TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, Interim City Manager
TITLE: CPAL-16-170, Ordinance No. 2016-34, Second reading of amendments to the Elements of the Comprehensive Plan as recommended in the Evaluation and Appraisal Review (EAR).
Recommended Action
Approve Petition No. CPAL-16-170, adopting the Evaluation and Appraisal Review (EAR) based Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Ordinance 2016-34 Volume I and accepting Volume II for transmittal to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and other reviewing agencies.
Background Information
Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, requires that local governments in Florida adopt a comprehensive plan in order to guide planning, growth and development within the community. This statutory requirement was enacted in 1985 as the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act (1985 Act). The Legislature substantially amended Chapter 163, Part II, in 2011 by passage of House Bill No. 7207 (Chapter 2011-139, Laws of Florida), which changed the title to the Community Planning Act and incorporated several new concepts.
As part of this process, the City is required to review and modify (if necessary) the Comprehensive Plan every 7 years via an Evaluation and Appraisal Review (EAR) process. In November 2015, the City sent to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (the successor to the former Department of Community Affairs) that oversees comprehensive planning efforts in the State, an EAR letter that provides a general summary of items that the City will address as part of its EAR update. These updates and amendments were required to be transmitted to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) by December 1, 2016 pursuant to F.S. 163.3191(2). This deadline was met with the transmittal of the City's proposed EAR based amendments on November 28, 2016 following the November 22, 2016 first reading of amendments. Foll...
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