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St. Lucie County
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Planning and Zoning Commission/ Local Planning Agency
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Roger Poitras Annex, Commission Chambers, 3 Floor
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November 18, 2010 Meeting
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6:00 p.m.
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In the event of a conflict between these written minutes and a compact disc recording,
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the compact disc shall control.
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I. CALL TO ORDER
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Chairman Mundt called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
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A. Pledge of Allegiance
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B. Roll Call
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Craig Mundt ...................................... Chairman
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Britt Reynolds .................................. Vice-Chairman
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Pamela Hammer .............................. Commission Member
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Edward Lounds ................................ Commission Member
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Susan Caron .................................... Commission Member
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Brad Culverhouse ............................. Commission Member
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Charles Grande ............................... Commission Member
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Stephanie Morgan ............................ Commission Member
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Barry Schrader ................................. Commission Member
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Kathryn Hensley .............................. Ex-Officio Member
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Members Absent
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None.
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Staff Present
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Mark Satterlee .................................. Planning & Development Services Director
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Heather Young ................................. Assistant County Attorney
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Heather Lueke .................................. Assistant County Attorney
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Karen Smith...................................... Environmental Resources Director
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Michael Brillhart ................................ Business and Concurrency Manager
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Britton DeWitt ................................... Senior Planner
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Michelle Hylton ................................. Recording Secretary
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C. Announcements
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Mr. Satterlee welcomed Mr. Grande to the Planning Board and introduced Beverly Austin,
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the new executive assistant to the Planning and Development Services department. She will
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be taking over the recording duties at the next meeting.
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D. Disclosure
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Chairman Mundt stated he met with staff earlier in the week about the agenda items. He
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asked everyone to speak clearly into the microphones; tonight’s meeting will be the
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beginning for closed-caption.
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II. MINUTES
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Review the minutes from the October 21, 2010 meeting for approval.
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Ms. Hammer stated she had a number of changes/corrections but nothing substantial and
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they were given to the secretary.
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Chairman Mundt stated he had also and the changes had been incorporated.
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Mr. Culverhouse moved to approve the minutes as corrected and submitted
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Mr. Schrader seconded. The motion carried 9-0.
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Chairman Mundt stated he would like to move agenda items 3-D and 3-E, Prime Realty to be
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heard first.
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III. PUBLIC HEARINGS
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(3-D) Prime Realty, LLC: FLUMA 1120094022 – continued from October 21,
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2010 meeting.
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Petition of Prime Realty Capital, LLC for a Future Land Use Map Amendment from the
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RS (Residential Suburban – 2 du/ac) Designation to the IND (Industrial) Designation.
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Staff comments by Britton De Witt.
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(3-E) Prime Realty, LLC: RZ 1120094021 – continued from October 21,
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2010 meeting.
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Petition of Prime Realty, LLC for a change in zoning from the AG – 1 (Agricultural – 1
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du/ac) Zoning District to the IH (Industrial, Heavy) Zoning District. Staff comments by
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Britton De Witt.
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Mrs. De Witt requested agenda items 3-D and 3-E petitioned by Prime Realty be pulled from
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the public hearing schedule. Both items were continued to tonight’s meeting from October
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21, 2010 to allow the client to come into compliance with outstanding mining permit issues
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pertaining to the subject property. Conditions of the permit remain outstanding and instead of
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a second continuance; staff is recommending removal from the public hearing schedule.
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Both projects will remain active and the applicant will be responsible for future advertising
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costs. Staff and the applicant are present to answer any question from the board.
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing for 3-D.
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No one spoke.
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Ms. Morgan moved to remove agenda item 3-D.
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Mr. Grande seconded. The motion carried 9-0.
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing for 3-E.
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No one spoke.
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Schrader moved to remove agenda item 3-E.
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Ms. Morgan seconded. The motion carried 9-0.
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Chairman Mundt announced going back to the regular agenda.
