANCES FOR A MOMENT (SECRETARY ADVISES THEY DO NOT HAVE
THIS BOOK)
YOU GUYS DO NOT REFER TO THEM THAT OFTEN BUT LET ME COVER
THI8 WITH YOU JUGT A MOMENT YOU MAY HAVE THE OCCASION TO HAVE
TO REFER TO THIS MANY TIMES YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT IS CROSS REFERENCED IN THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES. YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING RELATING TO IT IN BOTH
SECTIONS, THE ONE I JUST USED JUNK HAPPENS TO BE REFERRED TO
IN BOTH THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
FOR THAT REASON YOU NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH, CAUSE THEY ARE BOTH
ORDINANCES CAUSE THEY ARE BOTH STATUTES FOR THE CITY OF
SEBASTIAN. BUT IN EACH ONE YOU WILL FIND IN THE END AND I
WISH YOU DID HAVE THEM IN PARENTHESIS AT THE VERY END OF THE
SECTION THIS BEING A SECTION YOU WILL HAVE A SECTION NUMBER
AN ORDINANCE NUMBER AND MAYBE ANY OTHER ORDINANCES, THIS IS
YOUR LEGISLATIVE HI8TORY., THAT TELLS YOU, IT ISN'T SOMEONE ON
A COMPUTER THAT SCREWED UP ON AND THROUGH A BUNCH OF NUMBERS
DOWN ON THE ENDS OF THE PAGE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT ORDINANCE
ADOPTED THIS AND ALSO IT MAY GIVE YOU SEVERAL ORDINANCE
NUMBERS THAT WERE RECURGERS TO THE ORDINANCES. YOU MAY HAVE
HAD SIXTEEN DIFFERENT ORDINANCES OR AMENDMENTS TO THE
ORDINANCES AND IF YOU REALLY HAVE A COMPLEX ISSUE WHERE
SOMETHING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR TWELVE, FIFTEEN OR TWENTY
YEARS, AND YOU SEE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE DONE AND YOUR
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND WHAT DO WE DO
NOW YOU WILL WANT TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE ORDINANCES WERE
WHAT APPLIED AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS DONE AND THE WAY YOU
FIND THAT OUT IS BY LOOKING AT THE SECTION THAT APPLIES NOW
AND LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION AT THE END AND SEEING THE
HISTORY OF THAT ORDINANCE.
NOW IT MAY BE THAT THERE IS NOTHING THERE WHICH TELLS YOU
THAT THERE IS NO HISTORY THERE IT I8 AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS
ADOPTED WHENEVER IT WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU THE ORDINANCE THAT
ADOPTED THAT SECTION. BUT IT MAY NOT HAVE ANY OTHER
ORDINANCES THAT IT REFERENCES. WELL VERY SIMPLY THEN THATG IT
AND WHAT WAS DONE BEFORE EITHER WAS DONE WITHOUT ORDINANCE
AND THAT8 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IF THERE WAS NO
ORDINANCE IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN DONE YOU"LL FIND THIS A
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LOT IN SMALLER AND A MATTER OF FACT I IMAGINE YOU'LL
FIND IT EVEN HERE IN SEBASTIAN CAUSE YOU GUY8 HAVE GROWN AND
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THINGS THAT WERE DONE WITHOUT BENEFIT OF ORDINANCE HERE THAT
YOU WILL BE DEALING WITH NOW. WE DEAL WITH THAT DAILY IN
MALABAR. BUT THATS PART OF YOUR BURDEN ESPECIALLY IN PLANNING
AND ZONING CAUSE YOU'LL BE DEALING WITH THINGS, WE WERE
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DEALING WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER ONCE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK,
YOU SEE HISTORICALLY WHATS HAPPENED, YOU REALLY NEED TO DO
THAT LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THAT AREA TO
UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE PROBLEM AND SEE IF MAYBE A DIFFERENCE
ORDINANCE APPLIED AT A DIFFERENT TIME, THEN GO THROUGH YOUR
STATUTORY HISTORY BUT THATS WHERE YOU FIND IT.
THATS THE OTHER THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS
GOING BACK AND SEEING WHAT APPLIED AT THE TIME SOMETHING WAS
DONE CAUSE YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING AND ALSO
MAKING SURE YOUR LOOKING AT THE RIGHT SECTION OF THE CODE.,
I'M SURE YOU ALL KEEP THEM UPDATED, I KEEP MY UPDATED BUT
WHAT YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO DO IS MAKE THE MISTAKE OF
APPLYING AN ORDINANCE THAT DOESN'T APPLY ANYMORE ITS THE
REVERSE OF GOING BACK AND SEEING THE HISTORY YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOUR CURRENT. BUT ITS EASY TO MISS A SUPPLEMENT HERE YOU
HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A STAFF THAT COMES BACK AND GIVES YOU
SUPPLEMENT AND I THINK THEY EVEN DO IT FOR YOU DON'T THEY.
THEY DON'T.
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS I HAVE SEEN IS BOARD MEMBERS
WILL GET BUSY AND FORGET EVEN THEY ARE GIVEN AN UPDATE AND
FORGET TO PUT THEM IN AND YOU HAVE A STACK OF UPDATES SITTING
HOME IN YOUR CLOSET' THIS HIGH AND YOU'RE DEALING OFF THE BOOK
AND THIS CITY HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY FOR HAVING LONGEVITY ON
THE BOARDS., AT LEAST WHAT IS IT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, THOSE
GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS WRITE. MR. MAHONEY STATES
HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR TEN YEARS. THATS RARE SAYS RICK
BOARD MEMBERS HARDLY EVER STAY AROUND FOR THAT LONG BUT
REALLY WHAT YOU WIND UP WITH IS YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
TO UPDATE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY CRITICAL CAUSE YOU MIGHT WIND
UP OPERATING UNDER THE WRONG ORDINANCE AND YOU WILL HAVE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WE HAVE AN APPEAL GOING RIGHT NOW FROM A
DIFFERENT BOARD. THATS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE COMPLAINING
ABOUT. THEY ARE DEAD WRONG FORTUNATELY. THE BOARD UNDER THE
RIGHT ORDINANCE AND ACTED TOTALLY APPROPRIATELY IN MY OPINION
BUT WE HAVE AN APPEAL GOING THATS ONE OF THE ISSUE THEY
RAISED.
FIVE MINUTE RECESS WAS TAKEN HERE AT 7:55 P.M. ALL PRESENT AT
8:OO P.M.
OKAY ONLY TWO MINOR POINTS I WANT TO BRING UP AND THEN WE
WILL OPEN UP TO DO WHAT EVER YOU BUYS WANT TO DO.
