Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 05-27-11 regular — reading text

Development Element EE- 3 March 10, 2011 Packet Pg. 4g  11. t .b Fort Walton Beach C.. Preheroswe Plan P d Amendment Policy EE. 3. 7 The City will consider a strateav consistent with the CRA Plan for provement of Propert v in the City to encourage ideal i fill development and the expansion of businesses and industrv. Policv EE. 3. 8 The City will ensure that the Comprehensive Plan the CRA Plan and economic development strategies recognize the waterfront as a valuable asset to business property. v . b Economic Development Element EE -4 March 10, 2011 P80ket Pg. 41  11. i.c ORDINANCE 1847 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY; REPEALING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT, ADOPTING A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT; PROVIDING FOR CONSISTENCY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 8 9 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 10 FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: 11 12 Section 1. Authority 13 14 a. The City is authorized to adopt amendments to its Comprehensive Plan pursuant 15 to Home Rule Powers, the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development 16 Regulation Act, and section 2 of the City Charter. 17 18 b. The intent of this ordinance is to revise the Economic Development Element of 19 the City' s Comprehensive Plan, as codified in Volume III of the City's Code. 20 21 On , C. 2011, the Municipal Planning Board acting as the Local 22 Planning Agency, upon application of the City, considered the request and recommended 23 approval of the adoption of the Economic Development Element. 24 25 d. On , 2011, and , 2011, the City Council 26 considered the recommendation of the Local Planning Agency and the coordination and 27 consistency of these amendments with the other elements of the Comprehensive Plan. 28 29 e. The City Council has provided for full public participation in the comprehensive 30 planning and amendment process and has considered and responded to public comments. 31 32 Section 2. Repeal of the Current Economic Development Element 33 The Economic Development Element as currently adopted in the City' s Comprehensive 34 Plan is hereby repealed in its entirety, as displayed in the attached " Exhibit A — FORT WALTON 35 BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ELEMENT I- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT." 36 37 Section 3. Adoption of the Amended Economic Development Element 38 The amended Economic Development Element of the City' s Comprehensive Plan is 39 hereby adopted as displayed in the attached " Exhibit B — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 40 ELEMENT." 41 42 Section 4. Conflicting Provisions 43 To the extent of any conflict between other City ordinances and this ordinance, this 44 ordinance shall be deemed to be controlling. 45 46 Section S. Severability, Packet Pg. 42  F,t. Lc 47 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is, for 48 any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decisions of any court of competent 49 jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. 50 51 Section 6. Effective Date 52 This Ordinance shall become effective when the state land planning agency issues a 53 final order determining that the adopted amendment is in compliance, or, if applicable, when 54 the Administration Commission issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to be 55 in compliance. 56 57 58 2011. 59 Adopted Mike Anderson, Mayor 60 61 62 Attest: Approved for legal sufficiency. 63 64 65 66 Helen Spencer, City Clerk Hayward Dykes, City Attorney 67 68 Additions are underlined: deletions are 54 69 Codification Instructions: Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6 not codified. Section 3 codified and numbered as 70 indicated into Volume III, Comprehensive Plan. Packet Pg. 43  t21 To: Robert T. Meams, City Manager From: Michael Beedie, Engineering &. Utility Services Director Date: May 24, 2011 Subject: Ordinance 1851 - Amends a table in the LDC 1. REQUEST: 1. 1. The City received an application from the Dowd Law Firm, P. A., authorized agent on behalf of First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach, requesting an amendment to Section 16. 50 of the Land Development Code ( LDC), titled Signage Standards. The requested amendment is to remove the zoning designation CF ( Community Facilities) from Table 16 -7, Part 2 and place it in Table 16 -7, Part 1 which will provide for signs up to twenty-four (24) feet in height. 1. 2. The applicant paid the required $ 925. 00 application fee and deposit on April 27, 2011. 1. 3. The applicant desires to include the CF zoning district in Part 1 of Table 16 -7 because it is the applicant' s opinion that " The typical service provided by community facilities is more similar to those of commercial business in the number of people served is directly related to the size and location." BACKGROUND: 2. 1. On March 24, 2011, the First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach, located at 21 First Street SE, requested a variance from the Board of Adjustment to waive a portion of the height restrictions on signage found in Table 16 -7, Part 2 of the LDC. 2. 2. During the hearing, the Board denied the request because there were no unique characteristics associated with the lot that would allow such a request. However, during the hearing it was suggested that all properties within this district might be better served if the requirements were changed. 2. 3. Community Facilities - The CF zoning district is a special purpose zoning district primarily, but not exclusively, intended for locations at which facilities are provided to serve public, quasi- public, and private purposes. Such purposes include governmental, religious, health care, social service, and special facilities in areas consistent with the Public Lands ( PL) future land use map designation in the City' s Comprehensive Plan. Packet Pg. 44  t21 2A. Table 16 -7 is the table in the LDC that determines allowable design for signage within each district. The table is divided into two parts, Part 1 which includes the regulations for HC, C -2, M -1, M -2, MUCC -2 and MUW -24 and Part 2 which includes the regulations for zoning districts, MUMS, MUW -18, MUCC -1, CF, EF, OS, and YC. 2. 5. Table 16 -7 addresses the number of allowed signs, sign size, maximum height, maximum width, and installation requirements. 3. DISCUSSION: 3. 1. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan 3. 1. 1. Objective AA of the Comprehensive Plan states that " The city will continue to implement land development regulations consistent with the Comprehensive Plan." 3. 1. 2. Policy A.4.2 provides that the Land Development Code will include the following provisions: i) regulation of signage. 3. 1. 3. The request as provided will continue to provide regulation of signage as required in the Comprehensive Plan. 3. 2. Rationale for request 3. 2. 1. In the application provided, the applicant suggests that CF zoning districts are compatible with those districts found in Part 1 of Table 16 -7. 3. 2. 2. The application also suggests that by " following the street frontage in part one of the table, the larger community facilities, with more street frontage warrant larger signs" 3. 2. 3. Finally, the applicant suggests that by simply moving the zoning district into part one of the table, the street frontage requirement will maintain a proportionality between signage and building or property size. 3. 3. Impact of change analysis 3. 3. 1. Staff has completed an analysis of the potential impacts of the requested change on propertics throughout the City. Staff analyzed the number of properties affected, any potential for nonconformities, and the impact on surrounding areas as well as any incompatibility that may result from the change. 3. 3. 1. 1. Total number of properties designated CF: 33 3. 3. 1. 2. Through the analysis, no potential nonconformaties were identified primarily because the change will result in a less restrictive set of guidelines for this district. 3. 3. 1. 3. Through the analysis, it was determined that the impact on surrounding areas should be minimized by the frontage to height and size ratios found in Part 1 of Table 16 -7. 3. 3. 2. The requested change will result in the following changes in design Packet Pg. 45  tz. t criteria: 3. 3. 2. 1. Whereas sandwich signs are allowed in Part 2 of the table, they are not allowed in Part 1. This will result in properties located within the CF district no longer being allowed to use sandwich