Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1777 amend chapter 13 Development Issues, abolish Dev Rev Comm — reading text

an application. 13. 207. Fees aRd Charg. e8. The City COt:jncil may establish by resolution and periodically adjust the schedule of fees or charges for de'JelepmeAt re' Jie':.'. No elepment orsers shall be issued until all applicable fees aAd charges de'.' e ha!.~ been paid by the applicant. 13. 208. CeFtificatieRs. Unless \ i~:ed by the CDS DireGtor, all certifications of a.~ forms or materials r.. eq~ iFed by the Code must be completed and affixed before the document or application will be Gonsidered for de'/ elopment re'lie':,. 13. 208. Right 9f IiRtry. The CDS Director shall ha\~e the right to enter upon any public or pri'/ ate property at all r-easonable times before, duriAg ar after the development to inspeGt the improvement or premises to ensure compliance with this Code. 13. 210. PFGjeGt PhasiRg. A master pia A for the entire detJelopment site must be approved for all developments tf:1at are ta be de'Jeloped in phases. The master plan shall be submitted sim~ ltaAeoYsly \.: ith an application fer r-e\' iw:J of the developmeAt plan for the fiFSt phase of the development and shall, at a minimum, clearly delineate the land use patteFn, density and general access to the site. The master plan must be apPfovod for each phase of the development under the procedures for development Fe' lie....) pr-escribed above. 13. 203. Development Review Process. 13. 203.01 Pre-Application Conference. 1. Desianation of Plans. For Durooses of these review Drocedures. all develoDment Dlans shall be desianated bv the OS Director as either eXDedited. minor. or maior accordina to the criteria below. Before submittina a develoDment Dlan for review. the owner shall Drovide the OS Director with sufficient information to make this determination. The OS Director shall 4 suooort the determination bY written findinas and orovide a CoOY of the written findinas to the owner. (See Table 13- 1: DeveloDfl1ent Determination Chart) 2. Exoedited and Minor Develooments. No ore- aoolication conference is reQuired for exoedited and minor develooments. The owner may aooly for a buildina oermit. 3. Maior Develooments. Uoon determination that an aoolication is a maior develooment. the owner shall meet with the DS Director to discuss the develooment review orocess. No oerson may rely uoon any comment concemina a orooosed maior develooment. or any exoression of any nature about the orooosal made bY any oarticioant as a reoresentation or imolication that the orooosal will be ultimately aooroved or reiected in any form. 13. 203.02 Application Submittal Owners shall comoly with orocedures outlined in Table 13- 1: Develooment Determination Chart and with the orovisions of this chaDter. An owner must obtain an aoolication from the DS Division. comolete the aoolication. and submit the aoolication and all reQuired documents to the DS Division. The comoleted aoolication shall constitute a reQuest from the owner for develooment aooroval when submitted to the OS director alona with the site olan reQuirements soecified in section 13. 203. 04. 13. 203.03 Review Process 1. Deficient Aoolications. The DS Director shall review all aoolications for comoleteness. If the DS Director deems an aoolication is incomolete. the DS Director will notify the aoolicant of the deficiencies. Incomolete aODlications will be oromotly returned to the aoolicant. No further review will oroceed until the owner corrects all deficiencies and submits the revised aoolication to the DS Director. 2. Exoedited Develooment. In the event an aoolication for eXDedited review meets all the aoolicable city code and other aoolicable reauirements. laws and reaulations. the owner may directly make aoolication for a buildina oermit without further review. The DS Director shall make the final determination reaardina exoedited aoolications. a. Activities subiect to exoedited review are 1) Construction or renovation of a sinale family dwellina. duolex. triolex. or auadolex on one lot or Darcel: 2) Renovation. exoansion. or other similar activity involvina additions to an existina. residential structure within the orooerty lines on which the structure is located: 3) " Sianaae activity" includina the construction. location. or installation of sians oursuant to chaDter 16: 4) Commercial tenant finishes: or 5) Temoorarv uses. b. Criteria for review 1) Comoliance with the aeneral standards soecified in section 13. 102: 2) Attendant concurrency reQuirements in this Code: 5 3) Site Dlan reQuirements in section 13. 203.04: and 4) Other aDDlicable standards as SDecified in chaDters of this Code. c. Buildina Permit The Buildina Official may issue a buildina Dermit Dursuant to the city' s buildina code after review and aDDroval by the Buildina Official. 3. Minor Deve/oDment a. Activities subiect to minor review include: 1) Any buildina or addition not determined to be an eXDedited or maior develoDment: 2) Any Droiects involvina chanae of use activities: 3) Any develoDment involvina 2. 25 acres or less of develoDment area: 4) Any construction involvina develoDment of buildinas UD to 3 stories in heiaht: 5) Any Droiect incorooratina affordable housina units on less than 2. 26 acres of develoDment area: 6) Townhouse Droiects involvina less than 3 units: and 7) Any Dlat or re- Dlat that creates two ( 2) or less final lots. b. Criteria for review 1) The aeneral standards SDecified in section 13. 102: 2) Concurrency reQuirements set forth in chaDter 18: 3) Site Dlan reQuirements set forth in section 13. 203. 