HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD #202-TORDINANCE NO. ~-~-T-'
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION XVII
OF ORDINANCE 202, AS AMENDED, OF THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, THE SAME BEING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, BY
PROVIDING FOR CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS;
ESTABLISHING AMENDMENT PROCEDURES; PRO-
VIDING FOR ITERIM ZONING; SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I,
That Section XVII of Ordinance 202, as amended,
of the City of Sebastian, Florida, the same being the
Zoning Ordinance of the City, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
SECTION XVII - ZONING AMENDMENTS.
(a) CHANGES .AND AMENDMENTS. The Council may
from time to time, on its own motion, the motion of the
Sebastian Planning and Zoning Commission or the petition
of the owner or the owner's authorized agent, amend, supple-
ment, change, modify, or repeal by ordinance, pursuant to
the authority and in the manner provided by state law and
this ordinance, the zoning boundaries or districts established
herein or the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) AMENDMENT PROCEDURES. Persons authorized under
paragraph (a) above to request zoning changes or amendments
shall submit a petition on forms with the required fee and
in the manner provided from time to time by resolution
of the Council. The applicant shall pay to the City Clerk
an application fee as established by resolution of the Council
for each requested change, provided, however, that as many
lots or parcels of property as the applicant may desire may
be included in any single petition if they constitute one
contiguous area. Within ten (10) days the City Clerk will
transmit the petition with comments from any department of
the City, if any, to the members of the City Planning and
Zoning Commission at least seven (7) days prior to the
Planning and Zoning Commission's first consideration of the
petition~ The City Clerk shall notify the applicant of the
time and place of the City Planning and Zoning Commission
meeting to consider the applicant's petition.
Should the City Planning and Zoning Commission
deny tentative approval of the petition, the applicant may
appeal the decision to the City Council. If an appeal is
taken, the City Clerk shall transmit copies of the petition,
the comments and the minutes of the Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting to each member of the City Council at
least seven (7) days before the Council shall consider the
appeal. The City Clerk shall notify the applicant of the
time and place of the meeting at which the Council will
hear the appeal. Should the Council tentatively approve
the petition, the City Council will proceed to hold a public
hearing(s) on the petition~ Should the City Council deny
tentative approval, the applicant may withdraw his petition
and the fee deposited shall be returned to him. Should
the applicant desire a public hearing(s), he shall inform the
Council and the Council will proceed with public hearings
and the fee deposited shall remain the property of the City.
Should the City Planning and Zoning Commission
tentatively approve the petition, the City Clerk shall
transmit copies of the petition, all comments and the minutes
of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to each member
of the Council at least seven (7) days before the Council
shall consider the petition. Should the Council tentatively
approve the petition, public hearing(s) shall be held
on the petition.
When public hearings are held, then in connection
with the required publication of the notice for the public
hearing before the Council, the City Clerk shall by regular
mail send a written notice to all property owners of property
within three hundred (300) feet of the outer limits of the
area described in the petition requesting a change, advising
all such owners as shown upon the last prepared and completed
tax assessment roll of the county, in simple terms, the
proposed change and the time, date and place of the public
hearing. In the event more than one hundred (100) lots or
parcels containing more than 5% of the land area of the city
are being rezoned, notification shall be by public notice
only. The provisions hereof providing for mailing notice is
directory only, and the failure to mail such notice shall
not affect any change or amendment of~id zoning ordinance°
(c) INTERIM ZONING. The City Council may adopt
stop-gap or interim zoning for periods of time not to exceed
one year designed to preserve the status quo in any area
in the City, pending the completion of comprehonsive zoning,
water and sewer, urban renewal or other similar type plans
SECTION II.
Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are specifically repealed.
SECTION III.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon becoming law.
SECTION IV.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held
unconstitutional or invalid, for any reason, such ruling
shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any
of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
CITY OF SEbaSTIAN, FLORIDA
Pat Flood, Jr., g~Fyor
City~ Cl~rk ' ~
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance
was finally passed by the City Council of the City of
Sebastian, Florida, on the../)~ ~daY of ~/~%~-t~ ,1981.
~' City/Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a Notice of Public Hearing of
the foregoing Ordinance in accordance with Section 166.041,
Florida Statutes, on,~~,~.~.~ 1981, in the
Vero Beach Press-Journal, a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Sebastian, Florida; that Notice of said public
hearing was likewise mailed to each property owner of record
as provided in the Zoning Ordinance; and that said public
hearing was held in City Hall, Sebastian, Florida, at
7; ~ ~ o'clock, p. m. on ~ /~q~ , 1981,
that said Ordinance passed on second and final reading and
was adopted by the City Council of the City of Sebastian,
Florida, on ~. /~ , 1981.