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A. Ordinance No. 10-015 – Greenway and Trails
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An Ordinance amending the St. Lucie County Land Development Code by amending
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Section 2.00.00 (“Definitions”) to amend the definition of “Multi-Use Path” to read
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“Multi – Purpose Path” and to clarify that paths indentified as Greenways and
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Recreational Trails, trails within canal rights – of – way, on the county bicycle,
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Pedestrian Greenways and Trails Master Plan may be considered as Multi- Purpose
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Paths; amending Section 7.05.04 to add a separate section on requirements for
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Greenways and Recreational Trail for new development in Unincorporated St. Lucie
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County. Staff comments and presentation by the Public Works Department and the
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Environmental Resources Department.
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Ms. Smith stated this is a continuation of the August 19, 2010 public hearing for draft
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ordinance 10-015 – Multi-purpose paths, greenways and recreational trails. The purpose of
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these amendments is to implement the St. Lucie County Bicycle, Pedestrian, Greenways
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and Trails Master Plan which was approved by the Board of County Commissioners in 2008
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after an extensive public input process. A copy of the full master plan document was
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distributed to the planning board at the beginning of this meeting.
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Ms. Smith gave a presentation regarding the master plan map. The current draft includes
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public comment from the last public hearing and outside legal counsel’s review and
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comment. It clarifies the requirements for sidewalks, multi-purpose paths, greenways and
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trails and the specifications, also the cost of maintenance responsibility. At the last meeting,
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several questions were raised about the value of the greenways and trails system to the
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community. The State of Florida recently passed a resolution in February 2010 in support of
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greenways and trails statewide; the revenue shows the greenways and trails system can
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serve as a revenue source for the community. These figures are based on documented
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increases and hotel occupancy rates and greenways and trails related tourism which totaled
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95 million dollars in revenue statewide. A comprehensive greenways and trails system can
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do the same for St. Lucie County.
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Mr. Culverhouse had concerns regarding the map being conceptual, added language, right
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of way acquirements, Indrio Road area; trails going over private property and questions
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regarding the chart in the back of the master plan map.
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Ms. Smith stated the language that has been added to the ordinance clarifies the
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requirements where a trail is shown on the map. The map is conceptual in that the path may
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go on the other side of a street or the trail may be located on an adjacent right of way. It is
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not conceptual where it shows the locations of the trials. None of the recreational trails are
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proposed to be located on private property, in fact there are exemptions included in this draft
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for agriculture. Most of the greenways and trails are proposed within public right of ways or
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canal right of ways. If a trail is proposed that runs adjacent to public property then it would
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be placed in either the road right of way or an existing easement. There are very few
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situations were a recreational trail would go on private property and then it would have to
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meet the rational nexus test and the other two criteria.
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Mr. Harris addressed Mr. Culverhouse’s concerns regarding public right of way existence on
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Indrio Road, the yellow hyphenated line going north and the bottom end going south on the
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map. He stated Mr. Culverhouse was correct about the one going south; that is a dream and
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a hope. That right of way does not exist at this time. That is one of the few places we do not
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have right of way for a multi-use path.
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Mr. Culverhouse asked if there was any place else on the map where they don’t have the
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right of way acquired.
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Ms. Smith stated yes.
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Mr. Culverhouse stated that this is then conceptual; he does not see how you can bind the
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land owner that the trail is going over their property when there has not been any notification,
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no law suit and you have not taken the property.
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Mr. Harris stated he assumed the landowner would be on notice if he did his due diligence.
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This may be a question for the assistant county attorney.
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Mr. Culverhouse said he has a problem because he remembers at one of the planning and
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zoning meetings, another member and himself was concerned about being conceptual.
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They were told at that meeting it was conceptual and it was going to be placed in the
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document that it was conceptual and that it was not binding on the land owners. Tonight, he
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is hearing something different; he is greatly disturbed. He thinks something needs to be
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added to this document that this is conceptual and the land owners who have not consented
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to it, whose right of way has not been acquired, that none of their rights are affected in any
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way.
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Mr. Harris stated he understood Ms. Culverhouse’s concerns and where the path is not lined
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within an existing road right of way; he would consider that conceptual. Where the path is
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lined within an existing county road right of way, that path is not going to move.
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Mr. Culverhouse stated if it is existing county public right of way or there is an agreement
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with the state or an existing agreement with the drainage district; that is fine. But where the
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right of way has not been acquired, then he would like something saying that it is conceptual
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and that it does not prohibit or foreclose the rights of any home owner or property owner until
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they receive their full rights under a due process of law.
