Resolution 093-2006
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RESOLUTION NO. 093 -2006
A RESOLUTION OF THE MONROE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DIRECTING AMENDMENT TO SECTION 9.5-122 OF THE MONROE
COUNTY CODE PROVIDING FOR FRACTIONAL ROGO ALLOCATIONS
FOR SMALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has recently empanelled a
Workforce Housing Task Force made up of members from throughout the Florida Keys
to address critical housing affordability issues facing the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida and all local governments in the Florida Keys
recognize the need for affordable housing throughout the state and particularly in the
Florida Keys where developable land for housing is extremely limited and expensive; and
WHEREAS, the challenge of providing affordable housing opportunities in the
Florida Keys is one requiring sensible and responsive use of residential unit allocations,
with due consideration to relevant factors such as reduced hurricane evacuation and
carrying capacity impacts attributable to smaller residential units housing fewer
occupants than impacts from larger dwellings; and
WHEREAS, the need for smaller units requiring less land for building footprints
and costing less to construct and maintain, which are therefore more amenable to
construction and maintenance as affordable housing for small households, is real and
urgent; and
WHEREAS, the number of affordable residential unit allocations is extremely
limited and the current application ofland development regulations which allocate a full
whole-unit allocation to a newly constructed affordable residence without regard to the
size of the dwelling unit may in many instances discourage the construction of smaller
units that might otherwise be constructed were our affordable unit allocations capable of
being fractionalized; and
WHEREAS, there are recognized economies of scale and land acquisition cost
savings to be realized by developing multiple smaller units on a given site; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Community Affairs has indicated its
receptivity to land development regulation amendments which apply a fractional
allocation methodology with respect to smaller units developed as qualified affordable
housing in the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, based upon recommendations of the Monroe County Workforce
Housing Task Force and upon the consideration and finding of this Board that a dwelling
unit constructed for affordable housing with no greater than 750 sq. ft. of enclosed living
area should require a 0.5 ROGO allocation for permitting purposes; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
Section 1: The County Administrator shall have the Monroe County Planning
Department present to the Monroe County Planning Commission for public hearing at the
earliest opportunity a proposed ordinance amending Section 9.S-122. Residential ROGO
Allocations, to add a new subsection (c)(S) to read as set forth in the proposed revision
attached hereto. Should additional amendments to the land development regulations
and/or the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan be necessary to ensure consistency of
this proposed amendment with the Comprehensive Plan, such amendments shall be
simultaneously drafted, considered and presented to the Planning Commission and the
BOCC. The Planning Department shall coordinate such drafting with Task Force
counsel, who depending on Planning Department staff availability, may be required to
actually draft additional provisions.
Section 2: Representatives designated by the Monroe County Workforce
Housing Task Force along with that committee's consultants and counsel shall discuss
the proposed 7S0 sq. ft. and O.S ordinance parameters with the appropriate Florida
Department of Community Affairs personnel prior to presentation to the BOCC for
adoption of a proposed ordinance in order to insure that all relevant concerns are
considered, and that the proposed ordinance parameters and language is adjusted in any
appropriate manner.
Section 3: Representatives designated by the Monroe County Workforce
Housing Task Force along with that committee's consultants and counsel shall advise and
consult with the various municipal planning staffs and governing bodies regarding this
proposed amendment to the land development regulations in order to insure that
municipal concerns and suggestions are considered and that the proposed ordinance
parameters and language is adjusted in any appropriate manner.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida at a regular meeting of said Board held on the ISth day of February,
2006.
Mayor McCoy Yes
Mayor Pro Tern Nelson Yes
Commissioner Neugent Yes
Commissioner Rice Yes
Commissioner Spehar Yes
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Mayor CHARLES "SONNY" McCOY
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ATTACHMENT
Proposed Fractional Amendment to County Land Development Regulations for
Affordable Housing (underlined italicized language to be added by ordinance):
Sec. 9.5-122. Residential ROGO allocations.
