Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 06-27-2006 ‎(regular)‎ — reading text

buffer area adjacent to residential land uses with specific landscaping and buffering requirements. Staff recommends Ordinance 1705 as reoommended by the MPBlLPA (6- 1- 06). RECOMMENDATION: The Municipal Plaming Board, acting as the Local Planning Agency, recommended that City and " C" Ordinance Council approve Ordinance 1705 wlExhibits "A, "8", ( 1705 draft 6- 1- 06). 7 ConOJr: Do not concur. Joyce A. Shanahan, City Manager Date Enclosures: Ordinance 1705 ( draft 5- 5-06) as presented to MPBILPA wI Exhibits "A", "8", and "C". Ordinance 1705 (draft 6- 1- D6) as recommended by MPBlLPA wI Exhibits KA", " 8", and "C.. Municipal Planning Board minutes of public hearing June 1, 2006 Executive Summary of the May 2006 Amendments to Directions- The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008 Report to MPBlSupport Documents 8  RECOMMENDED BY MPB 1 ORDINANCE 1105 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 4 AMENDING DIRECTlONS- THE COMPREH-ENSIVE PlAN OF THE CITY OF 5 FORT WALTON BEACH: 2008, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES, 6 CIiAPTER 1& 3; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION 7 OF TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT INITIATED 8 BY THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS 9 RESULTING FROM- PENDING PRIVATE AMENDMENT APPUCATIONS; 10 PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS 11 RESULTING FROM CITY INITIATED CHANGES; PROVIDING FOR 12 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABLITY; AND 13 PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 14 15 WHEREAS, the local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land 16 Development Regutatiori Act ( Section 163r3161 at seq., Rorida Statutes, and Chapter 17 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code) require that each local government prepare and r 18 submit a comprehensive plan of the type set out in the Act; and, 19 20 WHEREAS, the City Council has caused a comprehensive plan to be prepared 21 for the City of Fort Walton Beach and has adopted such Plan by Ordinance 1401 on 22 August 22, 2000; aOOt 23 24 WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan and Section 163. 3187, Florida Statutes, 25 permit amendments to Directions-The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton 26 Beach: 2008; and, - 27 28 WHEREAS, the MUnicipal Planning Board acting as the Local Planning Agency 29 deliberated upon the subject - requests for amendment to Directions- The 30 Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008, at public hearings and 31 certified pertinent recommendations to the City Council; and, 32 33 WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the coordination and. consistency of 34 aU these amendments with the other elements of Directions- The Comprehensive Plan 35 of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008; and, 36 37 . WHEREAS, on June 27, 2006, at a duly advertised public hearing. the City 38 Council considered the proposed amendments to Directions-The Comprehensive Plan 39 of the-City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008, and approved such amendments for transmittal 40 to the Florida Department of Community Affairs; and, 41 42 WHEREAS, on , at a duly advertised public hearing, the City Council 43 considered and addressed the pertinent Objections, Recommendations and Comments 44 Report of the Florida Department of Community Affairs; ~ 45 1- 06 DRAFT 6- Page 1 of6 46 WHEREAS, the City Council has provided for fuB public participation in the 47 comprehensive planning and amendment process and has considered and responded 8 to public comments; 49 50 NOW THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH,e CITY OF 51 FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA,AS FOLLOWS: 52 53 SECTION I. Authority. The authority for enactment of this ordinance is Section 54 5, Florida administrative Code, and 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, and Rule 9J- 55 Section 2 of the City Charter. 56 57 SECTION II. Adoption of Text Amendments Initiated by the City to the 58 Future land Use Bement of Directions-The Comprehensive Plan of the 59 City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008. 