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Mr. Harris stated that could be done; that can be noted within the ordinance.
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Mr. Grande stated Mr. Culverhouse is correct but more changes will have to be made than
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just conceptual because the wording throughout the ordinance indicates that the property
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owner who has a path indicated through his property will have to pay for the creation of that
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path as part of his site plan. Either the paths are there and at the time of site plan the
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property owner is accepting the responsibility for implementing the plan or they are not there
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and there is no undue burden on the property owner. The current discussion seems to leave
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that somewhere in between, saying on the one hand that the plan is conceptual while leaving
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in the body of ordinance statements indicating that the owner will have to put in the path as
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shown on the map. Somehow that point has to be resolved and then all of the changes
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necessary to get to what the decision is need to be made. Putting in ‘it’s conceptual’ is going
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to resolve this?
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Mr. Culverhouse agreed with Mr. Grande.
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Ms. Hammer stated she raised this last time and was told that it was conceptual because
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she has a concern about what is seen through PGA Village. She sees a dotted orange line
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that says proposed multi-purpose trails on the map. The residents of PGA Village pay a nice
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amount for an access controlled community with a gate at one end coming off St. Lucie West
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Blvd and a gate at Glades Cut-off Road. That is a private road, it’s maintained by the
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residents, they pay for access control and to have this on the map is disturbing. She asked
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when the map was adopted.
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Mr. Harris stated the map was adopted in 2008 by the BOCC. He stated she is correct, that
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should not be there.
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Ms. Hammer stated that in 2008, she knows for a fact that the association was not notified
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about a road going through the community because she was the president. She stated
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some of the purple lines south of that; some of those go into another gated section of PGA
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Village which you would not have access to. As you go north of it, staying on the roadway is
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fine but the curve off there goes into another gated section called Castle Pines. She would
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like to see all of that removed from this map or specifically excluded as we go into the
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ordinance.
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Mr. Lounds stated the agricultural community has workers protection safety issues that if
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pesticides, herbicides and such are placed in a grove or pasture or any agricultural field;
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there are re-entry times placed on those depending on the EPA’s regulatory issue of that
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pesticide or whatever chemical it is. You cannot re-enter that piece of land for that period of
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time. There should be concerns about these bike paths and walking trails parallel an
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existing grove, vegetable or sod field or nursery; the state and federal re-entry regulations
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need to be made available to the public based on what the grower is applying. The federal
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law states he has to post it at his property so it is visible to the people that come to that
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property. The state law expands that stating the signs and warnings must be maintained and
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gates locked. His concern is for public health and the welfare and the legality of the farmer
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that’s going to be spraying either at night, by air, by ground equipment or whatever means
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he needs to control his right to farm.
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Ms. Smith stated it will be taken under consideration, the comments that were made at the
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last public hearing about agricultural is the reason why an exemption was added for
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agricultural to the entire ordinance. The plan itself where it shows the locations of the trail is
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conceptual; it was developed by a consultant in conjunction with county staff. Since that
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time, several situations have come to light. A couple of them on the map are just not
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feasible anymore such as pass through the C-23 and C-24 reservoir which never would have
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been feasible. The conceptual map does need to be updated. Mr. Grande said it very well
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that the map itself is conceptual however there are criteria in the ordinance that if they meet
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that criteria and there are often several that they have to meet; then county staff may request
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a recreational trail as an example on that property. There are other instances where we may
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ask for a voluntary trail if it does not meet that criteria, and give extra open space credits.
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But most of the ordinance applies to certain types of developments and there were
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exceptions built in to protect agricultural, some single family home owners and based on
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some of the comments that were received at the last public hearing.
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Mr. Culverhouse asked when you say bonafide agricultural operation he assumed the county
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accepts property appraiser’s granting of those permits.
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Ms. Lueke states that is the statutory definition, whatever the property appraiser’s office
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thinks is bonafide agricultural that is what we think too.
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Mr. Culverhouse stated that because the concerns that Mr. Grande brought up, he did not
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think this is ready to go on to the commission.