04: 4) Other aDDlicable develoDment standards as sDecified in other chaDters of this Code. c. Buildina Permit The Buildina Official may issue a buildina Dermit Dursuant to the city' s buildina code after review and aDDroval bY the Buildina Official and the DS Director. d. MPB or CRA Recommendation The DS Director may reQuest the recommendations of the MPB or the CRA for minor develoDments. when the Droiect does not clearly fall within the auidelines of the city' s codes and aDDlicable laws. rules. and reaulations. 4. Maior Deve/oDment a. Activities subiect to maior review are: 1) Any develoDment over three stories in heiaht: 2) Any develoDment involvina new construction of communications and other tower structures: 3) Any develoDment of reaional imDact as defined in chaDter 380. F. S.: 4) Any develoDment involvina 2. 26 acres or more of develoDment area: 5) Any develoDment desianated as a Dlanned unit develoDment ( PUD) or Dursuina aDDroval under a DeveloDment Aareement: 6) Any Dlat or re- Dlat involvina three (3) or more final lots: 7) MultiDle Family Proiects involvina five (5) or more units: and 8) DeveloDments reQuirina a Master Plan. 6 b. Maior development review must satisfy the criteria for exempt and minor developments. plus an assessment of impacts expected to result from the proposed development. c. A neiahborhood impact assessment shall be submitted which addresses the followina issues: 1) Adeauacy of public facilities and services to serve the proposed development: 2) Suitability of site conditions includina topoaraphy and soils and any site modifications necessary to accommodate the proposed development: 3) Inaress and earess to roadways: 4) Drainaae or stormwater manaaement: 5) Vehicular traffic. includina on- site parkina: 6) ReQuired permits from other covemmental aaencies: 7) Noise: 8) Liahtina: 9) Public safety or potential public nuisance: 10) Impacts on natural resources: and 11) Such other criteria deemed necessary bY the OS Director. or reQuired by the CRA or the MPB. d. MPB or CRA Recommendation The MPB or CRA shall recommend approval. approval with chances. or denial of all maior developments. consistent with the provisions of this code. 13. 203.04 Site Plan and ADDroval Process. 1. Site Plan Reauired. Any application for development approval shall be submitted tocether with a site plan. drawn to an acceptable scale. to the OS Director in accordance with the reQuirements of this section. Except for exempt developments. aU site plans shall be certified by a land surveyor. landscape architect. architect. or enaineer licensed by the State of Florida. In addition. the developer shall submit diaital site plans and boundary surveys that match the submitted hard copy version. If a site plan is revised. the developer shall submit uDdated hard copies. diaital site plan files. and surveys of the revisions. The reQuirements for site plans can be found in Table 13- 2: Development Applications - Criteria For Review. 2. Amendments to Site Plan. Amendments to any approved site plan shall be reviewed as an amendment to the oricinal application. For amendments to a site plan within the CRA. Community Redevelopment Area. the amendment shall comply with section 13. 312 ( D) of this code. 3. Amendment after Issuance of Buildina Permit. After a buildina permit has been issued. it shall be unlawful to chance. modify. alter or otherwise deviate from the terms or conditions of the permit. that are subiect to review under this chapter. without first obtaininc an amendment of the permit pursuant to this chapter.A written record of the amendment shall be entered upon the oriainal permit and maintained in the files of the issuinc department. A stop work order shall be issued for after-the-fact 7  deviations and no further work shall continue or commence on that part of the development prior to the issuance of an amended permit authorizina the work. 4. Review Period. ReQuired reviews and subseQuent recommendations shall be completed by the city within six weeks after the date that an application is determined to be complete. except for affordable housina applications which shall be completed within 25 days. 5. DeveloDment Order Issuance. Development orders may be issued for maior developments on Iv after review by the DS Director. and approval by the MPB. the CRA and the City Council. as applicable. 13. 204. Withdrawal of ADDlications. An owner may withdraw an application for development approval at any time prior to final action. Any fees or charaes reQuired for development review shall be forfeited by the applicant upon the withdrawal of an application. 13.205. Fees and Charaes. The city council shall establish fees and charaes for development review by resolution and such fees and charaes will be listed in the city' s fee schedule. Unless there is a reauest for a waiver of fees and charaes. the DS Director shall not issue a development order until the develocer pays all applicable fees and charaes. 13. 206. Certifications. Unless waived in writina by the DS Director. the owner must complete and affix all certifications of forms or materials reQuired bY the city' s codes before any document or application will be considered for development review. 13. 207. Riaht of Entrv. The DS Director and buildina official shall have the riaht to enter upon anv private propertv at all reasonable times before. durina or after the development to inscect the improvement or premises to ensure compliance with the city' s codes and the development order. 13. 208. Proiect Phasina. A. Master Plan Reauirement. Any development that has a land use plan focused on one or more sites within an area that identifies site access and aeneral improvements and