(a) Number of Available Annual Residential ROGO Allocations: The number of
residential ROGO allocations available in each subarea of unincorporated
Monroe County on a yearly basis shall be as follows:
TABLE INSET:
Subarea Number of dwelling units total
Upper Keys 1
Middle Keys kl
Lower Keys h15
otal D27
(I) Yearly residential ROGO allocation ratio: Each subarea shall have its
number of market rate and affordable housing residential ROGO allocations
available per ROGO year determined by the following formula:
i. Market rate residential ROGO allocations available in each subarea is
equal to the yearly number of available residential ROGO allocations in
each subarea, multiplied by the percentage of the market rate residential
ROGO allocations.
ii. Affordable housing residential ROGO allocations available in each
subarea is equal to the yearly number of available residential ROGO
allocations in each subarea, multiplied by the percentage of affordable
housing residential ROGO allocations.
(2) Quarterly residential ROGO allocation ratio: Each subarea shall have its
number of market rate and affordable housing residential ROGO allocations
available per ROGO quarter determined by the following formula:
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i. Market rate residential ROGO allocations available in each subarea
per quarter is equal to the market rate residential ROGO allocations
available in each subarea divided by four (4).
ii. Affordable housing residential ROGO for all four (4) ROGO quarters
shall be made available at the beginning of the first quarter for a ROGO
year.
(b) Ratio of affordable housing RaGa allocations to market rate RaGa allocations: :
Prior to October of each year the county shall set the yearly residential ROGO allocation
ratio, by subarea, for each ROGO year as follows:
(1) Board of county commissioners action required: The planning commission
may recommend that the board of county commissioners adopt a resolution
changing the ratio of affordable housing to market rate ROGO allocations based
upon the recommendations ofthe planning commission and the planning director
arising from the annual review of ROGO. The yearly ROGO review may include
the following recommendations:
a. Amend the market rate to affordable housing ROGO allocation ratio
for each subarea provided that in no event shall the percentage be less than
twenty (20) percent for affordable housing and where the yearly
percentage increase or decrease shall not exceed thirty (30) percent of the
previous year's ROGO allocations to market rate and affordable housing;
and
b. Provide a portion ofthe affordable housing ROGO allocations to the
Monroe County Housing Authority for distribution in accordance with an
intergovernmental agreement between the Monroe County Housing
Authority, the Land Authority and Monroe County.
(c) Affordable housing allocation awards and eligibility:
(1) The definition of affordable housing shall be as specified in sections 9.5-
4(A-5) and 9.5-266.
(2) Any portion of the twenty (20) percent allocation not used for affordable
housing at the end of a ROGO year shall be made available for affordable housing
for the next ROGO year.
(3) No affordable housing allocation shall be awarded to an application to be
located within a parcel that receives negative points according to criteria specified
under habitat protection, or threatened or endangered species, or critical habitat
area in section 9.5-122.3(a)(7) or (8) or (9) unless said parcel is located within the
18-D or UR or URM or URM-L or land use districts.
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( 4) In any allocation period, as defined, the available affordable housing
allocation awards shall be granted in the following proportions:
· very low, low and median incomes, as defined herein, fifty (50) percent.
· moderate income, as defined herein, fifty (50) percent.
(5) Applications for the construction of affordable housinJl units of no J9"eater
than 750 SQ. ft. of enclosed livinf area shall reQuire 0.5 of an available affording
housing unit allocation. Unit allocations may be awarded on the foregoing
fractional basis and any unused fractional allocations shall remain available for
award in accordance with these reJ!Ulations. Building permits for subseQuent
expansion of the living area beyond a total of 750 SQ. ft. for dwelling units
constructed pursuant to an allocation award J9"anted under this provision shall
not be issued except in accordance with specific authority J9"anted under the land
development reJ!Ulations with reference to this provision.
The planning commission may amend these proportions during any ROGO quarter.
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