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Mr. Lounds stated the packet that is before us, the greenways, trails and master plan is well
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done, it’s appreciated, it is very explanatory. He would like to re-read this in lieu of the
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information we had because it clarifies some of the questions from the last meeting. He has
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not had time to read or digest this other than just glancing through it tonight. He hesitates to
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be critical with it without going through this packet.
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing.
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Jonathan Ferguson, a resident of St. Lucie County and a land use attorney stated he was
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before the Planning and Zoning Commission the last time this ordinance was before the
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commission and had requested that it be deferred so that comments could be provided to
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staff. His understanding is that some folks have provided comments to staff but he did not
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provide written comments to staff because the more he looked at the ordinance, the more he
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realized that providing comment implies that there is room for negotiation and that there is
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some merit to the ordinance. He stated that nothing in this draft merited further discussion or
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adoption by the county. The preamble language and the explanatory language in the actual
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greenways and trails master plan, it talks about the primary purpose of the master plan
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among other purposes is to connect all of the public lands purchased by the county. So that
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you have this wonderful network where you can get from one public piece of property that we
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all paid for to another public piece of property and not travel on busy highways or use your
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car but walk or ride horseback or mountain bikes and travel throughout the county. It’s a
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great idea, no one will argue against the idea and the philosophy of implementing such a
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plan. Unfortunately, the master plan did not address how it would be implemented and who
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was going to pay for it. The western land owners in particular, as well as other
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developments like the Reserve, when it was going through the review process continually
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raised that concern with staff. What does this mean if you adopt it? Does it mean that once
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this map is in place, if someone is lucky enough to own property with one of the squiggly
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lines running through it, they will be required to donate property? The answer was always
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no, no, no, no; it’s conceptual, there is going to be no requirement that you have to donate
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property. It will be either voluntary or on public right of ways, canal right of ways and it’s just
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conceptual, trust us. It goes to the county commission public hearing to adopt the master
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plan, same issues were raised. Finally, a gentleman asked the same clear question. If you
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adopt this master plan and the pretty colored map and its got a line crossing my property,
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does that mean that I will be required to donate that land when I come in to develop that
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property to something else other than agriculture? A staff member said on the record
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absolutely not. This map would not require the donation of property, two years later, there is
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an ordinance that says that not only will you donate it but you will build it if we ask for it when
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you come in wanting to develop your property in which you have the right to develop. It
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comes down to a moral question and wants right, if this county what’s to implement a plan
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like this, it should do the right thing and come up with a comprehensive plan on how to fund
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it. If you pass it forward, the recommendation is that it should be denied or kicked back to
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staff.
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Reynolds stated he has some concerns on page 32; the language needs to be changed.
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Mrs. Hammer asked a question regarding the ordinance, page 2 part A line 92 and 99. If
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you remove the part on the sentence that says ‘or on private property’ will that eliminate
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some of the concerns that have been raised?
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Ms. Smith stated she does not think it would entirely, it would have to be throughout the
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entire document because there are references throughout the ordinance.
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Mrs. Hammer stated that was just one suggestion, the next thing on the ordinance is on
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page 4 and 5 which has a numbering problem. What is suppose to be on page 7, line 306
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‘A’?
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Ms. Smith stated it was probably an error, when you have a red line version and you go in
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and enter-text it changes the formatting. It can be fixed.
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Mrs. Hammer asked about page 8, line 381 to 386, it states that if you voluntarily give up the
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green way that you would be given 2 times the open-space credits; why?
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Ms. Smith answered that it is up to 2 times the open-space credit and it will be determined
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on a site by site basis, based on the value of that voluntary trail to the overall master plan.
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The reason for that is to provide an incentive for a developer to provide a voluntary trail.
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Mrs. Hammer stated that makes her very uneasy.
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Mr. Grande objected also.
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Mr. Satterlee stated if there is an open space requirement, there would be some credit as an
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incentive that would change the open space requirement simply because they would donate
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the land for the trail.
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Mr. Grande stated it appears that the trail in and of itself would qualify as open space.
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Mr. Harris stated greenways and trails are not his forte but we are asking for a donation and
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technically they are required to be compensated in some form or another when land changes
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hands. That would be the form of compensation; giving the extra credit versus cash
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payment for that easement and/or right or way.
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Mr. Grande stated in the PUD, which is where this is relevant, that open space would be a
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part of the association’s land not the developer’s land.
