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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 9E_10/12/1995 • ORDINANCE NO. :][X:: 15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY,--- FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT SECTION 7-4, RELATING TO MEETINGS; RECORDS; APPROVAL OF PLANS; APPEALS FROM BOARD AND DECISIONS OF THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended at Section 7-4 to read as follows : "Sec . 7-4 . Meetings; Records; Approval of Plans; Appeals from Board, Decision. (a) The Community Appearance Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman in order to consider applications pending without unnecessary delay. All meetings shall be open to the public and the order of business and procedures to be followed shall be as prescribed within the rules and regulations to be adopted by the Board. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board present shall be necessary for any action thereof. The Village Manager is authorized and empowered to appoint a Clerk of the Board. A record of the proceedings of the Board shall be kept, showing its actions on each question considered. Such records shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Community Appearance Board and shall be open for public inspection. (b) Failure of the 'Board to take final action within fifteen (15) days of sufficient plans and specifications being filed with the Board shall constitute approval of such plans and specifications by the Board. (c) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Community Appearance Board may file a Notice of Appeal with the Village Council by filing the same with the Village Building Official . Such Notice of Appeal shall specify the action taken by the Board and in what respect to his/her application. The Village Council shall sit in open - session as an . Appeal Board from the. Community Appearance Board at the next regularly scheduled Village Council Meeting or within twenty (20) days of the Notice • f . Memorandum • To: Village Council From: Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager Date: October 6, 1995 Subject: Ordinances Amending the Tequesta Developme t Review Procedures; Agenda Items There are a number of Ordinances scheduled for consideration at the Village Council Meeting on October 12, 1995, which in their totality, are intended to modify the Tequesta development review procedures along the lines of that previously discussed with the Village Council. As you know, the Village Council has indicated a desire to speed up the development approval process and, where beneficial, consolidate decision making authority relative to development proposals . The Ordinances in question, as they appear upon the October 12th Agenda, are as follows : • • IX(A) : . Amending .site plan review procedures so that approval occurs prior to Community Appearance Board review;. adding a provision for an expedited site plan review process . . • IX(B) : Amending the powers of the Board of Adjustment, providing that the Village Council shall hear appeals and variances for all matters except in single-family zoning districts . • IX(D) : Creating a $1000 fee for expedited site plan review procedures. • IX(E) : Updating the procedures of the Community Appearance Board to coincide with current practices and amend the timeframes for final action and appeals from the Board. The Ordinance amending. the variances before the Board of Adjustment should address primary Village Council concerns yet still allow the Board to exist, which is a reasonable compromise. The second Ordinance listed above will' amend the development review process so that Village Council reviews site plans prior to the Community Appearance Board. More importantly, it creates a new expedited review process whereby at the option of the applicant, for an additional fee of $1000, the applicant has the potential of receiving development review approvals in thirty days versus sixty days . The next listed Ordinance provides the fee for the expedited site plan review process . The Ordinance amending procedures of the Community Appearance Board reduces the time granted to the Community Appearance Board from the current twenty days to fifteen days . Page 2- I think that these proposed changes will address the concerns expressed by the Village Council relative to our development review procedures and, will offer an incentive to stimulate development by the waiver of impact fees while speeding up the review process for those persons desiring same., TGB/krb - • • • •