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1. VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING:
Meeting Date:
Feh~ruary 8, 2007 Meeting Type:
Council Meeting Ordinance #: 4-08.
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2. AGENDA ITEM TITLE: (Wording form the SUBJECT line of your staff report)
Ordinance 4-08, Amending the Village of Tequesta Code of Ordinances at Chapter 78. Zoning. Artic~e ox.
Supplemental Regulations. Division 1. Generally at Section 78-284. Walls and Fences.
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4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF MAJOR ISSUES: (This is a snap shot description of the agenda item)
A Ordinance amending the Village of Tequesta Code of Ordinance to provide for the construction and/or
placement of certain entry or driveway features that exceed five feet in height forward of the front building line
in certain circumstances.
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MEMORANDUM
Village of Tequesta
Administration
TO: Village Council
FROM: Michael Couzzo, Village Manag~~~----~
DATE: February 8, 2008
SUBJECT: Ordinance No. 4-08 -Amending the Village of Tequesta Codes of
Ordinances at Chapter 78. Zoning. Article IX. Supplemental Regulations.
Division 1. Generally at Section 78-284. Walls and Fences.
Attached for your review and consideration is Ordinance 4-08. It is requested that
Ordinance 04-08 Chapter 78. Zoning. Article IX. Supplemental Regulations. Division 1.
Generally at Section 78-284. Walls and Fences be amended to provide for the
construction and/or placement of certain entry or driveway features that exceed five feet
in height forward of the front building line in certain circumstances.
I respectfully request that Council approve Ordinance No. 4-08.
WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to revise the zoning code regulations
regarding walls and fences to provide for the construction and/or placement of certain wall
and fence features that exceed five (5) feet in height forward of the front building line in
certain circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Tequesta has held all duly noticed public hearings
pursuant to Florida Statutes regarding revisions to the text at Chapter 78, the Village's
Zoning Ordinance; and
~4HEREAS, the Village Council believes this ordinance to be in the best interests of
the Village of Tequesta.
RIOW, THEREF®RE, ~E @T OR®A9C~9E® ~Y THE VILLAGE COt.-tUCIL ®F THE
VILLAGE OF TE(~L1EST'A, PALiVI BEACH COtJiVTV, FLORI®A, AS FOLLOWS:
Section `t e Chapter 78. Zoning. of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of
Tequesta is hereby amended at Article IX. Supplemental Regulations. Division 1.
Generally at Section 78-284 Walls and fences. to provide for construction and/or
placement of certain entry or driveway features that exceed five (5) feet in height forward of
the front building line in certain circumstances; providing that Section 78-284 shall
hereafter read as follows:
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Walls and fences may be erected or maintained within or adjacent to a property line to a
height not exceeding six feet. No wall or fence shall be permitted to extend forward of the
building fronton any lot or parcel, except for lots or parcels located along and fronting upon
Country Club Drive, where walls not exceeding five feet in height may be located forward of
the building front, and fences associated only with accessory structures provided such
fence is screened from public view with a hedge of not less than six feet in height and not
more than ten feet, planted not more than two feet on center. However, if a wall, fence, or
living hedge is erected or located on a corner lot or a double frontage lot, a vehicular and
pedestrian visibility triangle of a size and dimension which complies with the current traffic
engineering standards of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials (AASHTO) and the county shall be provided for in both directions from the
intersecting point of property lines. The maximum height of any wall, fence or hedge within
the visibility triangle shall be 2.5 feet. Notwithstanding the above. entry or driveway
features consisting of columns or posts not exceeding eight (8) feet in height with or
without sates are not deemed to be walls or fences and are specifically allowed in the R 1A
and R-1 zoning districts Such entry features must be compatible with the architecture of
the residence.
Secti®n 2: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Secti®n 3: Should any Section or provision of this Ordinance or any portion
thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by a Court of competentjurisdiction
to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 4: Specific authority is hereby granted to codify this Ordinance.
Secti®n 5: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage.
Upon First Reading this
Ordinance was offered by
The motion was seconded by _
a vote, the vote was as follows
day of
2008, the foregoing
,who moved its adoption.
_, and upon being put to
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P®rr G~dlop~o®~ ~~aii~~~ ~c~®pgu®~
Mayor Jim Humpage
Vice-Mayor Pat Watkins
Council Member Dan Amero
Council Member Tom Paterno
Council Member Calvin Turnquest
Upon Second Reading this day of
Ordinance was offered by
The motion was seconded by
a vote, the vote was as follows:
2008, the foregoing
,who moved its adoption.
_, and upon being put to
F®~ Ad®p~a®r~ ~ag~inst ~dopg~®o~
Mayor Jim Humpage
Vice-Mayor Pat Watkins
Council Member Dan Amero
Council Member Tom Paterno
Council Member Calvin Turnquest
The Mayor thereupon declared the Ordinance duly passed and adopted this
day of
2008.
MAYOR OF TEC~UESTA
Jim Humpage
ATTEST:
Lori McWilliams, CMC
Village Clerk
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