Item B02BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: August 17, 2000
Bulk Item: Yes X No
Division: Growth Management
Department N/A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING.
Approval of exemption from the non-residential permit allocation system based on status as a
federally tax-exempt non-profit organization. ,
ITEM BACKGROUND:
The Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is proposing to construct a 2,992 square foot addition to
an institutional use as an as -of -right development.
The addition will serve the needs of current Monroe County residents, and will not have any impact on
hurricane evacuation time.
The item was heard at the April 26, 2000 Planning Commission meeting and was passed unanimously by
5-0 vote.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOARD ACTION:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
TOTAL COST: N/A BUDGETED: Yes N/A
COST TO COUNTY: N/A
AMOUNT PER MONTH: N/A PER YEAR: N/A
APPROVED BY: County Attorney X OMB/Purchasing N/A Risk Management N/A
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION: Included X
DISPOSITION:
J.
Marlene CR*ay, Director f Planning
of Growth Management
To follow of re uired
Agenda Item #:
Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is proposing a 2,992 square foot addition to
their existing institutional use located in the median of U.S. #1, at approximately Mile
Marker 98.3. The addition will be used to house equipment and vehicles on the ground
floor and provide sleeping quarters for 24 hour on -call emergency medical technicians on
the second floor. Due to their status as a federally tax-exempt non-profit organization,
Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is eligible to receive an exemption from the
non-residential permit allocation system.
The ambulance service is considered an institutional use and is allowed as -of -right in the
Suburban Commercial (SC) land use district. The proposed addition will be serving the
needs of current Monroe County residents and will not have any impact on hurricane
evacuation time. The use also complies with County level of service standards and has
been determined to be in compliance with all applicable Land Development Regulations
and the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan.
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RE # 00088 100.000 100 Key Largo Ambulance BOCC Agenda Item Summary
STATE ROAD No. 5
STATE ROAD No. 5-SO5
PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION NO. P33-00
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF AN EXEMPTION FROM THE NON-
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT ALLOCATION .00ATION SYSTEM PURSUANT TO
POLICY 101.3.4 OF THE MONROE COUNTY YEAR 2010
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR KEY LARGO VOLUNTEER
AMBULANCE CORPS, INC. FOR A 2,992 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO
AN EXISTING BUILDING. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT MILE
MARKER 98.3 AND IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AS PARTS OF LOTS 22
AND 17 OF THE MODEL LAND PLAT, ISLAND OF KEY LARGO,
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS
SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL AND THE REAL ESTATE NUMBER IS
00088100.000100.
WHEREAS, during a regular meeting held April 26, 2000, the Monroe County Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on the request of Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance
Corps, Inc. for an exemption to the non-residential permit allocation system for a 2,992 square
foot addition to their existing building; and
WHEREAS, the proposed development is located on property legally described as Parts
of Lots 22 and 17 of the Model Land Plat, Island of Key Largo; and
WHEREAS, the above -described property is located in the Suburban Commercial (SC)
land use district; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission was presented with the following evidence,
which by reference is hereby incorporated as a part of the record of said hearing:
1. The request from Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.; and
2. The staff report from Donny Lang, Senior Planner, dated April 3, 2000; and
3. The sworn testimony of Monroe County Planning staff, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has made the following Findings of Fact and
Conclusions of Law based on the sworn testimony of the Monroe County Planning Department
staff, and the record:
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1. Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is a federally tax-exempt non-profit
organization; and
2. An exemption to Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan Policy 101.3.4 is
required to construct a 2,992 sq. ft. addition to an existing institutional use; and
3. Key Largo Ambulance Corps, Inc. is considered an institutional use and is allowed as -of -
right in the Suburban Commercial (SC) land use district; and
4. The proposed 2,992 square foot addition will be serving the needs of current Monroe
County residents and will no have any impact on hurricane evacuation time; and
5. The use as an ambulance corps complies with County level of service standards; and
6. The proposed addition is in compliance with all applicable land development regulations
and the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan. NOW THEREFORE;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the preceding Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, support
their decision to recommend APPROVAL to the Board of County Commissioners of the request
filed by Key Largo Ambulance Corps, Inc. for an exemption to the non-residential permit
allocation system pursuant to Policy 101.3.4 of the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive
Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of Monroe County, Florida, at a
regular meeting held on the 26 h day of April, 2000.
APPROVED S TO FO
AND AL SUFFI
BY
Attorney's Office
5f'
Signed this o day of
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Chair Mapes
yes
Commissioner Werling
yes
Commissioner Stuart
yes
Commissioner Hill
yes
Commissioner Marr
yes
PLANNING COMMISSION OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY c- 1' Lynn Mapes, Chair
2000.
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BOCC STAFF REPORT
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Board of County Commissioners
FROM: K. Marlene Conaway, Director of Planning
DATE: June 28, 2000
RE: KEY LARGO VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS, INC. REQUEST FOR
EXEMPTION FROM THE NONRESIDENTIAL PERMIT ALLOCATION
SYSTEM PURSUANT TO POLICY 101.3.4, MONROE COUNTY YEAR 2010
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MEETING DATE: August 17, 2000
I. REQUEST:
Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is requesting an exemption from the nonresidential
permit allocation system based on the ambulance corps' status as a federally tax exempt non-profit
organization.
