Resolution 497-2005
RESOLUTION 497-2005
A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO THE
POLICY OF DEFERRING THE ACCEPTANCE AND
PROCESSING OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS AND THE
ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS FOR THE
REDEVELOPMENT OR CONVERSION OF TEN UNITS OR
MORE OF MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING AND/OR
MOBILE HOME PARKS FOR THOSE PROJECTS CONTAINING
30% OR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 320-
2005 on August 17, 2005, directing County staff to defer acceptance and processing of
development applications for the issuance of development approvals for the
redevelopment and conversion of ten (10) units or more of multi-family rental housing
and/or mobile home parks until February 15, 2006 or until new land development
regulations or amended land development regulations are adopted, whichever comes first;
and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 320-2005 was enacted to provide time for the
County to prepare and adopt necessary regulations to preserve existing affordable
housing stock; and
WHEREAS, that Resolution contained no provisions for those property owners
who are willing to retain an affordable housing component in their redevelopment to
proceed on redevelopment of their properties; and
WHEREAS, on October 19, 2005, the Board of County Commissioners
requested staff to prepare an exception to Resolution No. 320-2005 to allow for
redevelopment of mobile home parks of ten units or more, if the property owner is
willing to dedicate at least thirty (30) percent of the redeveloped units for affordable
housing; and
WHEREAS, the significant impacts of the storm surge from Hurricane Wilma
on existing mobile home parks in the Florida Keys have exacerbated the shortage of safe,
affordable housing to County residents and workforce; and
WHEREAS, affected property owners may be in a position to move forward to
provide safe and affordable housing, especially where significant storm damage has made
many existing mobile homes unsafe and uninhabitable; and
WHEREAS, the existing temporary prohibitions against redevelopment of
mobile home parks enacted by Resolution 320-2005 preclude property owners from
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making necessary improvements to their property that may eliminate substandard and
unsafe housing and will conserve and protect existing affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Division staff has prepared an exception
to Resolution No. 320-2005 to allow for redevelopment of mobile home parks of ten (10)
units or greater that mirrors the exemption provisions in the draft Interim Development
Ordinance presented to the Board of County Commissioners at its June 15, 2005,
meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
Section 1. An exception to Resolution No. 320-2005, is hereby created that reads as
follows:
"Notwithstanding the prOVISIOn of Resolution 320-2005, the conversion or
redevelopment, as defined in Section 3, of mobile home parks with ten or more units
parks shall be exempt from said resolution if all the following conditions are met:
1. At least thirty (30) percent of the mobile homes to be redeveloped or
converted shall be designated for affordable housing on site through the
placement of a ninety-nine (99) year restrictive covenant on each unit
pursuant to Section 9.5-266(f)(1) to enforce the affordable housing
provisions of Chapter 9.5, Monroe County Code and Conditions 3 through
5 below; and
2. The affordable housing shall be restricted to households that do not exceed
the Monroe County adjusted median annual household income; and
3. The lease and occupancy of all affordable housing units shall be pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 9.5, Monroe County Code; and
4. The maximum sales price of any affordable housing unit shall be no
greater than 4.25 times the Monroe County median gross annual
household income; and
5. No certificates of occupancy shall be issued for market rate units unless
certificates of occupancy have been issued for all required affordable
units. "
Section 2. All other terms and conditions of Resolution No. 320-2005 shall remain in
full force and effect.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 21 st day of December, 2005.
Mayor Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Mayor Pro Tern Murray Nelson
Commissioner George Nugent
Commissioner David Rice
Commissioner Dixie Spear
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Deputy Clerk
Monroe County Attorney
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