HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_03-97/98_10/09/1997 RESOLUTION NO. 3 -97/98
• I A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY,
FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR
AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES BY THE
PALM BEACH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ERM) TO
SECTION 9.4 WETLANDS PROTECTION OF THE
UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; PROVIDING FOR
DISTRIBUTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
a WHEREAS, the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental
Resources Management (ERM) has proposed a modification to
Section 9.4 Wetlands Protection of the Unified Land
Development Code which will require ERM oversight of
municipal code adoption and enforcement; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed Wetlands Ordinance is adopted pursuant
to the Environmental Control Act, which only allows
municipalities the opportunity to opt -out of those
i regulations if the municipality's ordinance is as
restrictive or more restrictive than the countywide
regulations; and
• WHEREAS, all other proposed countywide regulations are
either enumerated in the County Charter as approved by the
electorate or adopted pursuant to Chapter 125, F.S., which
allows an individual municipality the legal right to opt -out
of the ordinance in accordance with the County /Municipal
Policy; and
WHEREAS, if the amendments are adopted pursuant to Chapter
125, F.S., municipalities not desiring to develop their own
regulations will automatically be bound by the countywide
ordinance while those adopting their own regulations will
retain their legal ability to "opt- out "; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta
supports the recommendation of the Palm Beach County
Municipal League that the municipalities should be afforded
the same exemptions as the County government under these
regulations in fairness to all local governments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta
hereby supports the recommendations of the Palm Beach County
Municipal League that the amendments to Section 9.4,
• Wetlands Protection, of the Unified Land Development Code be
adopted pursuant to Chapter 125, F.S., and that all
municipalities be afforded the same exemptions as the County
government under these regulations in fairness to all local
governments.
Section 2. The Village Clerk is hereby directed to
distribute copies of this Resolution to the Palm Beach
County Board of County Commissioners, the Palm Beach County
Department of Environmental Resources Management and to all
municipalities in Palm Beach County.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED by Councilmember
Mackail , who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded
by Councilmember Hansen and upon being put to a vote,
the vote was as follows:
FOR ADOPTION AGAINST ADOPTION
Alexander IV. Cameron
Joseph N. Capretta
Carl C. Hansen
Ron T. Mackail
Elizabeth A. Schauer
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and
adopted this 9th day of October, A.D., 1997.
MAYOR OF TEQUESTA
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Elizabeth Tk. Schauer
ATTEST:
Joann Mangan' llo
Village Clerk
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