Item O09
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Agenda Item Summary
Meeting Date
August 18, 2004
Division
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING
Approval to advertise an ordinance creating Sec. 12.1-34(a), MCC, exempting
certain affordable housing rentals from occupational license fees.
ITEM BACKGROUND
Certain affordable rental housing developments have received building permit and
impact fee waivers based upon meeting certain criteria to Insure that the rentals will
be affordable housing. The proposed ordinance would complement the existing fee
waivers and provide additional monetary relief to providers of much needed
housing.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION
CONTRACT/AGREEMENTCHANGES
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Approval to advertise for ONE PUBUC HEARING on September 15, 2004 In
Marathon.
TOTAL COST
COST TO COUNTY
APPROVED BY:
BUDGETED Yes No
SOURCE OF FUNDS
County Attorney _ OMB/Purchaslng
Risk Management
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL<::;:f~f ~ () sf!.3/1 >'
JOHN R. COLUNS
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AGENDA ITEM # ()9
ORDINANCE NO.
- 2004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 12.1, MONROE
COUNTY CODE, AND CREATING SECTION 12.1-34(a), MONROE
COUNTY CODE, EXEMPTING CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
RENTALS FROM OCCUPATIONAL UCENSE FEES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Section 6-27 and 9.S-490.2(h) prOVide for the
waiver or deferment of building permit and impact fees; and
WHEREAS, it Is deemed In the best interest of the public that all efforts be
made to accommodate and encourage the establishment of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, no provision exists in the county code for the County Commission to
waive the occupational license fee for rental of affordable housing apartments; now;
therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 12.1-34(a), Monroe County Code, is hereby created to read
as follows:
(2) Any not-for-profit organization qualified under the Internal
Revenue Service laws as a SOl(c)(3) organization which has previously
obtained from Monroe County a local' government fee waiver of the
building permit fees and Impact fees exacted by Monroe County Code for
affordable rental housing development shall not be required to pay an
occupational tax for the rental of the housing for which such building
permit fee and impact fee waivers have been approved.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity. .
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances In conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be Included and Incorporated
In the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or
amendment thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform
numbering system of the Code.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect Immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this
ordinance has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of
, 2004.
Mayor Nelson
Mayor Pro Tem Rice
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Spehar
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY LKOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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