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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Local Planning Agency_05/21/2016 ` k ' Planning & Zoning Advisory Board Sitting as the Local Planning Agency MEETING MINUTES May 21, 2015 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Village of Tequesta Planning & Zoning Advisory Board Sitting as the Local Planning Agency held a regularly scheduled meeting at the Tequesta Village Hall, 345 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on Thursday, May 21, 2015. The meeting was called to order at 5:44 p.m. A roll call was taken by Denise Pennell, who noted the following were present: Chair Janet Strand, Vice Chair Michael Schmidt, Board Member Elizabeth Schauer, Board Member Steven Eagen, and Alternate Sebastain Loaiza. Also present were Alternate Leslee Dasher, Village Attorney Jack Rice, and Director of Community Development Nilsa Zacarias. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION Board Member Schauer moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Board Member Eagen seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. 1. APPROi/AL OF PREi/IOII� NIEETIiVf� IVIINUTES: April 16, 2015 MOTION Board Member Schauer moved to approve the minutes of the April 96, 2015 meeting as submitted. Board Member Eagen seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5- 0 vote. 2. ORDINANCE NO. 7-15: An Ordinance of the Village Council of the Village of Tequesta, Florida, amending Chapter 22, Community Development, Article II, Divisions 2 and 3, by placing final authority to hear requests for certain zoning variances and certain administrative appeals with the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board, and clarifying other duties of the Board; and renaming the Board to be referred to as the "Planning and Zoning Board"; providing that each and every other provision of Chapter 22, Community Development, shall remain in full force and effect as previously adopted; providing a Conflicts clause, a Severability clause, and Authority to Codify; providing an Effective Date, and for Other Purposes. Director of Community Development Zacarias explained that after 2012 code amendments there have been less residential variance requests each year, and the Planning and Zoning Board would now hear residential variances. Ordinance 7-15, 8-15 a . � Planning & Zoning Advisory Board Sitting as Local Planning Agency MEETING MINUTES May 21, 2015 and 9-15 on tonight's agenda would effectively dissolve the Board of Adjustment. A short training session would be held in the near future to go over variance review procedures and the Sunshine Law. MOTION Board Member Schauer made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 7-95; seconded ,by Board Member Eagen. Motion carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. 2. ORDINANCE NO. 8 An Ordinance of the Village Council of the Viflage of Tequesta, Florida, amending Chapter 76, Waterway Control, by amending Section 76-7, Variances, by removing all reference to the Board of Adjustment and substituting in its place the Planning and Zoning Board, providing that each and every other provision ofi Chapter 76, Waterway Control, shall remain in full force and effect as previousfy adopted; providing a Conflicts clause, a Severability clause, and Authority to Codifiy; providing an Effective Date, and for Other Purposes. MQTIOfV Board Member Schauer made a motion to approve Ordinance No, 8-15; seconded by Board Member Eagen. Motion carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. 3, ORDINANCE NO. 9-15: An Ordinance of the Village Council of the Village ofi Tequesta, Florida, amending Chapter 78, Zoning, by removing all reference to the Board of Adjustment and substituting in its place the Planning and Zoning Board, further clarifying that the Building Board of Adjustment handles requests for variances from fihe Village's Floodplain Ordinance; providing that each and every other provision ofi Chapter 78, Zoning, shall remain in full force and effect as previously adopted; providing a Conflicts clause, a Severability clause, and Authority to Codify; providing an Effective Date, and for Other Purposes. MOTION Board Merrtber Eagen made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 9-95; seconded by Board Member Loaiza. Motion carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. PUBLIC COMMENT There were no comments from the public. BOARD COMMENT There were no comments from the Board. . . . Planning & Zoning Advisory Board Sitting as Local Planning Agency MEETINC MINUTES May 21, 2015 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, upon motion by Board Member Schauer seconded by Board Member Eagen and carried by unanimous 5-0 vote, the meeting was adjourned at 5:49 p.m, Respectfully submitted, Nilsa Zacarias, AICP Director of Community Development Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with 286.011 F.S. and are not verbatim transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is available from the Office of the Village Clerk. All referenced attachments are on file in the Viflage Clerk's office.