Resolution 364-2001
RESOLUTION NO 364 -2001
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY FLORIDA,
APPROVING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
NONRESIDENTIAL PERMIT ALLOCATION SYSTEM
PURSUANT TO POLICY 101.3.4 OF THE MONROE
COUNTY YEAR 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE
FIRST CHOICE WOMEN'S CENTER. THE PROPERTY IS
AT APPROXIMA TEL Y MILE MARKER 102.5 AND IS
DESCRIBED AS LOT 3, BLOCK 20; TWIN LAKES
SUBDIVISION, KEY LARGO, MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. THE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS
SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL AND THE REAL ESTATE
NUMBER IS 00550620.000000.
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
nomesidential 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 First Choice Women's Center has requested an exemption from the
nomesidential permit allocation system; and
WHEREAS, during a regular meeting held August 22,2001, the Momoe County Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on the request of The First Choice Women's Center for an
exemption to the non-residential permit allocation system for a mobile care unit for testing,
counseling, and medical referrals for pregnant women and recommended approval of the request to
the Board of County Commissioners based on the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:
1. The First Choice Women's Center 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
locate the mobile care unit for testing, counseling, and medical referrals for pregnant women;
and
3. The proposed care unit will be serving the needs of current Monroe County residents and will
not have any impact on hurricane evacuation time; and
4, The proposed meeting facility is in compliance with all applicable Land Development
Regulations and the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan; and
5. While this approval is for Lot 3, Block 20; Twin Lakes Subdivision, due to the mobile nature of
the care center, any additional site(s) must be reviewed and approved by the Monroe County
Planning Department.
Therefore, we conclude that based on numbers 1-4 above, that the meeting facility 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 and adopts them as their
own;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY 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 First Choice Women's Center 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. Due to the mobile nature of the care center, any additional site(s) must be reviewed and
approved by the Monroe County Planning Department.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of September, 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Mayor Pro Tern Nora Williams
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Murray E. Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
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