60 61 A The City of Fort Walton Beach hereby adopts plan amendment 0 17 - # 6- 62 CP06-1 as an amendment to Ordinance 1401, as previously amended, 63 to wit 64 65 NBGHBORHOOD PLANS 66 67 The City of Fort Walton Beach Neighborhoods map is amended to 68 designate eleven ( 11) neighborhoods in the City of Fort Walton Beach, 69 as foflows: East Miracle Strip, Beal Parkway, EHiott's POinfr Ferry Park, 0 Gamiers Beach, South Bayou, Northwest, Seabreeze, Oaldand, W.E. 11 Combs and Kenwood, as shown in the Map attached as Exhibit "ArI. 72 73 B. The City of Fort Walton Beach hereby adopts plan amendment 0 18- # 6- 74 CP~ 1 as an amendment to Ordinance 1401 as previously amended, t 75 to wit 76 77 The text of the Future land Use Element is amended to include 78 amendments to the Plans for Neighborhood Action (PNA) developed 79, by the W.E.Combs Neighborhood. A copy of such amendment is 80 attached hereto as ExhibirB". 81 82 C. The City of Fort Walton Beach hereby adopts plan amendment # 06-19- 83 CP06-1 as an amendment to Ordinance 1401, as previously amended, 84 to wit 85 86 GENERALIZED LAND USE 87 88 COMMERCIAL 89 90 The areas on the Future land Use Map Series which are designated 91 for commercial uses may be appropriate for offices, retail storesJ 92 personalor business services, or other enterprises which support the DRAFT 6- 1- 06 Page 2 of6  93 permanent and seasonal populations in the City and in the Fort Walton q4 Beach Urban Area. 15 96 Commercial areas should be compact, providing definition to areas 97 intended to provide shopping areas. ' Strip commercial development 98 vas the prevalent type of commerciat development in the 1950' s and 99 6CYs when most commercial development occurred within the City. 100 This type of commercial use has created visuat poDution in the form of 101 asphalt-covered parking lots, poor signage and building design, lack of 102 landscaping and illogical internal traffic circufation. In many cases, 103 these strip centers have been deveioped contrary to good planning 104 practice in that they either encroach into residentiaf areas or directly 105 adjoin residential areas with no buffer between the two conflicting land 106 uses. In these cases, the residential property values have suffered and 107 many of these areas have become renter-occupied properties, which 108 are generally not well maintained. 109 110 Two (2) new tand use designations are being introduced into the Future 111 Land Use Efem~ a Highway Commercial designation which is 112 intended to upgrade the City's arterial highway "Gateways" by 113 introducing stricter traffic control measures and restricting the permitted 114 uses to only those uses which require highway frontage. In addition, a 115 new Regional Commercial designation is introduced to provide special t16 treatment for the Eglin Parkway CorrIdor, which is at the threshold of 17 major redevelopment This area is planned to become "the" regional 118 business center for shopping centers, b " ig boX~retailers and commerce 119 which requires a regional service area. These uses shoutd be located 120 en high traffic regional highway corridors, in this case, Eglin Parkway. 121 122 1. General Commercial ( MAP LEGEND &GC' 1Areas designated for 123 general commercial uses are those areas located on at least major 124 collector streets and provide a wide range of uses, including, as an 125 example, professional and business offices and services, retail stores 126 induding convenience, stores, restaurants and loUnges, fmanciat offices 127 and banks, automotive and marine sates and limited repair activities. 128 Intensity of development ( lot coverage) is fimited to a maximum of 75 129 The maximum height of buildings is 150 feet, per cent of the tot area.. 130 except where singlerfamily residential uses are within,SOO ~ feet. 131 then the maximum height shaH be 45 feet.The 150 foot reauired 132 seoaration from,residential uses for buildinGS exceeding,45 feet in 133 heipbt must include a minimum 15 feet wide Iandscaoed buffer 134 area adiacent to the residential uses with thefollGWina minimum 135 landscaDe features: f1J shade trees a minimum of 12 feet in' 136 heiabt.2.5" caliPer at 4 feet above natural arade. DIaCed a 137 maximum' of 50 feet on center:.2) ( hedae material a minimum 24 138 inches high. Dlanted at a maximum of 4 feet on center:and f3} a 39 decorative fence.a minimum 50 per cent ooaaue and a maximum 1- 06 DRAFT 6- Page 3of6 140 of 6 feet hiah shaD be installed alono the Droperty line adjacent to 141 the residential.uses. Residential uses win not be permitted in any GC 2 designated areas because the nature of the commercial (and use t 43 would nOt be compatible with any residential land use. 144 2. Regional Commercial ( MAP LEGEND " RCi. As stated above, the 145 regional commercial designation is applied to.that area of the City 146 within the CRA which is developed as commercial, but is in need of 147 redevelopment and infill development along the Eglin Parkway corridor 148 (