HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-02 Considering Amendment to Zoning & Land Dev Code to Provide for a RS-2.5 RE: Pending ApplicationsRESOLUTION 93 - 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF PARKLAND DECLARING THAT THE CITY OF
PARKLAND WILL BE CONSIDERING AN AMENDMENT TO
ITS ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO
PROVIDE FOR A ZONING CATEGORY OF RS- 2.5 AND
STATING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF PARKLAND IN REVIEWING ANY PROPOSED OR
PENDING REZONING APPLICATION IN AREAS WITH A
LAND USE DESIGNATION OF 2.5 UNITS TO THE ACRE
OR 3 UNITS TO THE ACRE MAY BE SUBJECT TO SAID
ZONING CATEGORY, PROVIDED THAT THE CITY
COMMISSION FORMALLY ADOPTS A RS -2.5 ZONING
CATEGORY WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS OF THE DATE
OF THIS RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Parkland has deter-
mined that consideration of a zoning category of RS -2.5 is in its best
interests and would more properly suit many parcels of property which
have a land use designation of 2.5 units or 3 units per acre; and
WHEREAS, the City staff has drafted an amendment to the Zoning
and Land Development Code to provide for such an RS -2.5 category; and
WHEREAS, the City of Parkland Planning and Zoning Board will
shortly be reviewing said amendment as a local planning agency; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission will expeditiously make a final
decision on adopting such a Zoning and Land Development Code amend-
ment,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Commission declares that an amendment to the
Zoning and Land Development Code is presently in progress. All
property owners, with property in a land use category of 3 units per
acre or 2.5 units per acre, are hereby placed on the notice that the
City Commission will, when considering any rezoning application during
the next ninety (90) days, either abate any consideration on said
zoning application until the conclusion of said ninety (90) day period
or the adoption of a RS- 2.5 zoning category, whichever occurs earlier
or, consider such a rezoning petition with the understanding that the
City will retain the option of amending any zoning application (prior
to adoption of any rezoning petition) which seeks a more intense
zoning category by reducing it to RS -2.5 if the City Commission deems
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it in the best interests of the City of Parkland and more appropriate
for the area to be rezoned.
Section 2. The provisions of this Resolution shall be in effect
for a period of ninety (90) days. During said period, all applicants
for rezoning in a land use category of 3 units per acre or 2.5 units
per acre, shall be subject to this statement that an amendment is in
progress and that any such rezoning application may be subject to
revision to the RS -2.5 zoning category as set forth herein.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 20 DAY OF January
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SUSAN ARMSTR G, C.M.
CITY CLERK
01.13.93
, 1993