TO: Planning and Zoning Advisory Board
FROM: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
SUBJECT: Consideration of Petition No. CPAL-24-057 Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Facilitate the Unified Land Development Code Rewrite (Ordinance No. 2024-09)
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Recommended Action
The Planning & Zoning Advisory Board recommends the City Commission approve CPAL-24-057 (via Ordinance 2024-09).
General Information
Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, requires that local governments in Florida adopt a comprehensive plan to guide and manage development within the community. This statutory requirement was enacted in 1985 as the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act. In 2011, the Legislature amended Chapter 163, Part II changing the title to the Community Planning Act.
The Community Planning Act establishes the important role of the North Port Comprehensive Plan as a policy setting document. In Florida, the comprehensive plan is elevated in terms of its legal status and enforceability. Importantly, the Community Planning Act in Chapter 163, Part II, incorporates fundamental requirements regarding consistency of land development regulations as follows:
Florida Statutes 163.3202Land development regulations.-
(1)Within 1 year after submission of its comprehensive plan or revised comprehensive plan for review pursuant to s. 163.3191, each county and each municipality shall adopt or amend and enforce land development regulations that are consistent with and implement their adopted comprehensive plan.
The City of North Port has been in the process of amending the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) since 2015. While the City successfully updated the Comprehensive Plan via the Evaluation and Appraisal Review process in 2017, the land development regulations were never fully amended. Changing growth conditions and a new focus on a sustainable balance of land uses has resulted in a current draft ULDC pending adoption that is not consistent with the current Comprehensive Plan, necessitating this CPAL-24-057 to ensure compliance with Florida Statutes 163.302.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management Pillar
Good Governance Pillar
Quality of Life Pillar
Financial Impact
Not Applicable.
Procurement
Not Applicable.
Attachments:
1. Ordinance No. 2024-09 with Exhibits
2. Supplemental Data and Analysis
3. Future Land Use Data Tables
4. Excerpts from Draft Chapter 3 of the ULDC
Prepared by: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services Department
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department