TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Appendix A-City Fee Schedule; Amending Development Services Fees, including Building, Development Review, Planning and Zoning, and Natural Resources Fees, to Correspond with the New Unified Land Development Code; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing an Effective Date.
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Recommended Action
The City Commission approve Ordinance No. 2024-32 on first reading and continue to second reading on October 8, 2024.
Recommended Action on Second Reading
The City Commission approve Ordinance No. 2024-32.
General Information
Ordinance No. 2024-13 created a new Chapter 2 of the Unified Land Development Code incorporating several new application types for the development review process for which fees must be established. In addition to addressing the new development application types, the draft fee schedule includes some flattening of fees to provide increased efficiency in administration, as well as escalating fees for plan reviews beyond the average number required to incentivize accurate submittals and discourage site design by plan review.
Information for Second Reading
During the City Commission Regular Meeting on September 24, 2024, the City Commission unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2024-32 on the first reading and continued it to the second reading on October 8, 2024, as presented.
Business Impact Estimate
In accordance with Florida Statutes Section 166.041(4)(a), on August 21, 2024, the City timely posted a business impact estimate on the City’s website, before the date the newspaper published notice of this Ordinance’s final reading.
Strategic Plan
Economic Development & Growth Management Pillar
Good Governance Pillar
Financial Impact
Not applicable.
Procurement
Not applicable.
Attachments:
1. Ordinance No. 2024-32
2. Business Impact Statement
Prepared by: Lori Barnes, AICP, CPM, Assistant Director, Development Services
Department Director: Alaina Ray, AICP, Director, Development Services Department