Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-12-2006 ‎(workshop)‎ — reading text

general public may be given an opportunity to present oral or written communications. If the agency proposes to consider such material, then all parties shall be given an opportunity to cross- examine or challenge or rebut it. The board may consider any evidence, including evidence of the general reputation of the place or premises. All testimony shall be under oath and shall be recorded. Formal rules of evidence shall not apply, but fundamental due process shall be observed and shall govern the proceedings. Orders of the board shall be based on competent and substantial evidence. 2. 07. 0350rderofthe Board All orders of the board shall be, by motion, approved by a majority of those members present and voting, except that at least four ( 4) members of the board must vote in order for the action to be official. An order shall expire after one year or at such earlier time as stated in the order. The board shall, retain jurisdiction to modify its orders prior to the expiration of such orders. 2. 07. 036Appeals An aggrieved party, including the city administration, may appeal a final administrative order of the nuisance abatement board to the circuit court of the First Judicial Circuit. Such appeal shall not be a hearing de novo but shall be limited to appellate review of the record created before the board. An appeal shall be filed within thirty ( 30) days of the date of the written order appealed from. Sec. 2. 07. 04. Rights Reserved. When any nuisance, as defined in section 823. 05, F. S., exists, the city attorney or any citizen of the county may sue in the name of the state on his or her relation to enjoin the nuisance, the person or persons maintaining it, and the owner or agent of the building or ground on which the nuisance exists. This division does not restrict the right of any person, the board or the city to proceed under section 60. 06, F. S., against any public nuisance. 1I15/23 9/ 6/2006 http:// library4.municode.com/mcc/ DocView/ 14222/  Fire Fighter Retirement Fund Board FWB Code of Ordinances 2. 08. 01- 2. 008. 02 CHAPTER 2. 08. FIRE FIGHTERS RETIREMENT FUND BOARD Page 1 of 1 CHAPTER 2.08. FIRE FIGHTERS RETIREMENT FUND BOARD Sec. 2. 08. 01. Establishment. The city' s Firefighters' Retirement Fund Board of Trustees shall consist of five members and be solely responsible for administering the firefighters' trust fund. The membership composition, appointments, and succession shall be governed by chapter 175, F. S., as amended. The trustees shall by a majority vote elect from their number a chair and a secretary. The secretary of the board shall keep a complete minute book of the actions, proceedings, or hearings of the board. The trustees shall not receive any compensation as such, but may receive expenses and per diem as provided by Florida law. Sec. 2. 08. 02. Powers and Duties. The board of trustees shall meet at least quarterly each year. The powers and duties of the board of trustees shall derive from those enumerated in chapter 175, F. S., as amended. http:// library4.municode. com/mcc/ DocView/ 14222/ 1I15/ 24 9/ 6/ 2006 Historic Sites and Structures Advisory Board FWB Code of Ordinances 2. 09. 01- 2. 09.04 CHAPTER 2. 09. HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES ADVISORY BOARD Page 1 of1 CHAPTER 2. 09. HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES ADVISORY BOARD Sec. 2. 09. 01. Establishment. There is hereby established an historic sites and structures advisory board. Sec. 2. 09. 02. Purpose. The purpose of the historic site and structures advisory board shall be to advise the council on rules and governing various situations relating to historic sites and structures in the city and regulations to recommend structures and sites to the city council for consideration as locally significant historical or archaeological resources. The board shall cooperate with the state department of state and the division of historic resources in the identification of historic and archaeological resources in the city. Sec. 2. 09. 03. Composition. The historic sites and structures advisory board shall consist of seven persons. Whenever possible, these persons shall include an environmental lawyer, an architect historian, an archaeologist and an American Indian. Sec. 2.09. 04. Chairperson. The historic sites and structures advisory board shall designate one of its members as chairperson for each calendar year. library4. municode. com/ mcc/DocView/ 14222/ 1/ 15/ 25 9/ 6/2006  Municipal Planning Board FWB Code of Ordinances 2. 011. 01- 2. 11. 13  CHAPTER 2. 11. MUNICIPAL PLANNING BOARD Page 1 of 4 CHAPTER 2. 11. MUNICIPAL PLANNING BOARD Sec. 2. 11. 01. Establishment. There is hereby established a municipal planning board. Sec. 2. 11. 02. Powers and Duties. The municipal planning board shall have the following powers and duties under the provisions of the Land Development Code: 1) To serve as the local planning agency ( LPA), as required by ~ 163. 