AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADOPT A PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A." (SECOND READING)(SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the August 24, 2023, City Commission Meeting. Subsequently, City staff forwarded the ordinance and its amendment to the Florida Department of Commerce (previously known as the Department of Economic Opportunity) and other relevant state agencies for their review. Florida Department of Commerce and the applicable review agencies raised no objections to the amendment as initially adopted on First Reading.
However, Florida Department of Commerce did offer advisory recommendations for the City to update various elements of its Comprehensive Plan to address the following issues:
1. New statutory requirements to refresh the City's outdated Comprehensive Plan Planning Horizons to consider new horizons of 10 and 20 years into the future.
2. General revisions to update other Comprehensive Plan Elements.
City staff is assessing these advisory recommendations and will bring forward any necessary amendments to address statutory requirements, as needed. Therefore, City staff recommends approval of the ordinance and final adoption of the amendment on Second Reading.
During the 2021 Florida Legislative Session, the Community Planning Act was amended to mandate that every city and county comprehensive plan in the State of Florida add a property rights element; and as such, the City of Coconut Creek must amend the City's Comprehensive Plan to add the state-mandated Property Rights Element, which will consist of a new goal, objective, and policies pursuant to Florida Statutes ?163.3177(6)(i)1.
DISCUSSION:
The State Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) provided minimum guidelines, which have been incorporated into the proposed draft element. Consistent with the state requirements, the proposed new e...
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