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Mr. Satterlee stated just in that case it might allow less of a common open-space
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requirementand more open-space in the yard. Staff will take a look at that and analyze it
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Mr. Harris made a point stating the difference would be if it was a private trail or open to the
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public.
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Ms. Hensley stated her concerns are negotiations every time. The rules should be applied
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consistently without negotiations. When someone says “more than likely” or “probably”, that
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is too much leeway; it needs to be specifically spelled out so everyone understands what the
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rules are.
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Chairman Mundt stated there is a consensus from the commission that some good and fair
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issues have been brought up and some further work needs to be done whether that’s by staff
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work only or a workshop.
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Ms. Lueke stated the staff would recommend taking it to a Board of County Commissioners
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workshop to discuss the policy implications.
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Chairman Mundt stated his personal opinion that it needs more work before it goes to the
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Board.
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Mr. Lounds stated enough issues have been brought up between the board and public
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comment that needs to be brought back to the Planning and Zoning Board to be hashed
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through again with more public comment before it goes to a workshop.
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Ms. Lueke stated that staff’s recommendation that this goes back to the Board of County
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Commissioner at an informal meeting.
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Ms. Morgan asked if there was a time frame that this has to be rushed through right away.
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Her concern is the board gets this packet tonight which has a lot of comments and meeting
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minutes that have not gone through and digested. This board has not been properly
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prepared to review everything to make more comments.
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Ms. Lueke stated it would be better if staff withdrew the ordinance and re-advertise when it’s
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time to bring it back.
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Mr. Harris understood that Mr. Culverhouse wanted public comment committed to record.
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He wanted to address one of the items that Mr. Ferguson brought up regarding the cost of
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the multi-purpose path. He believed Mr. Ferguson was utilizing a number that’s an average
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throughout the State of Florida; if a county number was utilized based on concrete that we
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have to purchase, based on the rule of thumb 10% for mobilization and clearing 10% for
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permitting and design; my number comes in the range of $250,000 for one mile. He just
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wanted to make that a record.
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Mr. Grande made the motion to accept staff withdrawal.
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Ms. Morgan seconded. The motion carried 9-0.
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B. Chapter 5 LDC Revisions
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Petition of St. Lucie County to amend Chapter 5 of the Land Development Code of St.
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Lucie County. Staff comments and presentation by Michael Brillhart.
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Mr. Brillhart stated this item is a continuation of proposed ordinance 10-014 pertaining
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specifically to revisions to Chapter 5, adequate public facilities of the Land Development
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Code (LDC). In 1991 the Land Development Code was adopted and within Chapter 11,
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Administration of the LDC, there was a section called major and minor site plans. Within that
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administration section is information regarding traffic impacts reports. Traffic impact reports
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primarily deals with concurrency issues regarding the impacts of new development upon the
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county’s regional roadway system. Staff believes relocating that information out of Chapter
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11 into Chapter 5 is more appropriate. A summary of these proposed LDC changes as
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reflected within Ordinance 10-014 include relocating the Transportation Impact Report (TIR)
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criteria currently found within Chapter 11; adding new definitions in Chapter 2; Revising the
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TIR trip generation threshold requirement to a minimum 51 gross peak hour project trips and
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eliminating the adopted maximum 2 mile “Study Area” requirement currently located in
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Section 11.02.09 and replacing it with a new “Radius of Development Influence”. As
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proposed, these changes will have minimal impacts on development projects that generate
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150 or less peak hour trips but will increase the radius of development influence to 3 miles
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for projects generating more than 150 peak hour trips. Comparably, projects generating over
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1,000 peak hour trips would be required to use a 5 mile radius of influence. Staff
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recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission forward Ordinance 10-014 to the
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Board of County Commissioners with a recommendation of approval.
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Ms. Caron asked if there was anything in the ordinance that addresses seasonal.
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Mr. Brillhart stated yes, page 7 line 16, it is required that peak hour traffic to be seasonally
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adjusted.
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Mr. Lounds asked about the methodology on page 4; are those methods part of state
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ordinance, state codes, state rules, and state statues at this time.
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Mr. Brillhart stated no, those are not. The current LDC requires a methodology meeting on
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every project but staff wanted to provide more guidance as to the reason and the rationale
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for those meetings.