THE ONLY TWO POINTS I WANT TO BRING UP BECAUSE I THINK THEY
ARE IMPORTANT AND WE BRIEFLY COVERED THEM IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF YOUR SEC TIONS WHEN YOU GET A
NEW 8ECTION, THERE WILL BE DEFINITIONAL SECTIONS IN YOUR
CODE. THESE DEFINITIONAL SECTIONS ARE CRITICAL TO YOU
WHENEVER YOUR INTERPRETING. AGAIN J MENTIONED IT IN THE VERY
BEGINNING IN NOT PUTTING THE WRONG INTERPRETATION TO A WORD
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PAGE FIFTEEN
BUT WHENEVER YOU ARE READING A SECTION OF YOUR LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE ALWAYS GO AND 8EE IF THERE IS A DEFINITIONAL
SECTION
IN THIS CODE THERE IS AN ENTIRE GLOSSARY PAGE 819 DIVISION
GLOSGARY, THIS SECTION IN YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE NOTICE
IT IG AN ENTIRE SECTION TO DEFINING WORDS AND YOU HAVE TO
RELY ON IT. THATS WHY IT IS THERE AND IF YOU HAVEN"T LOOKED
AT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF THE ILLNESS OF BEING A
LAWYER ONE OF THE THINGS I DO FOR JUST SOMETIMES I WANT TO
READ, I"LL TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE GLOSSARY AND I'LL JUST
READ IT AND ALL THE TERMS THAT ARE DEFINED AND LIKE I SAID
THAT IS KIND OF A SICK THING TO DO AND I NORMALLY DON'T ADMIT
THAT PUBLICLY BUT REALLY IT HELPS YOU. SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE
ME THUMBING THROUGH STATUTE AND THINGS WHAT I AM DOING IS
GOING THROUGH INDEX SECTIONS JUST TO SEE WHATB THERE I HAVE
FOUND THINGS THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED SOMEONE WOULD
HAVE THE FORETHOUGHT TO COVER IN A STATUTE OR A CODE. THE
REASON I'VE KNOWN THEY ARE THERE CAUSE IN MY FREE TIME, I
HAVE SAT THERE AND JUST THUMBED THROUGH AND SAW WHAT WAS IN
HERE.
THIS WAY YOU KNOW ITS THERE AND IF THE ISSUE COME8 UP YOU'LL
KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING ON POINT AND THAT WILL HELP YOU
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN UNDERSTANDING YOUR ORDINANCES AND YOU'LL
ALSO BY DOING THAT PICK UP ON HOW MANY TIMES THESE THINGS ARE
CROSS REFERENCED BACK AND FORTH. THE LAST ONE OF THE 'THINGS
is JUST GOING BACK YOU'LL SEE YOU MIGHT HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT
ORDINANCES OR SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCES THAT REFER TO A
SIMILAR ISSUE AND YOU HAVE TO READ EACH ONE OF THEM AND YOU
HAVE TO READ THEM IN CONTEXT YOU CAN VERY EASILY READ A STATE-
STATUTE
TATESTATUTE OR CODE OF ORDINANCE AND FIND ONE SECTION SAYS BLACK
CARS CAN DRIVE ON THE STREET AND THEN FIND ANOTHER SECTION
WHICH GAYS BACK CARS CAN DRIVE ON THE STREET. THE DIFFERENCE
IS IF YOU FIND THAT, ITS NOT THAT SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE OR
THEY WERE CONFUSED IT IS THAT ONE SECTION MIGHT BE DEALING
WITH PRIVATE STREETS AND THE OTHER SECTION WITH PUBLIC
STREETS. AND THE RULE IS DIFFERENT SO IF YOU READ IT OUT OF
CONTEXT YOU'LL COME UP WITH THE WRONG INTERPRETATION. THATS
MY LITTLE SPIEL ON INTERPRETATIONS IF THERE IS SOMETHING I
DIDN'T COVER PLEASE NOW I OPEN IT UP TO YOU GENTLEMEN AND
LADIES TO CONTINUE.
MR. WADSWORTH
I WOULD LIKE TO START FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING EVERYBODY IN WE
WILL START AT THE END OF THE TABLE AND YOU CAN DIRECT ALL
YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HE CAN ANSWER HOW WE
GO. BILL WE WILL START ON YOUR END, I AM SURE YOU HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS.
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PAGE SIXTEEN
EARL: BASICALLY
I GAVE YOU A LETTER ABOUT
A MONTH
AGO A8KIN6
FOR A CLARIFICATION
OF UNITY OF TITLE ON
PUD AND I
BELIEVE
THATS IN SECTION
20A4.9B1 AND 20A4.6D AND
I WOULD
LIKE TO GET
A CLARIFICATION
ON THAT AS 70 WHETHER OR
NOT TITLE CAN BE
TRANSFERRED IN A
PUD BEFORE IT IS FINAL PLATTED.
ATTORNEY:JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I HAVE LOOKED AT THAT
AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN A WRITTEN OPINION BACK ON THAT YET I HAVE
LOOKED AT THAT SECTION NOW MY OPINION IS THAT IT CAN BE IN
A PUD BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE UNITY OF TITLE
EARL: IN THAT CASE SIR WOULD YOU READ 20A16.1
ATTORNEY: UNLAWFUL SALE OR TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY %G THAT WHAT
YOU ARE REFERRING TO. PAGE 1100. OKAY YOUR DEALING WITH A
REVERSE SITUATION HERE THOUGH,, WHAT THEY ARE SAYING HERE IS
THAT YOU CAN"T AGREE TO SELL A PIECE OF PROPERTY OR TRANSFER
A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T EXIST YET. THE SITUATION WE
DEALT WITH, IN OTHER WORDS IF I HAVE A PLATTED LAND AND I
WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT FURTHER, BUT SAY IF I HAVE A
PLATTED LAND OF 10 ACRES JUST SURFACE LOOKING AT THIS WITHOUT
GOING ANY FURTHER, THAT I CANNOT CONTRACT TO SELL A TWO ACRE
PARCEL OF THAT IF IT HASN'T BEEN PROPERLY SUBDIVIDED YET.
BUT THE SECTION WE DEALT WITH BEFORE WAS NOT THAT SITUATION.
WE DEALT WITH THE SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE THREE RECOGNIZED
TWO ACRE PARCELS, I FORGET THE SIZE AND EACH ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE HAS AGREED TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY. WHAT THEY OWNED.
AND THATS WHAT THEY HAD. THEY HAD THIS WAS FOR THE BIG PLACE
GOING DOWN ON THE RIVER.
EARL: NO I AM REFERRING TO CHEGGER GAP AND THE CITY MANAGER
TRYING TO GET THE TWO ACRES OF PROPERTY FOR THE POLICE
STATION.
ATTY-. OH SEE THATS NOT THE ONE I LOOKED INTO THEN, I LOOKED
INTO ONE UNITY OF TITLE WELL THE SITUATION I RESEARCHED
AND MAYBE I`M LOOKING AT THE WRONG ISSUE FOR YOU IS WHERE YOU
HAVE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AGREED TO SELL PARCELS OF
LAND TO SOMEBODY. AND THATS PERFECTLY FINE TO DO THAT AND IT
IS ALL SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BEFORE IT IS ALL REZONED,
REPLATTED AND REDONE ALL SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
PROPER PROCEDURES. THE REVERSE SITUATION I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT
YOUR RIGHT THAT APPEARS TO SAY YOU CANNOT DO THAT
, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT A LOT CLOSER.
MR. MAHONEY STATES THAT WAS IN CONNECTION WITH THE QUESTION
HE ASKED ABOUT FIRM EVIDENCE OF A UNIFIED CONTROL OF THE
ENTIRE AREA WITHIN A PROPOSED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND
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UNIFIED CONTROL IS WHAT WE AREE *T'A].-.KII\IG ABOUT.,
ATTY-2 RIGHT THAT8 THE SECTION I LOOKED UP AND THATS NOT WHAT
EARL IS ASKING ME AND I APOLOGIZE AND I DON"T KNOW THAT I
HAVE EVEN LOOKED UP THAT PARTICULAR G%TUATION.
