07/17/1985 SpecialSpecial Meeting
Board of County Commissioners
Wednesday, July 17, 1985
Key Colony Beach
A special meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners convened at 1:30 p.m. on the above date at Key
Colony Beach. Present and answering to roll call were
Commissioner Alison Fahrer, Commissioner William Freeman,
Commissioner John Stormont, Commissioner Ed Swift, and Mayor
Wilhelmina Harvey. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage,
Clerk; Susan Vernon, Assistant County Attorney; Lane Kendig,
Planning Consultant; County staff; members of the Press and
Radio; and the general public.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and secondel by
Commissioner Freeman to rescind the Board's previous motion on-
cerning Home Occupational Licenses for commerical fishing in
residential areas on June 27, 1985. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner
Fahrer
Yes
Commissioner
Freeman
Yes
Commissioner
Stormont
No
Commissioner
Swift
No
Mayor Harvey
Yes
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
Mayor Harvey that the Board of County Commissioners will issi
permits as a matter of right upon application for the use of
residential parcel of land including any contiguous property
common ownership by a resident of the property for the dockii
commercial fishing vessels owned and operated by the residen
the property parallel to the shoreline within the boundary 1
of the property, the non -mechanical off-loading of catch, thl
storage of not more than ten traps during the off season pro,
that the traps are screened from any adjacent residential usl
and the seasonal loading and off-loading of fishing equipmen
including traps during a period of three weeks before and thi
weeks after the opening and closing of any fishing season, pi
vided that the owner or operator of the commercial enterprise
the holder of a valid Occupational License from the County o-
Monroe; permits will be issued for a period of ninety days a -
passage of the Plan; following the ninety days, the period w
be closed and the County will set up criteria for hearing an,
additional requests for permits following the close of the ii
tial ninety -day period; the applicants will attest by affida,
to the Clerk of the Circuit Court that they are and have bees
commercial fishing from that residence as of July 17, 1985;
the applicant will forfeit any rights upon presentation of f,
information in the affidavit. Roll call vote was taken with
following results:
Commissioner
Fahrer
No
Commissioner
Freeman
Yes
Commissioner
Stormont
No
Commissioner
Swift
Yes
Mayor Harvey
Yes
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Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
Mayor Harvey to allow those people operating legally under t
previous Ordinance to continue to do so under this Plan and
if they cannot meet the minimum standards as established by
Board of County Commissioners, they will be considered non-
conforming uses; if the non -conforming use ceases operation
period of one year, the property will no longer be allowed t
usage; and, further, the usage will run with the operator an
with the land. Roll call vote was taken with the following
results:
Commissioner
Fahrer
No
Commissioner
Freeman
Yes
Commissioner
Stormont
No
Commissioner
Swift
Yes
Mayor Harvey
Yes
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
Commissioner Freeman to rescind all CFR designations existing
today until the County prepares a comprehensive list of Home
Occupational Commercial Fishing Permits; to re -visit and
designate as CFR those areas with a predominance of the use o
commercial fishing, predominance to be defined as fifty perce
plus one on a residential unit basis. Roll call vote was tak
with the following results:
Commissioner
Fahrer
No
Commissioner
Freeman
Yes
Commissioner
Stormont
No
Commissioner
Swift
Yes
Mayor Harvey
Yes
Motion carried.
The following individuals spoke: Bill Moore of
O.F.F.; L. B. Pokorski; Frank Greenman, attorney repre-
senting the Florida Keys Citizens Association; June Baxter
of Cudjoe Key; Skip Norwood of Big Pine Key; Arthur Ayers,
President of Lower Keys O.F.F.; Pam Martin of Upper Keys
O.F.F.
Mr. Pokorski again discussed the CFV designation of
Piney Point Subdivision.
Jack Ming and Peter Bacle also addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded by
Commissioner Stormont to designate the south side of the
Stock Island area including Gulf, Ming's, Stock Island
Fisheries, Oceanside and Munro's Boat Building as MU. Roll
call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Fahrer to remove the Hotel/Motel use from
the MI category. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer to eliminate
"recreational marinas" from the MI category. Motion died
for lack of a second.
Bob Singer, owner of property on Cudjoe Key used
for commercial fishing, addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded
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by Commissioner Swift to approve the following areas and
transmit to Tallahassee with a CFA designation, with the
modification to the Stock Island area as previously adopted
by the Board:
Stock Island - All existing fish houses and docks, including
Safe Harbor.
Boca Chica - Canal system.
Summerland Key - East End - Yacht Harbor.
Big Pine Key - Big Pine Shores; Koehns Subdivision; Moore
property - State Road 4A.
No Name Key - Dolphin Harbor.
Boot Key - with disclaimer on continued County Bridge main-
tenance.
