? Consent Agenda ?Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing
? Regular Business 6:30 pm
? Public Hearing Resolution
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: Misty Servia
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Resolution / PRMWSA Development Plan / SITE-0160-2025
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REQUESTED MOTION:
A motion to adopt/deny the proposed resolution for a development plan and enter into the record this development review report and the findings and conclusions and all other competent substantial evidence presented at the hearing.
SUMMARY:
The applicant requests that the Board make a finding that the proposed utility expansion be considered an Essential Service and approval of a Development Plan to expand an existing potable water treatment facility, a new reservoir, and associated infrastructure on 34 parcels, as identified by the Property Appraiser, on +/- 6,494.07 acres.
The proposed use meets the requirements to be considered an essential service, as the term is defined in the County's Comprehensive Plan. Specifically, Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Policy 1.1.14 defines "Essential Services" and allows infrastructure such as water, wastewater, etc. to be allowed in any zoning district through the County's Development Plan process.
Implementation of this policy is found in three areas of the LDRs. First, in LDR Section 20-1650, the definition of an Essential Service is as follows: "Essential services means services designed and operated by, or under the approval of, appropriate governmental jurisdictions to provide necessary utilities, general communications, public uses, and solid waste disposal facilities." Second, in LDR Section 20-1433(10), it states if the Board finds the proposed use to be an essential service, the project does not require a special exception. Third, in Section 20-95, it provides that Essential Services may be located in any zoning district as approved by the Board of County Commissioners, and as more particularly set forth...
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