Item M4
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
TIME APPROXIMATE
Meeting Date: January 21. 2004
Division:
District 1
Bulk Item: Yes
No
Department: Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to direct staff to prepare appropriate draft amendments to the LDR's that would add
employee housing, affordable housing and liveaboards to "as of right uses" in the Maritime Industrial
and Mixed-Use districts so that they will be consistent with Comprehensive Plan policies and to
change our current ROGO allocation for legally established livaboards from 1.0 to .50.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Employee and affordable housing is allowed in the Comprehensive Plan policies 502.1.1 and 502.1.2.
We are requesting having liveaboards be included in affordable housing as they create less impact on
evacuation than traditional housing
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management_
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
A'#;/ }m, ~.uJ
Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
DOCUMENTATION:
Included
To Follow_
Not Required_
AGENDA ITEM #.
DISPOSITION:
Revised 1/03
GOAL 502
All existing and future residents and guests of Monroe County shall be served with ports in a manner that
maximizes safety, convenience, economic benefit, environmental compatibility and consistency with
other elements of the comprehensive plan. [9J-5.009(3Xa)]
Objective 502.1
Because of the Florida Key's unique nature as an archipelago, Monroe County shall promote the
preservation and enhancement of the existing ports and port related activities.
Policy 502.1.1
Monroe County shall permit only port and port related land uses within the Safe
HarborlPeninsular port area of Stock Island. Within twelve months of the effective date
of the Comprehensive Plan, Monroe County shall adopt Land Development Regulations
and amend the Land Use District Maps to only permit those land uses including but not
limited to commercial and industrial port dependent uses, industry, commercial fishing,
marinas, and employee housing. [9J-5.009(3Xc)5]
Policy 502.1.2
Monroe County shall permit land uses supportive, complementary or otherwise port
related nearby and adjacent to the Safe HarborlPeninsular port area of Stock Island.
Within twelve months of the effective date of the Comprehensive Plan, Monroe County
shall adopt Land Development Regulations and amend the Land Use District Maps to
only permit those uses, including but not limited to warehousing, industry, affordable
housing, marine businesses, and restaurants. [9J-5.009(3)(c)5]
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Catherine Harding
Construction ConsultantIPJanning
21280 Conch Drive
Cudjoe Key, Florida 33042
Cell: 304-3986
E-mail kayan@bellsouth.net
October 21, 2003
Mayor Dixie Spehar,
Board of County Commissioners
In keeping with our discussion and your comments at the County Board of
Commissioners meeting of October 15th, the Safe Harbor Seaport Owners Association,
Inc. is presenting the following proposal to help solve the Affordable Housing needs on
Stock Island.
We are requesting a text change to the LDR's that would add Employee Housing and
Affordable Housing (as allowed in Comprehensive Plan Policies 502.1.1 and 502.1.2
respectively) along with Live-aboards, used as Employee Housing or Affordable
Housing, to "as of right uses" in the Maritime Industrial and Mixed-Use districts ofthe
Safe HarborlPeninsular Port area of Stock Island. In addition we are requesting that
Live-aboards be included in the definition of Affordable Housing.
This text change wpuld make the LDR's consistent with the Policy governing them and
further add Live-aboards to the Affordable Housing stock.
By adopting this text change the County would be granting legal recognition to
residences that are reasonably priced by their design and site characteristics, in an area
that historically includes such residences. This text change would also prevent the loss of
this unique housing, a loss that would place on the Stock Island Community and Monroe
County the undue burden of providing replacement housing.
To further facilitate this plan, we need to examine the ROGO allocation that is now
required for each Live-aboard residence. Currently, one full ROGO allocation is needed
to establish a Live-aboard. Because Live-aboard occupants are, by necessity, among the
ftrst to evacuate and create less impact on evacuation than traditional housing, it would
be reasonable to require only one-half a ROGO allocation for each Live-aboard. For
many years, and for similar reasons, Key West has allocated a .55 ROGO allocation to
each Accessory Unit attached to a Single Family home. These Accessory Units were
restricted to Affordable Housing. An allocation of .50 would have been less
cumbersome.
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Our current ROGO allocation for an existing, legally established Live-aboard is 1.0. If a
Live-aboard now is only required to have a .50 allocation, the previously designated 1.0
could be split in two to conform to the new .50 allocation and the remaining .50 be
provided for land based, affordable housing ROGO allocations, for example Accessory
Units.
We could go a long way in resolving the Affordable Housing crunch by creating new
Affordable Housing as live-aboards and building new land based Affordable Housing
with no additional impact on the number ofROGO units available.
Respectfully submitted,
Catherine Harding
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