Marathon - Boot Key Harbor - Capt. Cliff's; Fishermen's
Point; Colpac; East Coast Fishery; 7 Mile Grill Area; City
Fish; Marathon Seafood.
Conch Key.
Lower Matecumbe - Offshore Island (if water quality okay);
Tollgate Shores (2 lots as non -conforming).
Upper Matecumbe - Green Turtle Cannery; Islamorada Fish Co.
Plantation Key - Casa Mar - South of U.S. 1.
Key Largo - Pilot House.
The following individuals spoke: Spencer Slate of Garden
Cove; Arthur Ayers of Big Pine Shores. During discussion,
Mayor Harvey ruled that the use of Commissioner Fahrer's
list was out of order and that the Board should use the list
prepared by the Planning Staff. Commissioner Swift withdrew
his second to the motion. Commissioner Stormont replaced
the second to the motion. Commissioner Fahrer challenged
the ruling of the Chair. The challenge died for lack of a
second and the motion was ruled out of order.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Swift to approve the following
designations:
Location Number Area
2 Boca Chica
8 Summerland Yacht Harbor
12 Koehns/Big Pine Shores
16 Dolphin Harbor/Bahia Shores
19 West of Fishermen's Point
and South of U. S. 1
(Marathon Seafood)
20 Fishermen's Point
21 Bayside, 12th to 17th
Streets behind Seven Mile
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22 Colpac (,South of 37th Street) CFA
23 Bayside,35th to 41st Streets MU
(City Fish and Gulfview)
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24 Boot Key' MU/SPA
28 Conch Key CFA
31 Rutherfo"rd Island North of CFA
U.S. 1
32 Toll Gate Shores, 3 lots CFA
non -conforming
39 Mile Marker 81.4, Bayside, CFA
Green Tur,:tle Canneries and
Islamorada Fish Co.
49 Pilot House Marina Basin CFA
50 Ocean Isle Estates, North MU
and East 'of Exuma Street
Shirley Larsen of Key Largo addressed the Board. Motion
was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded by Commissioner
Freeman to amend the motion to delete Area 49. Motion
carried unanimously. Ben Mercadany of No Name Key addressed
the Board. Motion was made' by Commissioner Fahrer and
seconded by Commissioner Swift to amend the list to remove
Bahia Shores from Area 16 o',n the list. Motion carried una-
nimously. Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman to add to the list Area 5
on the list as CFA. Roll call vote was taken with the
following results:
Commissioner ';Fahrer No
Commissioner 'Freeman Yes
Commissioner -Stormont Yes
Commissioner iSwift Yes
Mayor Harvey Yes
Motion carried. Motion was,made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner Sw',ift to add to the list Area 6 on
the list as MU. Jack Ming !!addressed the Board. Roll call
vote was taken with the fol5owing results:
Commissioner Fahrer No
Commissioner Freeman Yes
Commissioner Stormont Yes
Commissioner Swift Yes
Mayor Harvey Yes
Motion carried. Motion was,made by Commissioner Swift and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman that all items previously
decided upon by the Board concerning commercial fishing
would stand as is except for the CFR categories which were
eliminated by the Board's action on this date. Ben Halroyd
of Big Pine Key addressed the Board. Roll call vote on the
original motion as amended was unanimous.
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Motion was made by Commissioner Swift and seconded
by Commissioner Fahrer to reconsider the Board's previous
action as it relates to Snake Creek. Motion carried unani-
mously. Motion was made by Commissioner Fahrer and seconded
by Commissioner Stormont to amend the Board's previous
motion; not to include on the list Area 42 - Snake Creek, and
to recind the Boards previous action in re: To Area 42 Snake
Creek. Roll call vote was unanimous with Commissioner
Swift not present.
Ron Lata of Summerland Key Marina and Summerland
Key Yacht Harbor addressedythe Board. Motion was made by
Commissioner Stormont and seconded by Commissioner Freeman
directing Mr. Lewin to bring the "Grandfather" list up to
date for the upcoming registration and to include all of the
permits authorized by the County Commission. Roll call vote
was unanimous with Commissioner Swift not present.
Motion was made by Commissioner Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Freeman that any additional commer-
cial fishing consideration's be considered according to the
criteria established in Commissioner Fahrer's memorandum
dated July 15, 1985. The following individuals discussed
this motion: Pam Martin o'f Upper Keys O.F.F. and Curtis
Mobley. Roll call vote was taken with the following
results:
Commissioner' Fahrer Yes
Commissioner; Freeman Yes
Commissioner' Stormont Yes
Mayor Harvey! No
Motion carried with Commissioner Swift not present.
Motion was made by Commissioner Freeman and
seconded by Commissioner F,ahrer to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried unanimously.