EARL: WELL I HAD SUBMITTED THAT LETTER THRU FRANK OBERBECK
AND BASICALLY WHAT I TOOK WAS ON PAGE 231 ITEM D AND WHERE IT
SAYS ALL PROPERTY WITHIN A COMMERCIAL PUD SHALL BE UNDER
UNIFIED OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 20A4.9B.
AND SPECIFICALLY I FELT THAT HE COULD NOT SELL THE LAND OUT
UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED HIS DEVELOPMENT AND GOT HIS FINAL PLAT
WAS BASICALLY WHAT I FELT AND WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO SELL IT
TO THE CITY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT I FELT THAT THIS WAS AN
ERROR.
ATTY: THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED AT ALL
I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT, I AM NOT SURE IF THAT WENT TO ME
PERSONALLY OR TO MY OFFICE AND I JUST HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
EARL: I GAVE A COPY TO YOU PERSONALLY AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS
ATTY: THEN I HAVE THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE SITTING BACK THERE
THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE YET.
EARL: THE SAME NIGHT WE ASKED YOU, I GAVE YOU A COPY OF THE
LETTER. IT REFERENCED FOUR SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF UNIFIED
CONTROL FROM THE LDC AND AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH AND GIVING
OUR LITTLE EDUCATION ON HOW TO USE THE DIRECTORY AND INDEX
AND CROSS REFERENCE I RAN ACROSS THIS ITEM F DOWN HERE ON
UNLAWFUL SALE AND TO ME IT APPEARS IT APPLIES DIRECTLY TO
THAT ITEM.
ATTY: IT MAY
EARL: IF THAT IS THE CAGE IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY
MANAGERS ATTENTION IT NOT ONLY HAS EFFECT ON THE CHE8GER GAP
BUT THE JULIAN PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY ANY OTHER PUD THAT WOULD
BE IN EFFECT WITHIN THE CITY AT THE PRESENT TIME. AND ALL THE
OWNERS OF THE PUD'S SHOULD BE ALSO NOTIFIED THAT THEY COULD
BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR FROM THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
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BILL: I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF SOMEONE COMES
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IN AND GETS A CONCEPTUAL PUD AND THEN JUST SELL OFF PART OF
IT AND STILL MAINTAIN CONCEPTUAL PUD STATUS OR WHETHER THEY
SHOULD HAVE TO REVERT AND GO BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE
PUD.
ATTY: THATG A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK ON A
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CONCEPTUAL PUD IG THEN THEY GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE., IF YOU
HAVE A CONCEPTUAL PUD AND IT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR A CERTAIN
USE AND CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEN A SECTION OF THAT
IS EXTRACTED AND USED FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND NOT
CONSISTENT WITH THAT PUD AGAIN WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT, I CAN'T
IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED BY THE CODE., WITHOUT
REQUIRING THEM TO COME BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND REDO THE THING
BUT THATS AGAIN PART OF LOOKING " SEE YOU HAVE TO ALSO LOOK
AT IN THAT SITUATION, IF THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A CONCEPTUAL
PUD APPROVED YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TOO BECAUSE IT MAY
PROVIDE FOR THAT, IT MAY ALLOW FOR THAT, I DON"T KNOW
AGAIN I HAVE SEEN THESE THINGS WHERE THEY APPROVE ALL SORTS
OF UNUSUAL THINGS THAT DEVELOPERS CAN DO AS PART OF THE
CONCEPTUAL.
EARL: WELL BASICALLY I WAS LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THE
ORDINANCE DOES SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT THE OWNERSHIP MUST BE
RETAINED.
ATTY: BUT HAVE YOU SEE THE CONCEPTUAL YET
EARL: NO I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS
APPROVED
SECRETARY;: IT DID ALLOW FOR A POLICE STATION
ATTY.- SEE THATS THE POINT IF IT ALLOWS FOR A POLICE STATION
BILL: IT DID BUT IT DID NOT SHOW THE ELKS CLUB OUT THERE
ATTY: SEE I DON"T WANT TO GET INTO THOSE KIND8 OF ISSUES HERE
TONIGHT. I REALLY DON'T. THATS SOMETHING YOU GUYS DEAL WITH
MRS. TAYLORt IT ALLOWS FOR THE LIBRARY TO DIDN"T IT,,
MR. MAHONEY NO WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT IT WAS APPROVED
BY CITY COUNCIL, WE WEREN'T EVEN CONSULTED.
ATTY: THE THING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU LOOK AT LETS
SAY THAT THE PARTICULAR PUD ALLOWS FOR WHATEVER IS BEING DONE
TO BE DONE AND THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CODE. NOW WE
HAVE A TOUGH SITUATION, IF IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CODE
/�*� BUT IT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY AND A DEVELOPER HAS
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RELIED ON THAT APPROVAL BY THE CITY IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT
FOR THIS CITY NOW TO COME BACK AND CHANGE ITS MIND.,
THATS THE POINT THAT WHEN IT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD THAT
WAS THE BURDEN OF THE BOARD TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE IT
WAS CONSISTENT WITH CODE AND IF THERE WAS A PROVISION THAT
WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CODE THAT THE BOARD MISSED WELL NOW
YOU'VE GOT A DEVELOPER OUT THERE THATS ACTING IN RELIANCE ON
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A CONCEPTUAL AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE INCONSISTENT WITH CODE HE
WOULD HAVE A VERY GOOD STRONG RECOURSE AGAINST THE CITY FOR
APPROVING IT EVEN THOUGH IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH CODE. THATS
ALL PART OF INTERPRETATION YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY
AND SEE WHAT WAS DONE AND MANY TIMES A CITY WILL MAKE
DECISIONS AND I MAKE OPINIONS FREQUENTLY FOR CITIES THAT ARE
BASED ON THREE FACTORS: ONE -THE CODES THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE,
TWO: CAGE LAW IF THERE IS ANY ON WHAT EVER THE PROBLEM IS AND
THREE: IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF PRACTICALITY FINANCE AND WHETHER
OR NOT THE CITY CAN PREVAIL. WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY THE
SITUATION EXPOSES THE CITY TO. AND IF IT IS AN UNCLEAR
ISSUE OR SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE CITY HAS MADE AN ERROR
AND EXPOSED ITSELF TO A SERIOUS LIABILITY WE MIGHT COME UP
WITH A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION THEN IF THE CITY HAS ACTED
PROPERLY., THATS NOT TO BE DEBATED TONIGHT ON A SPECIFIC
I8SUE.
BILL: OKAY CAN I ADD ONE THING TO THAT G ON PAGE 1101
WHICH FOLLOWS WHAT EARL WAS REFERRING TO BUILDING PERMITS
SUBJECT TO FINAL PLAT APPROVAL AND RECORDING - NO BUILDING
PERMITS SHALL BE ISSUED NOR SHALL ANY CITY SERVICES BE
RENDERED UNTIL FINAL PLAT FOR SUCH IMPACTED LAND HAS BEEN
APPROVED AND RECORDED PURSUANT TO REQUIREMENTS HEREIN
STIPULATED. CAN THE CITY GO OUT THERE AND BUILD THAT ROAD ON
THE JULIAN PROPERTY.
