Resolution 314-2001
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RESOLUTION NO. -2001
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN EXEMPTION
FROM THE NON-RESIDENTIAL PERMIT ALLOCATION SYSTEM
PURSUANT TO POLICY 101.3.4 OF THE MONROE COUNTY YEAR
2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE MARINE RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, INC FOR ADDITIONAL
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES CONSISTING OF LABORATORY AND
CLASSROOM SPACE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF
TRANSYLVANIA AVENUE AT APPROXIMATELY MILE MARKER 103
AND IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOTS 12, 13, 14, AND 15, BLOCK 6;
PART OF LOT 3 AND LOTS 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 8, BLOCK 8; AND PART OF
SHORELAND DRIVE, AND ADJACENT SUBMERGED LANDS,
ANGLERS PARK SUBDIVISION, KEY LARGO, MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. THE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS SUBURBAN
COMMERCIAL AND THE REAL ESTATE NUMBER IS 00469430.000000.
WHEREAS, Policy 101.3.4 of the Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan allows the Board of
County Commissioners to exempt federally tax-exempt non-profit organizations from the
nonresidential permit allocation system after a finding by the Planning Commission that such
activity will not adversely affect the hurricane evacuation objectives of the Comprehensive Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the Marine Resources Development Foundation, Inc. has requested an
exemption from the non-residential permit allocation system; and
WHEREAS, during a regular meeting held May 23,2001, the Monroe County Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on the request of the Marine Resources Development
Foundation, Inc. for an exemption to the non-residential permit allocation system for additional
educational facilities consisting of laboratory and classroom space and recommended approval of
the request to the Board of County Commissioners based on the following findings of fact and
conclusions of law; and
1. The Marine Resources Development Foundation, Inc. is a federally tax-exempt non-profit
organization; and
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2. An exemption to Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan Policy 101.3.4 is
required to construct additional educational facilities consisting of laboratory and
classroom space; and
3. This meeting facility is considered an institutional use on property considered a marina
and requires Major Conditional Use approval in the Suburban Commercial (SC) land use
district; and
4. The proposed additional floor space will not have any impact on hurricane evacuation
time as no new additional dormitory rooms are permitted; and
5. The institutional use must comply with County level of service standards and all
applicable land development regulations and the Monroe County 2010 Comprehensive
Plan prior to development approval; and
6. The site is currently over the allowed density according to the land development
regulations; and
7. The applicant must demonstrate through the Transfer of Development Rights process that
any new floor area in the future will not exceed the allowable density for the site; and
8. The Transfer of Development Rights process requires Minor Conditional Use approval
for the sender site and receiver site; and
Therefore, we conclude that based on numbers 1-8 above, that the educational facilities will not
adversely affect the hurricane evacuation objectives ofthe Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has duly considered the
recommendations and findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Planning Commission and
adopts them as their own; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the preceding Findings of Fact and Conclusions of
Law, support their decision to APPROVE the request filed by the Marine Resources
Development Foundation, Inc., as a federally tax-exempt, non-profit organization, for an
exemption to the non-residential permit allocation system pursuant to Policy 101.3.4 of the
Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan with the following condition:
1. Prior to the issuance of a development order, the applicant shall demonstrate through the
Transfer of Development Rights process that the property is no longer over the allowed
density for the site.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 16nd day of August, 2001.
Mayor Neugent
Mayor Pro Tern Williams
Commissioner Spehar
Commissioner Nelson
Commissioner McCoy
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