Resolution 179-2008
Mayor Di Gennaro
RESOLUTION NO. 179 - 2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
DECLARING SUPPORT OF CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION
TO EXCLUDE THE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE
UNRECORDED PLAT ON THE EAST END OF NO NAME KEY,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "ISLAND'S END", LOCATED IN
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA FROM THE FEDERAL
COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys have been designated by the Legislature of the State of
Florida as an Area of Critical State Concern requiring development and implementation of a
comprehensive plan and land development regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Coastal Barrier Resource Protection Act (CBRA) was enacted by the
Federal Government in 1982 to protect remaining natural coastal eco-systems from
encroachment and development, creating the Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS); and
WHEREAS, coastal areas of the Florida Keys were added to the CBRS in the Coastal
Barrier Improvements Act of 1990 (CBRA), which included the undeveloped areas of No Name
Key; and
WHEREAS, the defining criteria of "undeveloped" for inclusion into the CBRS was
refined in the 1990 CBRA to specify the density of development to be less than one
home/structure per five acres ofland; and
WHEREAS, at the time of the inclusion of the CBRA, the east end of No Name Key
consisted of 5.28 acres of buildable land with nine (9) homes permitted and substantially
complete (walled and roofed), approximately one home per .528 acres. Additionally, five (5)
other property owners had previously received building permits and their homes were in various
phases of active construction. Today, there are fourteen (14) homes on 5.28 acres; and
WHEREAS, in comparison, the west end of No Name Key in 1990, Bahia Shores and
Dolphin Harbour subdivisions, consisted of approximately 15.4 buildable acres, and they had
fourteen (14) homes permitted and substantially completed, at one home per 1. 10 acres, and were
excluded from the CBRA; and
WHEREAS, the west end of No Name Key, as a previously developed residential area
with development well over the defined criteria of "undeveloped", was correctly excluded from
the CBRS; but the east end of No Name Key, also a previously developed residential area with
similar density of development was seemingly included in error; now, therefore;
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
I. The Board of County Commissioners hereby requests the Florida Delegation use the
necessary legislative process within the U.S. House of Representatives to remove the
developed residential area of the unrecorded plat on the east end of No Name Key,
otherwise originally known as "Island's End", located in Monroe County, Florida from
the Coastal Barrier Resource System.
2. The Board of County Commissioners expresses its support of the necessary congressional
legislation to remove the developed residential area of the unrecorded plat on the east end
of No Name Key, otherwise originally known as "Island's End", located in Monroe
County, Florida from the Coastal Barrier Resource System.
3. The Clerk is hereby directed to forward copies of this resolution to Senator Bill Nelson
and Senator Mel Martinez, U. S. Senate; Representative Ron Saunders, District 120;
Senator Larcenia Bullard, District 39; Senator Bill Nelson; Senator Mel Martinez;
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, District 18; and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart,
District 25.
Mayor Di Gennaro
Mayor Pro Tem McCoy
Commissioner Murphy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Spehar
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