ATTY: I DON'T KNOW I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN IT. YOU COULD ASK ME
FOUR MILLION QUESTIONS AND I COULDN'T ANSWER THEM CAUSE I
HAVE NOT REVIEW IT.
BILL: THIS IS A QUEGTION AND ANSWER SECTION AND THATS WHY WE
ARE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
ATTY: SURE, WELL THOGE KIND OF THINGS.
BILL-.- WERE NOT TRYING TO BE OBSTINATE OR THROW ROADBL[K��� IN
THE WAY OF ANYTHING PUD'S ARE ALWAYS CONTROVERSIAL ANYWAY AND
WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET SOME IDEA WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T
BE DONE.
ATTY.- JUST REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE A PUD THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED
A CONCEPTUAL THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED - IN LIKELIHOOD UNLESS
THEY DEVIATE FROM THE CONCEPTUAL YOUR PROBABLY 8TUCK WITH IT.
THATS WHY IT IS VERY CRITICAL IN THE APPROVAL PROCEG8 THAT
EVERY I BE DOTTED EVERY T BE CROSSED IT BE CROSS REFERENCED
AND RESEARCHED AND CHECKED OUT C�U8E PUDS ARE CONTROVER8IAL
FOR THE VERY SIMPLE REASON THAT PUD"S BY THERE NATURE ALLOW
DEVIATION FROM THE ORDINANCES, FROM THE CODES,, THAT WHAT THE
WHOLE PURPOSE BEHIND Al PUD IS. IS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DEVIATE
WHAT IS WRITTEN HERE. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PUD AND THATS THE
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POINT IF YOU HAVE APPROVED A CONCEPTUAL PUD THEN YOU ARE BY
NATURE AL -LOWING -YOUR IN ESSENCE GRANTING VARIANCES ALMOST.
YOU ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DEVIATE FROM THE CODE TO CERTAIN
EXTENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPO8E8. BUT IF ITS DONE THE
LIKELIHOOD IS AND AGAIN I AM SPEAKING GENERALLY I HAVE NOT
SEEN THIS SPECIFIC ONE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE REALLY
REFERRING TO BUT IF IT HAS BEEN DONE THERE IS A GOOD
POSSIBILITY YOU WILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO IT AND STICK WITH IT.
EARL: BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF THE LDC SPECIFICALLY STATES
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS TO BE IF THIS WAS OVERLOOKED IN
SETTING UP THE PUD AND NO REFERENCE IS MADE ABOUT A VARIANCE
OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THEN DOES NOT THE LDC HAVE TO BE
ENFORCED.
ATTY: NOT NECESSARILY, NO BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS
GONE OUT WITH THE APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY AND
400� DONE SOMETHING THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE EXISTING CODES AND
` EXPENDS TIME MONEY AND EFFORT ON THAT THEN YOU MAY HAVE A
PROBLEM IF YOU COME BACK AND NOW TRY TO GAY WE CHANGED OUR
MIND AND EXPOSE THE CITY TO GREAT LIABILITY. YES, I AM REAL
STICKLER IF YOU HAVE A CODE YOU EITHER ENFORCE IT OR YOU TAKE
IT OFF YOUR BOOKS -BUT
EARL:NOTHING HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.
AND THEN SOMEBODY GOES AHEAD AND DOES SOMETHING AND VIOLATES
THAT DOES NOT THAT NULL AND VOID THAT PUD AT THAT POINT.
ATTY: I WON'T GIVE YOU AN OPINION ON THAT SITTING HERE
TONIGHT CAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PUD. THE MERE FACT
THAT A PUD AUTHORIZES SOMETHING THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE
CODE NO IT DOES NOT NECESSARY VIOLATE OR VOID THE PUD
MR., WAD8WORTH INTERRUPTS AND STATES WOULD LIKE TO GET EVERY
BODY TO HAVE THERE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE HAVE FORTY
MINUTEG LEFT.
EARL; WILL YOU GIVE US AN ANSWER
ATTY: WHAT YOU NEED TO DO- YOU SAID YOU GAVE ME A LETTER,
DOES IT LAY OUT ALL THE FACTS ON THIS SPECIFIC CASE
BILL: AS FAR AS I KNOW OR AS FAR AS THE LDC GOES.
ATTY: WHAT I WOULD -REQUEST THAT YOU DO IS AGK FOR A FORMAL
OPINION THROUGH THE CITY MANAGERS OFFICE BECAUSE SINCE % HAVE
BEEN STARTING TO DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THE BOARDS I HAVE BEEN
GETTING A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT FORWARDED TO ME AND I HAVE
BEEN ASKED BY THE CITY MANAGERS OFFICE THAT BEFORE I SPEND
TIME AND MONEY TO RESEARCH AND TO DO THAT ONLY FROM THE
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STANDPOINT OF CONSISTENCY BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME OF THESE THAT HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED ALREADY AND IF IT
GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGERS OFFICE HE WILL FORWARD
IT UP TO ME THATS WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING AND I BEEN COMING
BACK WITH WRITTEN OPINIONS ON IT. I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU
AN OPINION ON IT BUT I WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RESEARCH THE MATTER. I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO IT THATS NOT A
PROBLEM.
EARL: ALRIGHT
BILL; IS THE CITY MANAGER MAKING DETERMINATIONS WHETHER IT IS
A VALID REQUEST OR NOT
ATTY: NO HE HAS JUST BEEN PASSING THEM THROUGH AS A MATTER OF
CONTROL
TOMMIEx HE DETERMINES WHEN SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRITTEN HE IS
THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN AGK FOR IT TO BE WRITTEN. TOMMIE SAYS
EARL %SN'T THAT ONE NULL AND VOID CAUSE THEY HAVE GIVEN BACK
THAT PIECE OF LAND
EARL: IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE I STILL WANT AN ANSWER.
MAYMEx I WONDER CAN A PERSON BUILD A FENCE IN AN EASEMENT
THAT HAS NOT BEEN REVERSED OR ANYTHING CAN THEY BUILD THEY
SAY WELL THEY PAY TAXES ON IT WELL ITS AN EASEMENT BETWEEN MY
PROPERTY AND THEIR PROPERTY DO I PAY TAXES ON IT TOO.
ATTY: THATS AN INTERESTING QUESTION YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND AN
EASEMENT FIRST OF ALL IF ITS IN THEIR PROPERTY LINE IN OTHER
WORDS YOUR EASEMENT SITS WITHIN SOMEONE8 PROPERTY LINE
MAYME; THIS EASEMENT IS BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES
ATTY: BUT THERE IS A PROPERTY LINE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAT EASEMENT SOMEWHERE MOST EASEMENTS WHAT YOU HAVE IF IT IG
A UTILITY EASEMENT
MAYME: NOT ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF MY PROPERTY THE EASEMENT
IS THERE AND IT SHOWS A CLEAR EASEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES
OF PROPERTY.
ATTYn GO WHERE YOU PROPERTY STOPS THE EA8EMENT 8TARTG IF
THATS THE CASE THEN I WOULD SAY NO THATS VERY UNUSUAL., IN
MOST SITUATIONS YOU HAVE ONE SINGLE PROPERTY LINE AND THEN AN
EASEMENT THAT GOES TEN FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PROPERTY
LINE — THATS THE TYPICAL SITUATION
MAYME-0 NO IT SHOWS THAT ON THE PLAT - A FIVE FOOT EASEMENT
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BETWEEN MY PROPERTY AND THEIR PROPERTY AND WHEN IT PAGSES
THAT IT GETS TO BE A TEN FOOT EASEMENT. ITG A CROSS A STREET
THERE
ATTY: I THINK YOU ARE MISREADING YOUR PROPERTY I THINK IF YOU
LOOK AGAIN AT YOUR PLAT, I THINK YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOUR
PROPERTY LINE IS TWO AND ONE HALF FEET INTO THAT EASEMENT.