Policy 101.3.4 states that:
Development activity by federally tax-exempt non-profit educational, scientific, religious,
social service, cultural and recreational organizations may be exempted from the permit
allocation system by the Board of County Commissioners after review by the Planning
Commission upon a finding that such activity will not adversely affect the hurricane
evacuation objectives of the Comprehensive Plan... All other provisions of the
Comprehensive Plan shall apply to development exempted from the Permit Allocation
System, including compliance with the adopted levels of service for the provision of adequate
public facilities.
Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is proposing a 2,992 square foot addition to the existing
facility on property described as a part of Lots 22 and Lot 17, Model Land Plat in Key Largo (RE#
00088100.000100. The proposed two-story addition will increase the building footprint by 1,496
square feet. The proposed building addition is located in the Suburban Commercial (SC) Land Use
District, in the median of U.S. #1, approximately Mile Marker 98.3.
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H: PREVIOUS RELEVANT PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION;
On April 26, 2000, by Resolution P33-00, the Planning Commission recommended approval to the
Board of County Commissioners of the request filed by Key Largo Ambulance Corps, Inc. for an
exemption to the non-residential permit allocation system pursuant to Monroe County Year 2010
Comprehensive Plan Policy 101.3.4.
III. ANALYSIS:
The proposed 2,992 square foot addition will be used to house equipment and vehicles on the ground
floor, and provide sleeping quarters for 24 hour on -call emergency medical technicians on the second
floor level. Currently, the existing building has 3,998 square feet of offices and garage area on the first
floor and 2,816 square feet of office area on the second floor, for a total of 6,814 square feet of
existing floor area. With the addition, the total floor area will be 9,806 square feet. The maximum
allowable floor area is 10,706 square feet, which is the equivalent of the maximum floor -area ratio of
0.30 for this type of institutional use. The addition will serve the needs of current Monroe County
residents, and will not have any impact on hurricane evacuation time.
The proposed addition may be developed as -of -right. The project has been reviewed and found in
compliance with Objective 101.1 which states, "Monroe County shall ensure that at the time a
development permit is issued, adequate public facilities are available to serve the development at the
adopted level of service standards concurrent with the impacts of such development."
Site plans have been submitted and been found to be in compliance with all applicable Land
Development Regulations and Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan.
Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. has submitted documentation from the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) District Director dated November 4, 1988 stating that the organization is exempt from
Federal Income Tax under section 501(a) of the IRS Code as an organization described in Section
501(c)(3).
Articles of Incorporation were originally filed as a non-profit corporation on December 3, 1971.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the fact that the addition to the ambulance corps building will not have any impact on
hurricane evacuation objectives and that it has been found to be in compliance with the Monroe
County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission recommends to the Board of
County Commissioners that an exemption be granted from the non-residential permit allocation
system for the Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.
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RE # 00088100.000100 BOCC Staff Report
RESOLUTION NO. -2000
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS APPROVING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE NON-
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT ALLOCATION SYSTEM PURSUANT TO
POLICY 101.3.4 OF THE MONROE COUNTY YEAR 2010
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR KEY LARGO VOLUNTEER
AMBULANCE CORPS, INC. FOR A 2,992 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO
THE AN EXISTING BUILDING. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT
MILE MARKER 98.3 AND IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AS PART OF LOTS
22 AND 17 OF THE MODEL LAND COMPANY PLAT, ISLAND OF KEY
LARGO, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE LAND USE
DESIGNATION IS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL AND THE REAL
ESTATE NUMBER IS 00088100.000100.
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, Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. has requested an exemption
from the non-residential permit allocation system; and
WHEREAS, during a regular meeting held April 26, 2000, the Monroe County Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on the request filed by Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance
Corps, Inc., for an exemption to the non-residential permit allocation system for an addition and
recommended approval of the request to the Board of County Commissioners based on the
following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is a federally tax-exempt non-profit
organization; and
2. An exemption to Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan Policy 101.3.4 is
required to construct a 2,992 sq. ft. addition to an existing institutional use; and
3. Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. is considered an institutional use and is
allowed as -of -right in the Suburban Commercial (SC) land use district; and
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4. The proposed 2,992 square foot addition will be serving the needs of current Monroe
County residents and will not have any impact on hurricane evacuation time; and
5. The use as an ambulance corps complies with County level of service standards; and
6. The proposed addition is in compliance with all applicable land development regulations
And the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan; and
Therefore, we conclude that based on numbers 1-6 above, the 2,992 square foot addition to the
ambulance corps building will not adversely affect the hurricane evacuation objectives of the
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
adopts them as their own; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, that the preceding Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, support their
decision to APPROVE to the request filed by Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 16`h day of August, 2000.
(MAYOR/CHAIRMAN)
(SEAL)
Mayor Freeman
Mayor Pro Tem Neugent
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Reich
Commissioner Williams
ATTEST DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
BY:
DEPUTY CLERK
Resolution #
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND
N LE SUFFICIENCY
BY
Attorneys O ce
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