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ORDINANCE N0. 271
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A ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF
!~ TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A COMPRE-
j HENSIVE PLAN, ITICLUDING A FUTURE LAND
USE ELEMENT, PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL
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i~ GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT
~ OF 1975.
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WHEREAS, the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta,
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Florida, has prepared a Comprehensive Plan after hearings held
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~~ WHEREAS, the said Comprehensive Plan contains all of the
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including a future land use plan element; and
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WHEREAS, the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta,
~~1 after due notice and public hearings, deems it to be in the best
``~ interest of the public safety, health and general welfare to
adopt, by Ordinance, the Comprehensive Plan of the Village of
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Tequesta; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
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Section 1. That the Code of the Village of Tequesta,
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Florida, is hereby amended by adding a Chapter to be entitled
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~I Comprehensive Plan, which said Chapter reads as follows:
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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Q STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION, PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
A. Statutory Authorization.
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The legislature of the State of Florida has enacted
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jI Chapter 163.3161, Florida Statutes, entitled the Local Government
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Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975. The Act requires municipal
'~ corporations including the Village of Tequesta, to prepare and
'( adopt Comprehensive Plans for each such minicipality. The
I purpose of the Act is to utilize and strengthen the existing role,
process and powers of municipal governments, in the establishment
ii and implementation of comprehensive planning programs, to guide and
control future municipal development.
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B. Purpose and Objectives.
The Village of Tequesta, in adopting its Comprehensive Plan
by this Ordinance, intends thereby to comply with all of the require
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to obtain the following objectives.
~I 1. To preserve and enhance its present advantages; to
encourage the most appropriate use of land, water and resources
i consistent with the public interest; to overcome present handicaps;
~' and to deal effectively with future problems that may result from
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I! the use and development of land within its jurisdiction. i
2. To preserve, promote, protect and improve the public
health, safety, comfort, good order, appearance, convenience, law
enforcement and fire prevention, and general welfare.
3. To prevent the overcrowding of land and avoid undue
concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate and effi-
cient provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,
recreational facilities, housing and other requirements and
services; and to conserve, develop, utilize and protect natural
,r resources within its jurisdiction.
4. To encourage cooperation between the Village and Palm
Beach County as well as with its adjoining municipalities and
counties, and to encourage and assure coordination of its planning
', and development activities with those of all units of local govern-
ment, with those of the regional agencies and with those of the
State of Florida, in accord with the applicable provisions of law.
5. To obtain the legal status for its Comprehensive Plan
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~ Act of 1975 and to insure that no public or private development
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' or elements or portions thereof which have been prepared and
adopted in conformity with said Act.
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l 6. To protect human, environmental, social and economic
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resources of the Village of Tequesta, and to maintain, through
orderly growth and development, the character and stability of its
': present and future land use and development.
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Article II
ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A. Adoption.
The Comprehensive Plan, including all maps, graphs,
exhibits forming a part thereof, and all the elements thereof,
~f including a future land use element, a copy of which Plan is
attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A", and made part of this
Ordinance by reference, is hereby adopted as the Comprehensive Plan
for the Village of Tequesta, Florida, in conformity with and in
furtherance of the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act of
1975. The aforesaid Comprehensive Plan shall apply to the entire
area now and hereafter under the jurisdiction of the Village of
Tequesta and shall be the basis of all present and future regula-
tions and zoning districts contained in the Village's Zoning
Ordinance. All prior Zoning Ordinances and enactments of the
Village of Tequesta are hereby ratified and confirmed as being in
conformance with said Comprehensive Plan.
B. Copy of Plan.
A copy of the Comprehensive Plan, which is attached and
made part of this enactment by reference, shall be kept permanently !.
on file in the office of the Village Clerk and shall be available
for the use, information and inspection of the general public and
all interested parties at all reasonable times, but the same shall
not be codified in the published edition of the Village Code of
Ordinances.
C. Review of Comprehensive Plan.
The Village Council, as the designated Local Planning
Agency, shall prepare periodic reports on the Comprehensive Plan
at least once every five (5) years from the date of adoption hereof,
or more often as the Council may require. In the preparation,
handling, review and disposition of such reports, the Village
Council shall follow the provisions and requirements of Chapter
163.3191 of the Florida Statutes.
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D. Legal Status of Comprehensive Plan.
The Village of Tequesta Comprehensive Plan shall have
the legal status as set forth and contained in Chapter 163.3194
of the Florida Statutes, together with such further additional
powers, authority and obligations as may thereafter be created by
law.
Section 2. Permission to codify this Ordinance is hereby
granted.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Council Member
W. Harvey Mapes, Jr. who moved its adoption. The motion
was seconded by Council Member ~t James H. Ryan and upon
being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
FOR ADOPTION
Howard F. Brown
Leslie A. Cook
'-N. Harvey ii~iapeS, Jr.
AGAINST ADOPTION
James H. Ryan
Joseph D. Yoder Jr.
The Mayor thereupon declared the Ordinance duly passed
and adopted this ~- day of July A.D., 1979.
Mayor of Tequesta
ATTEST:
V age Clerk