MAYME: NO I AM SORRY IT IS NOT. NOT ACCORDING TO THE PLAT AND
NOT ACCORDING TO MY DEED.
ATTY: THATS INTERESTING WELL THEN THEN I WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE
IT IS ACTUALLY NOBODY'S PROPERTY.
MAYME; WELL THEY BUILT A FENCE THERE AND THE REASON I AM
CONCERNED IS THERE IS A WELL THERE THAT I GET MY WATER FROM
AND THE MAN GETS HIS WATER FROM THEY DO NOT BUT IT IS IN
40401` THEIR YARD. NOW CAN % GO IN THERE AND DO SOMETHING
ATTY: THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS SINGULAR TO YOU AND I WILL NOT
GIVE YOU AN OPINION FOR THE VERY SIMPLE REASON THAT I'M NOT
GOING TO GIVE YOU A LEGAL OPINION THE PROBLEM IS BASICALLY
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS BUILDING IT ON CITY PROPERTY AND THATG
WITHOUT PERMISSION TO DO IT THEY CAN"T JUST DO IT -JUST LIKE
I COULDN'T COME OUT ON YOUR LAND AND BUILD A FENCE
MAYME; AND THEY DID NOT GET A PERMIT
ATTY: THATG SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN RIGHT TO MR.
COOPER'S OFFICE FOR ENFORCEMENT.
MAYME: HE SAID THEY OWN THE EASEMENT AND THE DEED MY DEED
DOESN'T SHOW IT.
BILL; WE APPROVED A MOTEL IN LIMITED COMMERCIAL TWO WEEKS AGO
AND IT WAS A CONDITIONAL USE AND I MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT
SINCE IT WAS RESIDENTIAL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN LIMITED
(-.'OMMERC%AL IT SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED 50 PERCENT OPEN SPACE
BECAUSE ON PAGE 658 IT STATES RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE
REQUIREMENTS AND I WANTED TO AS[` YOU WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE.
ATTY: THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS IS RESIDENTIAL OR NON-
RESIDENTIAL
BILL; IT 18 IN LIMITED COMMERCIAL BUT IT IS A CONDITIONAL USE
%N LIMITED COMMERCIAL I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT WE
COULD APPLY THAT TO IT OR WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
APPLIED. THEIR ARGUMENT WAS OF COURSE THAT THERE WA8N'T ANY
REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN SPACE IN LIMITED COMMERCIAL. BUT NUMBER
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TWO OBVIOUSLY CONTRADICTS THAT I JUST WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT
WE SHOULD HAVE APPLIED THE FIFTY PERCENT OPEN SPACE
REQUIREMENT.
SHIRLEY: COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP, I AM VERY INTERESTED IN
THIS SUBJECT AND I CANNOT HEAR YOU.
ATTY.- DON'T WORRY IT WASN'T THAT GOOD OF A QUESTION: WHAT HE
IS WONDERING ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT THE LIMITED OPEN SPACE
HAD TO BE REQUIRED AT ALL SOMEBODY SAID THAT IT DIDN'T
BILL: WELL I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT RAISED THE QUESTION AND
THE CONDITION WAS THAT SOMEONE WOULD RENDER A LEGAL OPINION
AS TO WHETHER' OR' NOT IT HAD TO BE APPLIED.
ATTY: WHAT' -rYPE OF MOTEL WAS IT.
BILL; THIS WAS A THREE STORY THE OWNER WAS GOING TO LIVE ON
THE TOP FLOOR
ATTY: I SEEM TO RECALL SOMETHING ABOUT THAT I DON'T KNOW
BILL: I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE APPLIED THE MIXED
USE OPEN SPACE OR WHAT
ATTY: WELL, IT APPEARS THE CODE HERE PERMITS A MIXING THE
QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU REALLY HAVE HERE A MIXED USE
OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE PURELY A RESIDENTIAL USE. LET ME
SEE WHAT A MOTEL IS CONSIDERED HERE., DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT
A MOTEL IS CATEGORIZED AT.
BILL; AS A HOTEL
ATTY: I REALIZE THAT BUT IS IT CATEGORIZED AS COMMERCIAL NON-
COMMERCIAL RE8IDENTIAL, DOEG ANYBODY KNOW. % WOULDN'T IMAGINE
IT COULD BE PERMITTED IN RESIDENTIAL, I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE
WHERE IT IS. BUT LETS TAKE A LOOK.
BILL: PAGE 838 WILL HAVE THE DEFINITION
ATTY: YEA BUT I WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE PERMITTED.
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' ~f 8ECRETARY: ON PAGE 155 THEY ARE ONLY PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL
AREAS.
ATTY: CAUSE THATS GOING TO BE YOUR ANSWER CAUSE IF ITS A
MIXED THEN YOU HAVE TO USE THE MIXED USE OPEN SPACE
REQUIREMENTS HERE WE GO THATS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR., HOTELS
AND MOTELS - ITS ALL COMMERCIALS
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SHIRLEY-ALSO ON PAGE 63 IN MARINE RELATED COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES THAT IS WHERE IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT
RESIDENTIAL UNITS UNDER ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SEASONAL
TRANSIENTS AND IT DEFINITELY LISTS IT AS MARINE RELATED.
ATTY; NONE OF THESE ARE STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL NO I WOULD JUST
GLANCING AT IT SAYS IT GOES UNDER THE MIXED AND NOT
RESIDENTIAL. NOW I AM NOT SURE WHAT THAT TABLE WORK8 OUT
THERE
BILL,.: WELL THEY WOULD BE WELL WITH'IN *THE 'TABLE
ATTY: IT DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE IN THE CODE TO APPEAR AS A
RESIDENTIAL USE.
BILL; BUT I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT FOR MY OWN INFORMATION
YOU READ RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT YOU FIGURE IT IS A
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
ATTY: YOU SEE I DON'T I SEE IT AS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ITS DIFFERENT THEN A CONDOMINIUM, A CONDOMINIUM IS USUALLY
CAN GO IN A RESIDENTIAL CAUSE ITS A OWNED UNIT A HOTEL/MOTEL
CONTEMPLATES A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT WITH PEOPLE COMING
AND GOING EVERY DAY HIGHER VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC, HIGHER BURDEN
ON THE AREA AND USUALLY HOTEL MOTELS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN
RESIDENTIAL AT ALL.
BILL; OK I THANK YOU FOR THAT THAT SETTLED THE QUESTION FOR
ME.
