TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2017-29, first reading, TXT-17-140, Amendments to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Chapter 1- General Provisions, Article III-Boards and Duties, Sections 1-28 and 1-29, to provide for the addition and appointment of alternate members to the City's Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning and Zoning Advisory Board.
Recommended Action
Continue Ordinance No. 2017-29, TXT-17-140 Amendments to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Chapter 1- General Provisions, Article III-Boards and Duties, Sections 1-28 and 1-29, to provide for the addition and appointment of alternate members to the City's Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning and Zoning Advisory Board for second reading October 24, 2017.
Background Information
The City Commission at their regularly scheduled meeting of June 27, 2017, discussed the merits of having alternate members added to its advisory boards. As a result of the meeting, the Commission concluded that the ability to have the maximum amount of citizen participation in the zoning and land use processes of the City as well as the ability of the City's zoning and land use processes to not be delayed for lack of a quorum, voted 4-0 in favor of directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to allow for the inclusion of two alternates being added to the City's Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board.
The City Attorney has reviewed and approved Ordinance 2017-29 as to form and correctness.
The petition was advertised in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of North Port on September 5, 2017 pursuant to the provisions of Section 166.041(3)(a), Florida Statutes and Section 9.01(b) of the Charter of the City of North Port, and Chapter 1 Article II, Section 1-12 of the City's Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) as amended.
The Planning and Zoning Advisory Board at their regu...
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