3174, F. S.; 2) To prepare or cause to be prepared the comprehensive plan, or any element or portion thereof; 3) To prepare or cause to be prepared the land development code ( LDC); 4) To initiate, review, hear, consider and make recommendations to the city council to approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications to amend the text of the comprehensive plan; 5) To initiate, review, hear, consider and make recommendations to the city council to approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications to amend the future land use map of the comprehensive plan; 6) To initiate, review, hear, consider and make recommendations to the city council to approve, approve with conditions or deny applications to amend the LDC; 7) To initiate, review, hear, consider and make recommendations to the city council on applications for development permits to approve, approve with conditions, or deny amendments to the official zoning map of the city; 8) To hear, review, consider and make recommendations to the city council to approve, approve with conditions or deny applications for development approval for developments of regional impact ( DRI) or substantial deviations to previously approved developments of regional impact or proposed essentially built- out agreements for DRI' s; 9) To hear, review, consider and make recommendations to the city council to approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications for development permits for a planned unit development, subdivision plat or zero- lot line subdivision; 10) To hear, consider, and approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications for development permits for development or redevelopment located in areas of the city outside of the redevelopment area as required by the land development code; 11) To hear, consider, and approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications for development permits for conditional uses; 12) To hear, consider, and approve, approve with conditions, or deny applications for development permits to expand, enlarge or change a nonconforming building, structure or characteristic of use. f~ 13) To hear, consider, and make recommendations to city council to approve, approve with conditions, or deny proposed development agreements, according to the procedure specified in the Land Development Code; http://library4. municode. com/ mcc/Doc View/ 14222/ 1/15/ 27 9/ 6/ 2006 CHAPTER 2. 11. MUNICIPAL PLANNING BOARD Page 2 of 4 14) To serve as the land development regulation commission pursuant to ~ 163. 3194 2), F. S.; 15) To make its special knowledge and expertise available upon written request and authorization of the city council to any official department, board, commission or agency of the city, state or federal govemments; 16) To recommend to the city council rules of procedure not inconsistent with this section to govern the municipal planning board' s proceedings; and 17) To make studies of the priorities, resources, possibilities and needs of the city and to report its findings and recommendations, with reference thereto, from time to time, to the city council. Sec. 2. 11. 03. Membership Qualifications. Members of the municipal planning board shall be a resident of the city for two years prior to appointment, and a qualified elector. No member of the city councilor a city employee shall serve on the municipal planning board. Although no specific experience shall be necessary as a prerequisite to appointment, consideration shall be given to applicants who have experience or education in planning, architecture, law, natural resource management, real estate and related fields. Sec. 2. 11. 04. Membership Composition. The municipal planning board shall be composed of seven members, to be appointed by the city council. In addition to the seven members appointed by the city council, the local planning agency shall include an ex officio member who is a representative of the Okaloosa County School District appointed by the Okaloosa County School Board as a nonvoting member. The municipal planning board shall include: an ex officio member who represents Eglin Air Force Base as a nonvoting member; and an ex officio member whorepresents Hurlburt Field as a nonvoting member. The school board representative shall attend those meetings at which the local planning agency considers comprehensive plan amendments and rezonings that would, if approved, increase residential density on the property that is the subject of the application. Neither the school board representative nor the representatives of Eglin Air Force Base or Hurlburt Field shall be counted in the quorum. Sec. 2. 11. 05. Terms of Office. All members serving on the municipal planning board on the effective date of the LDC shall complete their terms according to their prior appointments. The term of office of each member appointed under the LDC shall be for 48 months, which term shall commence at a time specified by the city