03/17/2005 Agenda
AGENDA
MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Any person who wishes to be heard shall provide the Clerk with his or her name and residence
and the agenda item on which he or she wishes to be heard. Such information shall be on a card
provided by the County. Once public input begins, there will be no further speaker cards
allowed to be submitted to the Clerk for that subject. An individual has three minutes and a
person representing an organization has five minutes to address the Board (except that
individuals wishing to speak during public hearings pertaining to land use issues will have five
minutes). The first person representing the organization will be allowed the five minutes.
Subsequently, all other speakers on behalf of that organization have three minutes to address the
Board. Once an individual has addressed the Board, he or she will not be permitted to return to
the podium for follow-up comments, unless the issue involved is quasi judicial in nature. In that
case, the applicant may return to the podium to conclude his or her position at the end of the
public hearing.
Please note that all time approximate items are listed in bold.
Thursday, March 17,2005
Marathon Government Center
2798 Overseas Highway, MM 47.5 (Gulf)
Marathon, Florida
Regular Meeting
9:00 AM.
TIME APPROXIMATE
REGULAR MEETING
9:00 A.M.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
SALUTE TO FLAG
A. ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, DELETIONS
B. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Public hearing to consider adopting a DCA Transmittal
Resolution to amend the Monroe County Year 2010
Comprehensive Plan to delete the HEI requirements in the
Plan, require an existing conditions report including a
vegetation survey, require a grant of conservation easement to
protect open space vegetation and limit the clearing of native
upland vegetation dependent on the tier system designation,
and provide for a Land Acquisition Master Plan. (1st of 2
required public hearings)
B. PUBLIC HEARINGS - CONTINUED
2. Public hearing to consider adopting a DCA Transmittal
Resolution amending the Monroe County Year 2010
Comprehensive Plan to change the Rate of Growth Ordinance
(ROGO) and the Non-Residential Rate of Growth Ordinace
(NROGO) to utilize the Tier Overlay as the basis for the
competitive point system, deleting, revising and adding
policies, objectives and requirements for the implementation of
Goal 105 of the 2010 Comprehensive Plan and the Tier
Overlay District. (1st of 2 required public hearings)
3. Public hearing to consider adopting an ordinance amending
the Monroe County Land Development Regulations to revise
environmental regulations by deleting sections 9.5-336 through
9.5-343 to eliminate requirements for the Habitat Evaluation
Index (HEI); creating new Section 9.5-336 to require an
Existing Conditions Report, including vegetative survey;
creating new Section 9.5-337 to protect upland vegetation
through grant of Conservation Easements; creating new
Section 9.5-338 to incorporate existing open space
requirements for wetlands; revising Section 9.5-347 to provide
for maximum clearing limits of native upland vegetation based
upon the Tier system designation of the subject property. (1st
of 2 required public hearings)
4. Public hearing to consider adopting an Ordinance amending
the Monroe County Land Development Regulations Sections,
9.5-120 through 9.5-125 and Section 9.5-266 by changing the
Rate of Growth Ordinance (ROGO) to utilize the Tier Overlay
as the basis for the competitive point system, providing for an
optional lottery system, prohibiting affordable housing
allocations in Tier I, increasing the affordable covenants to 99
years for public financed properties and making allocations for
affordable housing on a first come basis or by reservation of
the BOCC. (1sT of 2 required public hearings)
5. Public hearing to consider adopting an Ordinance amending
the Monroe County Land Development Regulations to
implement Goal 105 of the 2010 Comprehensive Plan by
renumbering existing Sections 9.5-256 to 9.5-271; creating a
new Section 9.5-256, Tier Overlay District; providing criteria
for designation of tier boundaries; and, providing a mechanism
for Tier Overlay District Map amendments. (1st of 2 required
public hearings)
B. PUBLIC HEARINGS - CONTINUED
6. Public hearing to adopt an Ordinance amending the Monroe
County Land Development Regulations to revise Section 9.5-
124 through 9.5-124.8 Non-Residential Rate of Growth
Ordinance (NROGO) utilizing the Tier Overlay as the basis for
the competitive point system. (1sT of 2 required public
hearings)
7. Public hearing to consider adopting an Ordinance amending
the Monroe County Land Use District Map to include a Tier
Overlay Map District designation on all land in
unincorporated Monroe County in the Florida Keys between
Key West and Ocean Reef and designating boundaries for Tier
I, Tier II and Tier III as required in Goal 105 of the 2010
Comprehensive Plan pursuant to the criteria in section 9.5-256.
(1 ST of 2 required public hearings)
ADA Assistance: Anyone needing special assistance at the Board of County Commissioners'
meeting due to a disability should contact the County Administrator's office at 292-4441 by
12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 11,2005.