JIM.-. Ol' BILL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
BILL: NO
SHIRLEY: WHEN SOMETHING IS GRANDFATHERED IN I HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO REALLY FIND ANYTHING THROUGH THE BOOK MYSELF TO COVER
IT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO LOOK
ATTY: YOU MEAN TO COVER WHAT IS "GRANDFATHERED IN" THE TERM
GRANDFATHERED IS A TERM OF ART THAT EVERYBODY USES TO MEAN
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO AN ORDINANCE THE
TERMS YOU WILL FIND IN THE ORDINANCE ARE NON -CONFORMING USES
MOST OF YOUR NON -CONFORMING USES ARE GRANDFATHERED IN
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BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE ARE THINGS THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO THE
ORDINANCE AND NOW AN ORDINANCE IS PASTED THAT WOULD MAKE THEM
THOSE USES DON'T CONFORM WITH THE ORDINANCE BUT SINCE THEY
EXISTED THEY CAN REMAIN. NOW YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE
GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE BUT THEY ARE REALLY
NON CONFORMING THEN THERE IG ALL SORTS OF RULES THAT YOU
CANNOT INTENSIFY THEM, YOU CAN'T DO THEN YOU GET INTO A WHOLE
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OTHER GET OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU
HAVE A LETS SAY, A SINGLE STORY BARBER SHOP THAT UNDER NEW
ORDINANCE NOW IF SOMEONE WERE COMING IN TO PUT IN TODAY
COULDN"T PUT IT WHERE IT SITS BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS PUT IN
IT WAS PERFECTLY FINE. WELL, IT CAN STAY THERE, IT IS
GRANDFATHERED IN, IN ESSENCE AND IT CAN STAY THERE AS LONG AS
THEY KEEP IT AS A SINGLE STORY BARBER SHOP NOW IF THAT PERSON
TRIES TO PUT A SECOND STORY ON IT AND MAKE IT INTO A TWO
STORY BEAUTY SALON WITH MASSAGE PARLORS, THE ODDS ARE THAT
THIS WOULD BE AN INTENSIFICATION AND NOT PERMITTED.
I DON'T THINK YOUR GOING TO SEE THE WORD GRANDFATHERING
ANYWHERE IN THE ORDINANCE BUT YOU'LL LOOK FOR NON -CONFORMING.
SHIRLEY: THANK YOU. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STREET
LIGHTING BEFORE AND YOU WERE USING IT AS AN ILLUSTRATION, YOU
SAID SOMETHING ABOUT COULD THE CITY GO IN - THE ANSWER WAS NO
BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO THE ASSOCIATION. COULD THE CITY GO IN
UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS FOR HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE.
ATTY: YES THERE ARE VARIOUS RULES AND REGULATIONS THIS IS A
, ,
VERY ASTUTE QUESTION. THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES WHEN A CITY CAN
DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IT WANTS TO FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
SAFETY AND WELFARE. YOU HAVE A CLASSIC SITUATION, YOU HAVE A
HURRICANE AND YOU HAVE WHAT IS BASICALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
TREES THAT ARE HANGING OVER THE ROADWAY. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT
HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT PERMITTED YOU TO GO AND CUT DOWN THAT
TREE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY THAT JUST UNDER PURE PUBLIC
HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE EMERGENCY THAT THE CITY COULD GO
ON THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY AND CUT DOWN THAT TREE IF THERE IS A
DANGER OF IT POSSIBLY FALLING DOWN AND IT IS ABOUT TO FALL ON
A PUBLIC STREET OR FALL WHERE IT COULD CAUSE DANGER NOT TO BE
OVER BOARD. BUT YEA THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
YOU COULD DO THAT. THE, WHAT I WAS USING AS AN ILLUSTRATION
WITH STREET LIGHTS WAS NOT TO ILLUSTRATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU
COULD GO IN AND FIX THE STREET LIGHTS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
ILLUSTRATE THERE IS, IF AN ORDINANCE UP FRONT REQUIRES YOU TO
MAKE SURE THAT A PRIVATE DEVELOPER SETS UP A HOME OWNERS
ASSOCIATION FOR MAINTENANCE, NOW THAT HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION
DOES THAT, YOU MAKE SURE THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS GET
UP THATS WHERE THE CITY HAD TO DO UNDER THE CODE, NOW IT IS
UP TO THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
MAINTENANCE IS ACTUALLY CONDUCTED NOT THE CITY YOU DON'T HAVE
A SPECIFIC PROVISION THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GO IN BYPASS THE
HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU COULDN'T DO
SOMETHING AGAINST THE HOME ASSOCIATION IF IT FAILED CAUSE
TYPICALLY IN THE ARTICLES THAT ESTABLISH THE HOME OWNERS
ASSOCIATION HAS A LIABILITY TO THE CITY WHERE THE CITY COULD
ACT UNDER THE ARTICLES. BUT THATG ALL I WAS ILLUSTRATING
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SHIRLEY: OK, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
JIM; OK, TOMMIE.
ATTY: TIMES UP LETS GO.
TOMMIE: I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BUT I AM ASKING IT
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. ON PAGE 260 AND
266 WE TALK ABOUT PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PUDS AND
THATS 20A4.13 AND THEN ON PAGE 266 WE TALK ABOUT 20A4.14
FINAL PLANS AND CONTENT MY QUESTION IG AND I SAY I KNOW THE
ANSWER. DUES THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SEE THE FINAL
DEVELOPMENT PLANS PRIOR TO THEIR BEING BUILT. ISN'T THAT WHAT
I SAID BEFORE.
ATTY: NO BUT IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH, YOU ASKED IT A DIFFERENT WAY
GO MY ANSWER TO YOU OF YES NOW HAS TO BE CHANGED TO NO. THE
WAY YOU ASKED IT
TOMMIE; NOW, NOW COME ON RICK DON -'T DO ME THAT WAY.
ATTY: WELL, YOU CHANGED THE QUESTION. I THINK WHAT TOMMIE WAS
ASKING EARLIER IS IF YOU GUYS HAVE ONE SHOT OR TWO SHOTS AT
THESE IN ESSENCE. IF THEY COME ACROSS FOR THE PRELIMINARY DO
YOU GET TO SEE IT FOR THE FINAL. AND IN MY FEW MOMENTS OF
GLANCING OVER THIS I DON'T SEE WHERE FOR THE FINAL IT COMES
BEFORE YOU ALL. THE CODE DOESN"T PROVIDE FOR IT TO COME TO
YOU. YOU HAVE ONE SHOT AND THATS FOR THE PRELIMINARY AND
THATS IT. THE PRELIMINARY IS WHERE YOUR GETTING TO SPECIFICS
THE CONCEPTUAL IS JUST THAT. THE CONCEPTUAL IS HERE IS OUR
PARCEL, THIS IS OUR NEAT IDEA NOW FORTUNATELY CITIES ARE
STARTING TO AND SEBASTIAN IS NO DIFFERENT TO REALLY REQUIRE
SOME SPECIFICITY IN THOSE CONCEPTUALS AND I THINK THATS A
GOOD MOVE. BUT THE PRELIMINARY IS REALLY GETTING TO THE NITTY
GRITTY - BUT ONCE IT COMES FOR THAT AND YOU HAVE APPROVED
THAT, THATS IT THE NEXT THING IS IT DOESN'T COME BACK TO YOU,
YOU GET YOUR INPUT THEN OR NOT AT ALL.
TOMMIE: WHEN IT COMES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BUT THERE
MINOR. THATS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND I THINK
ATTY: THE REASON I ANSWERED IT THAT WAY IS NOT BECAUSE THE
CODE SAYS IT DOESN"T COME BACK BUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY
THAT IT DOES. IF THERE WAS A SECTION HERE THAT SAYS IT DOES
COME OVER HERE THEN FINE.
