Item H1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: October 17, 2007
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes
x
No
Department: Planning & Environmental Resource
Staff Contact Person: Townselv Schwab
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of a Resolution to allow thirty-five thousand (35,000) square
feet of commercial floor area to be made available, in two allocations, for Year 16 Non-Residential
Rate of Growth (NROGO) Annual Allocation.
ITEM BACKGROUND: The "maximum annual allocation" and the distribution between the first and
second allocation dates are determined by the Board of County Commissioners, upon the
recommendation of the Acting Planning Director and the Planning Commission. This provides
flexibility in assuring that the goals of the ordinance are being accomplished. On September 26, 2007
the Planning Commission adopted the Acting Planning Director's recommendation that thirty-five
thousand (35,000) square feet of commercial floor area be made available for Year 16 NROGO
allocation.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Board of County Commissioners approved Ordinance
#032-2001 (Non-Residential Rate of Growth Ordinance) on September 19, 2001.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/ A.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
TOT AL COST:
x
BUDGETED: Yes N/ A No
COST TO COUNTY:
N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS: N/A
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes N/ A No
AMOUNT PER MONTH NI A Year N/ A
APPROVED BY: County Arty l OMB/Purchasing N/A
Risk Management NI A
DOCUMENTATION:
Included X
Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #
RESOLUTION NO. -07
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVING FOR
YEAR 16, FROM JULY 13, 2007 TO JULY 14, 2008,
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF NON-
RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA TO BE AVAILABLE IN
BIANNUAL ALLOCATIONS, THE FIRST ALLOCATION
OF SEVENTEEN-THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE
FEET IN JANUARY 2008 AND THE REMAINDER TO BE
HELD IN RESERVE FOR THE SECOND ALLOCATION
IN JULY 2008, AND LIMITING ALLOCATIONS TO 2,500
SQUARE FEET OR LESS
WHEREAS, Policy 101.3 of the Monroe County Year 2010
Comprehensive Plan (2010 Plan) requires Monroe County to regulate non-
residential development to maintain a balance of land uses; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code, Section 9.5-124, Non-Residential
Rate of Growth Ordinance (NROGO), provides for an allocation point system for
non-residential floor area, which maintains a ratio of 239 square feet of non-
residential floor area for each residential unit developed as required in the 2010
Plan; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code, Section 9.5-124.4, NROGO provides
for a recommendation by the Acting Planning Director, and the Planning
Commission, to the Board of County Commissioners for the total amount of non-
residential floor area which shall be made available for annual allocation and
distribution of this allocation between small (2,500 square feet) and large size
allocations; and
WHEREAS, there is approximately 133,540 square feet of commercial
floor area available and additional square footage will be added proportionate to
the residential allocations awarded for Year 16 residential ROGO; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Planning Commission during a regular
meeting held on September 26, 2007, conducted a public hearing to review,
discuss, and make formal motions regarding the Acting Planning Director's
recommendation to the Planning Commission for Year 16 commercial floor area;
and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Planning Commission adopted by
Resolution PC 46-07 the Acting Planning Director's recommendation that thirty-
five thousand (35,000) square feet of commercial floor area be made available in
two allocations of seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) square feet, the first
allocation in January 2008 and the second allocation in July 2008 and that awards
be limited to 2,500 square feet, or less, of floor area; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, for the
Year 16 NROGO allocation period, that thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet
of commercial floor area be made available in two allocations of seventeen
thousand five hundred (17,500) square feet, the first allocation in January 2008
and the remainder to be held in reserve for the second allocation in July 2008 and
that awards be limited to 2,500 square feet, or less, of floor area.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of October,
2007.
Mayor Mario Di Gennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Dixie Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY
Mario Di Gennaro, Mayor
Signed this _ day of
,2007
P46-07
RESOLUTION #P46-07
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING TO
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF NON-
RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA BE MADE
AVAILABLE IN BIANNUAL ALLOCATIONS OF
SEVENTEEN-THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE
FEET FOR YEAR 16 NROGO, BEGINNING JULY 14,
2007 AND ENDING JULY 14, 2008, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 9.5-124 OF THE MONROE COUNTY CODE.
WHEREAS, Policy 101.3 ofthe Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan
(2010 Plan) requires Monroe County to regulate non-residential development to
maintain a balance of land uses; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code, Section 9.5-124, Non-Residential Rate of
Growth Ordinance (NROGO), provides for an allocation point system for non-
residential floor area, which maintains a ratio of239 square feet of non-residential
floor area for each residential unit developed as required in the 2010 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Planning Commission during a regular meeting
held on September 26,2007, conducted a public hearing to review, discuss, and
make formal motions regarding the Planning Director's recommendation to the
Planning Commission for Year 16 commercial floor area; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Planning submitted written testimony to the
Planning Commission, dated September 26, 2007, recommending thirty-five
thousand square feet of commercial floor area be available in two biannual
allocations of seventeen thousand five hundred square feet, and no application
will be for greater than 2,500 square feet, pursuant to the procedures outlined in
Monroe County Code, Section 9.5-124; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission was presented with the following
evidence:
1. The memorandum entitled Non-Residential Commercial Floor Area
Evaluation Report, Year 16, from Townsley Schwab, Acting Director of
Planning to the Monroe County Planning Commission, dated September 26,
2007; and
2. The summary of Year 10 through Year 15 commercial floor area available for
allocation and the actual square footage allocated; and
3. The sworn testimony by the Monroe County Growth Management Division
staff; and
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P46-07
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has made the following Findings of Fact:
1. Based on the written testimony of Townsley Schwab, Acting Director of
Planning that there is approximately 133,540 square feet of commercial floor
area available; and
2. The amount of commercial floor area associated with Year 16 has not been
included; and
3. Based on the Planning Department's recommendation the maximum amount
of available non-residential floor area for the annual NROGO allocation for
Year 16 shall be 35,000 square feet; and
4. Based on the Planning Department's recommendation the fIrst allocation shall
be for 17,500 square feet and the remainder shall be held in reserve for the
second allocation period ending July, 2008.
BE IT RESOL YED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the preceding Findings of Fact and
Conclusions of Law, support the decision to RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL that thirty-fIve thousand
(35,000) square feet of commercial floor area be made available in two
allocations of seventeen thousand fIve hundred (17,500) square feet and that
awards be limited to 2,500 square feet of floor area or less.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 26th day of September, 2007.
Chairman Cameron
Commissioner Windle
Commissioner Wall
Commissioner Popham
Commissioner Marston
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
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Signed this .<" day of ~1~4cr, 2007
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY .
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