Resolution 411-2011 f
RESOLUTION NO. 411 -2011
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVING FOR YEAR 20,
FROM JULY 13, 2011 TO JULY 12, 2012, FORTY SEVEN
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF NON-
RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA (NROGO) TO BE AVAILABLE
PURSUANT TO SECTION 138 -47 OF THE MONROE COUNTY
CODE.
WHEREAS, Policy 101.3 of the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive
Plan (2010 Plan) requires Monroe County to regulate non - residential development to
maintain a balance of land uses; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code, Chapter 138, Article III, Non - Residential
Rate of Growth Ordinance (NROGO), provides for an allocation point system for non -
residential floor area, which maintains a ratio of 239 square feet of non - residential floor
area for each residential unit developed as required in the 2010 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the ROGO and NROGO year runs from July 13, 2011 to July 12,
2012; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Section 138 -51, NROGO provides for a
recommendation by the Sr. Director of Planning & Environmental Resources, and the
Planning Commission, to the Board of County Commissioners for the total amount of
non- residential floor area which shall be made available for annual allocation and
distribution of this allocation between small (2,500 square feet or less) allocations and
large (more than 2,500 square feet) allocations; and
WHEREAS, NROGO Year 20 has forty -four thousand seven hundred (44,700)
square feet of commercial floor area available in the Lower/Upper Keys area; and
WHEREAS, there is approximately 36,426 square feet of commercial floor area
available in the Big Pine/No Name Keys area; and
WHEREAS, the Livable Communikeys Program, Master Plan for Future
Development of Big Pine Key and No Name Key limits the non - residential area square
footage to be released over a twenty year horizon, to approximately 2,390 square feet of
floor area to be made available per year;
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Planning Commission during a regular meeting
held on October 18, 2011, reviewed, discussed and approved, the Sr. Director of Planning
& Environmental Resources' recommendation to the Planning Commission for NROGO
Year 20 commercial floor area; and
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WHEREAS, the Monroe County Planning Commission adopted by Resolution
P33 -11 that 47,200 square feet of commercial floor area be made available as follows:
Lower & Upper Keys Subarea:
1) The maximum amount of available non - residential floor area for the annual NROGO
allocation for Year 20 of the Lower & Upper Keys subarea shall be 44,700 square feet.
2) Year Twenty (20) will begin July 13, 2011 and will end on July 12, 2012, with the first
allocation period ending on January 12, 2012 and the second allocation period ending on July
12, 2012.
3) The first allocation period shall allow 16,762.50 for small (2,500 square feet or less)
allocations and 5,587.50 for large (more 2,500 square feet) allocations. The balance from the
first allocation period shall be held in reserve second allocation period in their respective
categories.
Big Pine/No Name Key Subarea:
1. The maximum amount of available non - residential floor area for the annual NROGO
allocation for Year 20 of the Big Pine/No Name Keys subarea shall be 2,500 square feet.
2. Year Twenty (20) will begin July 13, 2011 and will end on July 12, 2012, with the first
allocation period ending on January 12, 2012 and the second allocation period ending on July
12, 2012.
3. The first allocation shall allow for 2,500 square feet and the balance from the first allocation
period shall be held in reserve for the second allocation period ending July 12, 2012.
4. One hundred percent of the available floor area for each allocation period shall be for
applicants requesting 2,500 square feet or less.
WHEREAS, staff has amended their recommendation regarding the distribution of
NROGO square footage for small and large allocations for unincorporated Monroe County
excluding Big Pine/No Name Key; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending that the first allocation period shall have 33,525
square feet for small (2,500 square feet or less) allocations and 11,175 for large (more than 2,500
square feet) allocations. The unused balance shall be made available for the second allocation
period in their respective categories; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners concurs with the staff's amended
recommendation;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
For the Year 20 NROGO allocation period, forty -seven thousand two hundred (47,200)
square feet of commercial floor area be made available as follows:
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A. Lower & Upper Keys Subarea:
1. The maximum amount of available non - residential floor area for the annual NROGO
allocation for Year 20 of the Lower & Upper Keys subarea shall be 44,700 square feet.
2. Year Twenty (20) will begin July 13, 2011 and will end on July 12, 2012, with the first
allocation period ending on January 12, 2012 and the second allocation period ending on July
12, 2012.
3. The first allocation period shall have 33,525 square feet for small (2,500 square feet or less)
allocations and 11,175 for large (more than 2,500 square feet) allocations. The unused
balance shall be made available for the second allocation period in their respective categories.
B. Big Pine/No Name Key Subarea:
5. The maximum amount of available non - residential floor area for the annual NROGO
allocation for Year 20 of the Big Pine/No Name Keys subarea shall be 2,500 square feet.
6. Year Twenty (20) will begin July 13, 2011 and will end on July 12, 2012, with the first
allocation period ending on January 12, 2012 and the second allocation period ending on July
12, 2012.
7. The first allocation period shall have 2,500 square feet and the unused balance shall be made
available for the second allocation period ending July 12, 2012.
8. One hundred percent of the available floor area for each allocation period shall be for
applicants requesting 2,500 square feet or less.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe,,, _
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 16` day of November, 2011. - -: _ • ° 1
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Mayor David Rice Yes c j
Mayor Pro Tem, Kim Wigington Yes I
Commissioner Heather Carruthers Yes - -J
Commissioner George Neugent Yes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Yes - o rn
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' CO cn
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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= DAN Y L. KOLHAGE, CLERK VE D AS TO FO
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