TOMMIE; WEVE NOT GOTTEN THEM IN THE PAST.
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SECRETARY: BUT ISN'T THE FINAL PLAT SUBMITTED AFTER THE
DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT.
ATTY: YES, AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROJECTION
SECRETARY: SO THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION CAUSE THE
PRELIMINARY IS THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
ATTY: WHEN YOU APPROVE THAT PRELIMINARY THATS IT, CAUSE THE
NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS IS IT GOES IN. AND THEN THEY COME IN
FOR A FINAL WHEN %TS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMPLIES WITH
EVERYTHING THAT WAS APPROVED IN I -FIE PRELIMINARY.
TOMMIE; BUT WE DON'T SEE IT.
ATTY: NO, BECAUSE YOUR FUNCTION IS AT THE PRELIMINARY STAGE
NOW IF IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN THE DEVELOPER HAS A
PROBLEM, QUITE FRANKLY I BELIEVE IT MIGHT COME BACK TO YOU
AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO OTHER BOARDS AS WELL FOR
VARIANCES. BUT IF THEY VARIED FROM THE PRELIMINARY IT WOULD
COME BACK TO YOU. BUT AS LONG AS IT COMPLIES WITH WHAT YOU
APPROVED AT THE PRELIMINARY, YOU WON'T SEE IT AGAIN.
ITS PRETTY MUCH THE STAFFS DEDUCTIONS, YES IT COMPLIES WITH
EVERYTHING DONE.
BILL: WE HAD ONE THAT WANTED TO DEVELOP IN PHASES. FIRST
PHASE FINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED.
ATTY: THAT8 PART OF THE INHERENT PROBLEM OF DEVELOPMENT.
THEY USUALLY TAKE A LONG TIME. VERY RARELY HAVE I SEEN ONE GO
ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPERS SCHEDULE. AND YOU WILL WE"VE
TALKED ABOUT THEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WAS IT THIS BOARD OR
ONE OF THE OTHER'S I BAT IN FRONT OF THE GENTLEMEN WAS COMING
IN AND I GAT BACK AND BASICALLY THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED
OR THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE WAS YOU PROMISED TO DO THINGS
NINE YEARS AGO AND THEY HAVEN]- BEEN DONE YET AND NOW YOU
BACK TO USE AGAIN FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
EARL: CAN I AGK A QUESTION ON THIS NOW. IN CONJUNCTION WITH
WHAT HAS JUST BEEN SAID ITS COMING BACK TO STAFF TO HANDLE
THIS. IN THE EVENT THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE A CITY PLANNER AND
WE DO NOT HAVE A CITY ENGINEER AS SUCH IS NOT THAT PUTTING A
LOT OF POWER IN ONE MAN'S HANDS.
ATTY: I'M NOT SURE HOW WHAT HAPPENS PROCEDURALLY. THEY SHOULD
BE TAKING THE PRELIMINARY AND COMPARING IT TO WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE AND IF IT IS CONSISTENT NO. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS
/04� LOOKING AT A SET OF PLANS AND COMPARING WHAT'S BEEN DONE
BASICALLY. I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK I DON'T KNOW HOW IT
WOULD BE DONE IF YOU LOST ALL YOUR PEOPLE WITH THE : `'z,
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EXPERTISE TO DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD NEED TO SOMEHOW GET
PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE TO DO THAT.
JIM -0 I WOULD HOPE THE CITY MANAGER WOULD AUTHORIZE CONTRACT
8ERVICE9 TO LOOK AT THAT.
ATTY: I'M SURE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THAT SITUATION.
JIM: THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT THEY WOULD DO.
ATTY: IF FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING CAME UP, THAT IS BEYOND
THE COMPETENCY OF A PARTICULAR PERSON YOU GET SOMEONE
CONTRACT TO LOOK AT IT FOR YOU. IT IS AN INTERNAL.
EARL: WELL, BASICALLY I WOULDN'T WANT TO GEE THE ONE PERSON
BASICALLY BOGGED DOWN ON SO MUCH THAT HE COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
ATTY: THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS
AND THATS EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE ADMINISTRATIVE AND YOU HAVE
CITY MANAGERS AND YOU HAVE STAFFS FOR DEALING WITH. YOU GUYS
ARE POLICY MAKERS YOU SET UP THE POLICY, IN THIS CASE YOU
MAKE AN APPROVAL OF SOMETHING AND THEN YOU HAVE A STAFF THAT
MAKES SURE IT GETS DONE. AND THATS WHY YOU HAVE STAFFS. FROM
A PRACTICAL MATTER NOBODY ON THIS BOARD CAN DO THAT. OR COULD
SPEND THE TIME TO DO THAT.
EARL: IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE A STAFF AND ITS
ALL BEING BOILED DOWN INTO ONE PERSON THEN WOULD IT NOT BE
A LITTLE DANGEROUS"
ATTY: ALL I CAN SAY IS I WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT DOESN'T OCCUR.
JIM: I HAVE THREE AREAS OF CONCERN RICK. NUMBER ONE AND
THIS IS GOING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF THE
COMMISSIONERS ON THE BOARD. HOME OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES -
WE GOT A LETTER HERE THAT WE JUST GOT AND WE GET QUITE A FEW
OF THESE OBJECTING TO THE HOME OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE.
WELL IF I READ THE CODE CORRECTLY THESE LETTERS OF OBJECTIONS
DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. BECAUSE IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE CODE AND
THEY COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCES YOU HAVE TO ISSUE A LICENSE
IF THEY COMPLY WITH ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. AM I
CORRECT IN MY THINKING IS MY QUESTION.
ATTY: YES, SHORT ANSWER. BUT I DON'T GAY THAT THEY DON'T MEAN
ANYTHING BECAUSE WHAT THESE TEND TO DO IS SHOW YOU THAT IN
SPITE OF WHAT THE PERSON TELLS YOU IS GOING TO OCCUR,
SOMETHING ELSE IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. THATS WHAT THESE
LETTERS - I MEAN IF YOU HAVE A LETTER HERE THAT JUST SAYS I
DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT GOMEBODY'G - GEE A HOME OCCUPATION
FIRST OF ALL WHAT IT SHOULD BE APPROVING FIRST OF ALL IS
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SOMETHING THAT TAKES PLACE COMPLETELY WITHIN A PERSONS
RESIDENCE THAT HAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS FROM THE OUTSIDE PERIOD.
THEREFORE, IF THATS WHAT IS OCCURRING. WELL THEN THE NEIGHBOR
HAS NO BASIS FOR OBJECTION.
JIM: THATS MY POINT BUT NOW, GEE TECHNICALLY THE H.O.L.
HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING THERE YET SO HOW
CAN A GUY RAISE AN OBJECTION IF THERE HAS BEEN NO VIOLATION.
ATTY: WELL WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE COME IN WITH THEIR
OPINIONS. EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO GIVE THEIR OPINIONS
AS TO AND AGAIN REALLY THE PURPOSE THEY SERVE IS NOT THE
SITUATION WHERE NOTHINGS HAPPENED YET BECAUSE IF NOTHINGS
HAPPENED YET AND THE PERSON COMES IN AND SAYS I AM GOING TO
ABIDE STRICTLY BY THE ORDINANCE THEN YOUR RIGHT YOU HAVE TO
GRANT HIM THE H.O.L. THE, ALTHOUGH IF NOW, SOMEONE COMES IN
OR YOU GET THREE OR FOUR LETTERS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THIS
PERSON HAS BEEN DOING THIS RIGHT ALONG AND HE IS NOW JUST
COMING IN FOR HIS LICENSE THAT OPENS UP THE DISCRETIONARY
REVIEW AND THIS BOARD I BELIEVE COULD REJECT IT BASED ON THAT
FACT.