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Mrs. Hammer asked about page 2 of 12 of the ordinance, the last two lines, there is a
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definition of area of development influence. Then page 3, line 11-12 again it’s area of
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development influence but the definitions are not the same. Are they supposed to be?
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Mr. Brillhart stated the definition on page 3, line 11 and 12 is the accurate definition.
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Mrs. Hammer continued questions regarding page 3; paragraph B and under 5.06.05 to
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break it into 2 separate paragraphs. On page 4, line 22 the word ‘foregone’ is unclear. Line
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37 through 44 is all one sentence and needs to be broken down and separated. It would be
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easier to understand. Page 5, line 5 ‘Level of Significance’, is it under paragraph B; it should
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be made clearer. On page 8, line 16-17 it refers to Growth Management director, it should
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match what is on line 41-42 which is Planning & Development Services director. Page 10 of
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12, above part B, does there need to be a part A?
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Ms. Young stated part A begins on page 2 line 31which is the text of the ordinance.
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing.
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No one spoke.
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Grande made the motion to approve as amended.
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Mr. Schader seconded. The motion carried 9-0.
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C. Ordinance No. 10-033 – Eminent Domain Waivers – continued from
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September 16, 2010 meeting.
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Petition of St. Lucie County to amend the St. Lucie County Land Development Code to
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provide Eminent Domain Waivers by amending Section 2.00.00 “Definitions” to
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include definitions of Acquiring Authority and Eminent Domain Waiver; further
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amending Chapter 10 to add Section 10.03 “Eminent Domain Waiver” to provide for a
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waiver where Eminent Domain action renders a site non-conforming; amending Board
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of Adjustment power to include these waivers; providing for conflicting provisions;
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providing for applicability; providing for severability; providing for filing with the
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Department of State; providing an effective date; providing for adoption and providing
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for codification. Staff comments and presentation by the County Attorney’s Office.
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Mrs. Barbieri stated this agenda item came before the board in September and at that time
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there were some questions asked and staff was asked to research it and get back to the
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board. The main issue at that time was whether there should be any wording put in the
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ordinance to prevent the usage of the waiver from being used in a court of law. Courts have
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historically considered whether variances or waivers might be given in the past and using
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their weighing system, they would give some weight to it. Staff gave a quote from one of the
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cases that Mr. Culverhouse provided as to why they did getsome weight to it. At this time,
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staffis not recommending to put any language into the ordinance that would prevent the
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acquiring authority from using this evidence in a court of law. Outlining again what this
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ordinance would do; it would allow eminent domain waivers for three types of parcels. It
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provides a procedure where you go to the Board of County Commissioners first and if they
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agree that it should be an eminent domain waiver then it would go to the Board of
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Adjustment, who could agree with it, modify it or they could deny it. It allows for either the
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condemning authority or the property owner to apply for it and there is no requirement at all
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that the property owner actually if there is a waiver given and a care plan that they actually
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implemented it is completely up to their discretion. It also gives new definitions of eminent
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domain action and waiver that would be incorporated into the Land Development Code. We
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are recommending it to be passed to the county commissioners with an approval
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recommendation.
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Mr. Culverhouse stated his concern that last time was that he is aware that this is allowed to
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be admitted into evidence and certain instances in court and eminent domain proceedings.
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His concern is that it increases the power of the condemning authority over the property
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owner, home owner, or land owner. Also, the condemning authority having the power to
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apply for a waiver rather than just the land owner; evidence of the possible waiver that could
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be obtained can be introduced in evidence now by the condemning authority. What bothers
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him about this proposed ordinance is the condemning authority being able to have the power
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to apply for and the Board of County Commissioners is given the authority to continue
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indefinitely the hearing on it. He thinks that he would prefer if a waiver is applied for by
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either the land owner or the condemning authority prior to the time of the trial on damages
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where the land owner is attempting to get just compensation for damages for the severance
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of the property that it be required in the ordinance that the hearings by the Board of County
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Commissioners and the decision by the Board of Adjustment be concluded prior to the
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beginning of that trial. So that however it goes out, it can be introduced into evidence. If it is
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denied, then it’s denied but he is leery and don’t think it’s fair. He is concerned about the
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rights of the home owner or the property owner being trampled on because government is
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toobusy to get this done before the trial on the damages. He does not like the idea of big
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brother being able to apply for the waiver. He also has a problem on page 7, paragraph A.
