Resolution 512-1988Randy Ludacer, County Attorney
RESOLUTION NO. 512 -1988
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZ-
ING THE MAYOR/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD TO ACCEPT
AND EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BY AND
BETWEEN MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, A. DEFREITAS
t/a TRADEWIND BUILDERS OF MONROE COUNTY, INC.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Mayor/Chairman of the Board is
hereby authorized to accept and execute a Settlement Agreement by
and between Monroe County, Florida, A. DeFreitas t/a Tradewind
Builders of Monroe County, Inc. and the Department of Community
Affairs, a copy of same being attached hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 4th day of October, A.D. 1988.
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Attest : DAly T� Y , clerk
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Attorney's Office
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,
Petitioner,
VS.
CASE NO. 88-0287
A. DEFREITAS t/a
TRADEWIND BUILDERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, INC., and
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Respondents.
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Pursuant to Section 380.032(3), Florida Statutes, the
parties to this appeal, Monroe County, Florida, a political
subdivision of the State of Florida (hereinafter, Monroe County),
the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs
(hereinafter, DCA), and A. DeFreitas (hereinafter, DeFreitas),
hereby agree as follows:
1. A. DeFreitas is the owner of Lot 1, Block 36, Seaview
Subdivision, Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida (hereinafter
referred to as the subject property). The subject property was
zoned GU under Section 19-108, Monroe County Code Regulations in
effect prior to September 15, 1986, and was an existing lot,
platted and recorded in a recognized subdivision prior to May 1,
1973.
2. On August 27, 1985, A. DeFreitas, through his duly
authorized agent, Tradewinds Builders of Monroe County, Inc.,
submitted an application for a land clearing, fill and building
permit to Monroe County for the construction of a single-family
residence on the subject property.
3. Monroe County received the application for building
permit and began processing the same by submitting it to various
agencies and entities including but not limited to the State of
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Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, for
review and approval.
4. On October 30, 1985, Monroe County issued a letter of
denial for the land clearing and fill permit. Said order was
appealed and on October 6, 1987, the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, sitting as the Board of
Appeals, reversed the denial of the land clearing and fill permit
through passage of Resolution No. 382-1987 and approved the
construction of a single-family residence on the subject
property.
5. The Department of Community Affairs appealed the action
of the County on the basis that there was no valid and active
application for permit and that the approval violated the Monroe
County Land Development Regulations, the Principles for Guiding
Development, and the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development
Regulations.
ACCORDINGLY IT IS AGREED THAT:
a. DeFreitas shall provide a specific site plan, drawn in
accordance with the terms of this agreement, to the Department of
Community Affairs prior to the commencement of construction on
the subject property.
b. DeFreitas shall place the residence and septic area as
far back onto that portion of the subject property denoted as
Areas 3/4 on the vegetation survey dated June 14, 1985, prepared
by Ann Williams, which areas have been determined to be the least
environmentally sensitive areas on the property and which areas
are characterized by predominately upland species of vegetation
and are the highest elevations on the subject property. Such
location shall be consistent with the concept proposed in the
Ecological Survey Report of the subject property prepared by Dr.
Art Weiner, Ph.D., on February 22, 1988.
C. Defreitas agrees that the only sewage treatment unit to
be constructed on the subject property is an aerobic sewage
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treatment unit in order to minimize the use of fill on the
subject property.
d. DeFreitas shall not fill except on the area directly
beneath the house, and upon the smallest possible area required
for a driveway leading from the house to the driveway upon the
adjoining property owned by the applicant's sister and brother-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hicks.
e. DeFreitas shall obtain a perpetual easement to run with
the land from Mr. and Mrs. Hicks for the use of the existing
driveway upon Hicks' property for access to the subject property
and shall record the same in the Public Records of Monroe County,
Florida.
f. DeFreitas shall be entitled to land clearing, fill, and
building permits in accordance with the application of record and
the terms of this Agreement. DeFreitas shall not commence
construction of the residence on the subject property until all
required permits from State and Federal agencies having
jurisdiction have been obtained. It is stipulated that the
Monroe County Code as it existed on the date of application
rather than the Monroe County Land Use Plan subsequently adopted
is applicable to this project as presently approved pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.
g. This agreement is enforceable pursuant to Sections
380.11, Florida Statutes. The prevailing party in any
enforcement proceeding shall be entitled to recover those costs
and attorneys fees allowed by law together with investigative
costs and expenses incurred in such proceedings.
h. DeFreitas agrees to record this executed agreement with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the official records of Monroe
County which includes the terms and conditions upon which
approval for development is given and said terms and conditions
shall run with the land and shall be enforceable against all
successors, heirs or assigns of the parties; additionally,
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DeFreitas shall provide to the Department proof of recording this
Agreement.
i. Upon receipt of proof of recording this Agreement the
Department will file its Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in this
cause.
W. S. Smallwood A. DeFreitas '
209 Duval Street
Key West, FL 33040 1XK0s ODN'STANTOURI8
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Before me personally appeared A. DeFreitas to me well known
and known to me to be the person described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and acknowledge to and before me that
he executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this,22 l✓day of
A.D., 1988.
My commission expires:
Do" 0CPjSTAPTOUPiS
Notary Public, State of New Ycrk
No. 41-4753254
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DANNY L. I OLHAGE , C ; r
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State of a
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Ke� West, FL 33040
(305) 294-4641
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Before me personally appeared obedi a t. Coptit to me well
known and known to me to be the persorn described ig and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to and before
me that to executed said instrument for the purposes
therein expr se .
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this ff� day of Aikal
A.D. 1988.
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My commission expires:
(seal)
John M. Carlson
Senior Attorney
Dept. of Community Affairs
2740 Centerview Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF LEON
Ado ary Pub is
State of Florida at large
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
By:
Thomas G. Pelham, Secretary
Before me personally appeared to me well known
and known to me to be the person described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and acknowledge to and before me that
executed said instrument for the purposes therein
expressed.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, this day of
A.D. 1988.
My commission expires:
(seal)
Notary Public
State of Florida at Large
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