JIM: WELL, I HAVE NEVER, EVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING SINCE I
BEEN ON THE BOARD. BUT YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
OKAY ANOTHER ONE TOO.
ATTY; LET ME JUST GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE OTHER REASON WHY YOU
HAVE TO DO THAT. BECAUSE TO DO OTHERWISE EXPOSES YOU VERY
SERIOUSLY TO OBJECTIONS OF PARTIALITY YOU WOULD HAVE NO
RATIONAL BASIS TO TURN SOMEONE DOWN FOR A H.O.L. IF THEY
SAY THEY ARE GOING TO STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF H.O.L. SHORT OF SOME EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE
ALREADY VIOLATED AND THEY ARE NOT DOING IT. SO THATS WHY I
SAY ITS REALLY NOT DISCRETIONARY CAUSE EVEN IF THERE WAS SOME
MANNER OF DISCRETION THERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO BASE IT ON
SOMETHING AND NATURALLY THESE PEOPLE COME IN WITH H.O.L.
PERMIT OR APPLICATIONS FOR PERMIT8, THEY SHOULD BE
AFFIRMATIVELY REPRESENTING THAT THEY STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE
ORDINANCE.
JIM; WELL THEY HAVE A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE THAT IS GIVEN TO
THEM AND THEY SIGN A LITTLE THING THAT THEY HAVE READ THE
ORDINANCE AND THEY WILL COMPLY.
ATTY: THEY UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND THEY ARE GOING TO ABIDE.
JIM: OKAY WELL YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. ANOTHER ONE IS
FLEXIBILITY, I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR
JUDGEMENT CALLS, BUT I TREAT EACH CASE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS
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AS LONG AS IT COMPLIES WITH THE CODE AND RULES OF THE CITY IF
THERE IS A LITTLE VARIATION THERE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN
ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TAXPAYERS 8O TO SPEAK. IS THERE A
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
ATTY: ABSOLUTELY NOT. THATS YOUR FUNCTION. YOUR FUNCTION IS
TO TAKE WHAT'S IN WRITING AND THEN TAKE THE REAL WORLD AND
MAKE THE TWO MIX. AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIT DOWN. YES IF
THE ORDINANCE SAYS IT WILL BE BLACK. WELL THEN YOU CANNOT SAY
IT WILL BE WHITE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE IN DIRECT CONFLICT
WITH THE ORDINANCES, HOWEVER, IF THE CODE SAYS IT WILL BE A
COLOR SUITABLE TO THE CITY. AND IN ONE SITUATION YOU GAY
BLACK IS FINE AND IN ANOTHER SITUATION YOU SAY BLACK IS NO
GOOD THATG PART OF YOUR DISCRETIONARY POWER. SO AS LONG AS
YOUR NOT DEVIATING FROM THE CO[}E, THATS EASY TO GAY AND NOT
EASY TO APPLY BUT THATS WHAT BOARDS HAVE TO DEAL WITH DAILY.
TAKING AN IMPERFECT SYSTEM AND THE ORDINANCES AND APPLYING
THEM AS BEST YOU CAN SO SURE DISCRETIONARY. YOU HAVE A LOT OF
DISCRETION YOUR, THATS PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU
READ WHAT A PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DOES, YOU'LL GEE THAT
THEY ARE SITTING THERE TO MAKE SURE IT CONFORMS TO THE
GENERAL SCHEME OF DEVELOPMENT THATS PURE DISCRETION. BUT JUST
MAKE SURE YOU DON"T DEVIATE FROM THE CODE.
JIM: OKAY ONE LAST QUESTIONw, IN DEED RESTRICTED AREAS WHERE
THE DEED RESTRICTIONS PROHIBIT HOME OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE
BUT YET WE HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND APPLY FOR A H.O.L. DOES
THIS BOARD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE IT BASED ON THE DEED
RESTRICTIONS ONLY.
ATTY: NO - THAT IS PRIVATE LEGISLATION AND THE CITY HAS NO
POWER TO ENFORCE IT. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OR THOSE DEED
RESTRICTIONS SOMEHOW HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE - I HAVE
SEEN THAT SOMETIMES WHERE A GET OF DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE
ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE AND MADE A PART OF THE CITY`G ACTUAL
LAWS.
JIM; WELL THE DEVELOPER CAN'T COME BACK AT THIS BOARD AND
TAKE ANY ACTION AGAINST UG IF WE HAVE ISSUED A H.O.L. IN
A DEED RESTRICTED AREA.
ATTY: NO NOT UNLESS IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED SOMEHOW AS ORDINANCE
IN THE CITY. THAT IS A PRIVATE AGREEMENT A PRIVATE CONTRACT
IS ALL THAT REALLY IS AND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CAN TAKE
ACTION AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE BUT NOT AGAINST THE CITY. YOU
HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THOSE.
JIM; OKAY THANK YOU DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION.
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EARL: YEA I GOT SOMETHING JIM.
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EARL: KIND OF IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING TO THE HOME
OCCUPATION ON PEOPLE WHO SAY ONE THING AND THEN END UP DOING
SOMETHING ELSE. BASICALLY THAT DOES COME UNDER CODE
ENFORCEMENT AND HAS TO BE HANDLED THROUGH THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT BOARD AND THERE WAS A CAGE JUST RECENTLY OF A
GENTLEMEN WHO WAS SITED FOR VIOLATING THE H.O"L. AND WAS SENT
A LETTER FROM THE CITY MANAGER STATING THAT HE WOULD CEASE
AND DESIST FROM VIOLATING.
ATTY: THERE IS A LOT OF POWER WITH THIS HOME OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS REVOKED. THEY CAN BE REVOKED AT
ANYTIME. ONCE YOU GIVE ONE OF THOSE ITS NOT GIVING SOMEONE
UNBRIDLED LICENSE TO GO AHEAD RUN THIS H.O.L. IT IS ONLY
GIVING PERMISSION TO DO WHAT STRICTLY COMPLIES WITH THE
ORDINANCE. AND THEY CAN BE REVOKED VERY EASILY.
JIM: OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
BILL: JUST ONE QUESTION HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CONDITIONAL
USES OR REMOVING THEM COMPLETELY FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE. A MUNICIPALITY TO THE SOUTH OF US, VERO BEACH DECIDED
TO TRY TO ELIMINATE ALL CONDITIONAL USES.
ATTY: I THINK IT SOUNDS NICE IN THEORY BUT ITS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. I DON'T THINK IT IS A PRACTICAL IDEA.
JIM: WELL RICK I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU AND ALSO
THANK YOU FROM THE BOARD YOU VISIT TONIGHT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN
EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE TO ME AND I HAVE CERTAINLY
LEARNED A LOT. AND I CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME
TO COME DOWN AND EDUCATE UG. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, ILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
TOMMIE: GO MOVED"
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:00 P.M.
Prepared by Linda Kinchen, Secretary
Approved by Planning and Zoning September 20, 1990.
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