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It says… ‘after the acquiring authority takes possession of real property subject to an
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eminent domain action’. Why is it possession there and why is it ‘takes’ and on paragraph C,
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line 3…’takes an interest in or title to some part of the parent tract’. He understands that the
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condemning authority might only be asking for an easement so it would not be taking title, it
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would just have an easement interest or it could be taking full title but why is the…it says
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takes an interest in or title to (take out the extra “in”) there as opposed to possession above
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in paragraph A. After the quick taking is done that is when the condemning authority
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deposits the money in the registry and the court allows the condemningauthority to go
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ahead to take the property, you can get into all kinds of dances around what possession
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Mrs. Barbieri stated she agreed with him on paragraph A. When doing some tweaking, they
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should have done that also.
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Mr. Culverhouse asked what about being able to provide that if regardless of who applies for
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the waiver; if it is before the condemning authority takes an interest or title in the property or
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it’s before the trial on damages that that waiver be completed by both the Board of County
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Commissioners and by the Board of Adjustment prior to the beginning of the trial and there
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has to be some requirements on the property owner if the property owner, if they applied that
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they apply within a certain time period to allow so that the Board could hear it and they could
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also go to the Board of Adjustments. He has a problem with the idea that it could be applied
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for and not be voted on by the Board of County Commissioners with their final decision and
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not have a decision from the Board of Adjustment. Then evidence of the application is
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submitted to the court and something happens and it’s denied and the property owner’s
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damages have been reduced.
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Mrs. Barbieri stated that staff agrees with that philosophy; hopefully the waiver would be
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completed and the results from the Board of Adjustment obtained before that hearing in court
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so they would have the definite information. She is not sure if that should be put in the
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ordinance. That would be information that the courts would want and it would be looked into
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and provide that information to the Board of County Commissioners that that is a
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recommendation.
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Mr. Culverhouse stated after practicing law for over 35 years, it has been his experience that
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whatever can go wrong usually does. He does not see the harm in providing that if either the
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land owner or the condemning authority applied for it, that the issue would have to be
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decided, prior to the trial on damages and it would not apply if the condemning authority
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already had title to and then even the condemning authority or the property owner applied for
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it. He thinks there should be a requirement that it is completed prior to the condemning
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authority and the land owner having to address the issue of damages before a jury.
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Mrs. Barbieri stated she agrees that it should be provided to them; and will let the Board of
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County Commissioners know that he wants that information incorporated in the ordinance.
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Staff’s position is to give it more thought on whether there is a restriction in case there is that
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one situation where something happens and someone is making unreasonable delays.
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing.
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No one spoke.
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Schader made a motion that after considering the testimony presented during the
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public hearings including staff and public comment; he moves that the Planning and
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Zoning Commission approve Ordinance 10-033 providing for eminent domain waivers
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forward to the Board of County Commission. The prior concerns of this Board were
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addressed and reviewed and included in this motion add all the recommendations
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made by Mr. Culverhouse during tonight’s meeting.
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Mr. Lounds seconded. The motion carried 9-0.
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IV. OTHER BUSINESS
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A. Planning and Development Services Director Comments.
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Mr. Satterlee stated the Backbone team has been working very hard on the Research Park
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PNRD Plan and hopes to bring the project before the board by January; no later than the
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February meeting.
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B. Other business at the discretion of the Planning and Zoning Board
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members.
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Chairman Mundt welcomed Mr. Grande back to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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There is no meeting in December.
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Ms. Hammer asked staff when is Chapter 10, 11 and 12 coming back.
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Mr. Satterlee stated there were some staff changes; and the comments from Planning and
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Zoning are being incorporated and once staff makes sure it is right; it will be brought back to
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the planning board for a workshop.
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Mr. Lounds stated the turkey industry is in dire need of help. If you are not going to have
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turkey for Thanksgiving, buy out and give it away. Due to the increase cost of grain, they
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need all the help they can get.
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V. ADJOURN
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There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:15.
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