☐ Consent Agenda ☐Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing
☐ Regular Business 3:00 pm
☒ Public Hearing Ordinance
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: Misty Servia
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Ordinance / Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment adding Family Homestead Exemption to the Future Land Use Element (County Initiated) Adoption
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REQUESTED MOTION:
A motion to adopt/deny the proposed ordinance adopting the Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment adding Family Homestead Exemption to the Future Land Use Element 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:
In May 2024, Development Department staff presented “Planning 101” and “Plat Process” presentations to the Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners (the “Board”). On January 28, 2025, a follow-up workshop was held before the Board related to the County’s “Plat Process” and the subdivision of lands within the County more generally. Thereafter, an additional evening workshop was held on Feb. 24, 2025, to add another opportunity for public comment.
The presentations included an overview of issues and highlighted areas where clarity is lacking in the County’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) and Comprehensive Plan. Recommended amendments included the ability for qualifying property owners to be able to utilize Section 163.3179, Florida Statutes, which permits local governments to adopt revisions to their comprehensive plan to allow for use of property by an individual solely as a homestead, notwithstanding the density or intensity assigned to the parcel in the County’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, if said property was conveyed by a relative as defined in said statute (the “Family Homestead Act”).