DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Division of Community Development
Final Order No. DEO-18-005
In re: A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF LAKE ALFRED,
FLORIDA ORDINANCE NO. 1308-12
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FINAL ORDER
APPROVING LAKE ALFRED ORDINANCE NO. 1308-12
The Department of Economic Opportunity (“Department”) hereby issues its Final Order, pursuant to section 380.05(6), Florida Statutes, approving land development regulations adopted by the City of Lake Alfred, Florida, (the “City”) Ordinance No. 1308-12 (the “Ordinance”).
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Green Swamp Area is designated by section 380.0551, Florida Statutes, as an area of critical state concern. The City is a local government within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern.
2. The Ordinance was adopted by the City on April 16, 2012, and rendered to the Department on December 29, 2017.
3. The Ordinance amends the City’s Unified Land Development Code text to establish requirements of accessory signage for nonresidential uses in residential districts. The Ordinance adopts frontage, dimensional, and aesthetic requirements. The Ordinance also restricts the types of signs, allowing only ground-mounted, pole, and wall signs. The Ordinance permits signs to be posted along publicly maintained roads, but further specifies that pole signs may only be placed along urban collectors as identified by the Comprehensive Plan. The Ordinance establishes dimensional restrictions for ground-mounted and pole signs based on road frontage and for wall signs based on building frontage. Ground-mounted and pole signs are not permitted to extend beyond the property line. The Ordinance establishes standards for illumination and landscaping for accessory signage for nonresidential uses in residential districts.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
4. The Department is required to approve or reject land development regulations that are adopted by any local government in an area of critical state concern. See section 380.05(6), Florida Statutes.
5. “Land development regulations” include local zoning, subdivision, building, and other regulations controlling the development of land. Section 380.031(8), Florida Statutes. The regulations adopted by the Ordinance are land development regulations.
6. The Ordinance is consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan generally, as required by section 163.3177(1), Florida Statutes, and specifically Policy 1.3.1.
7. All land development regulations enacted, amended, or rescinded within an area of critical state concern must also be consistent with the principles for guiding development for that area. See section 380.05(6), Florida Statutes. The Principles for Guiding Development for the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern are set forth in rule 28-26.003(1), Florida Administrative Code.
8. The Ordinance is consistent with all the Principles for Guiding Development and is not inconsistent with any principles.
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Department finds that Lake Alfred Ordinance No. 1308-12 is consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and the Principles for Guiding Development for the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern and is hereby APPROVED.
This Order becomes effective 21 days after publication in the Florida Administrative Register unless a petition is timely filed as described in the Notice of Administrative Rights below.
DONE AND ORDERED in Tallahassee, Florida.
/s/
James D. Stansbury, Bureau Chief
Bureau of Community Planning and Growth
Department of Economic Opportunity
Notice of administrative rights
Any person whose substantial interests are affected by this order has the opportunity for an administrative proceeding pursuant to section 120.569, Florida statutes.
For the required contents of a petition challenging agency action, refer to Rules 28-106.104(2), 28-106.201(2), and 28-106.301, Florida Administrative Code.
Depending on whether or not material facts are disputed in the petition, a hearing will be conducted pursuant to either sections 120.569 and 120.57(1), Florida statutes, or Sections 120.569 and 120.57(2), Florida statutes. Mediation is not available.
Any petition must be filed with the agency clerk of the department of economic opportunity within 21 calendar days of the final order being published in the florida administrative register. A petition is filed when it is received by:
Agency Clerk
Department of Economic Opportunity
Office of the general Counsel
107 East Madison St., MSC 110
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4128
Fax (850)921-3230
You waive the right to any administrative proceeding if you do not file a petition with the agency clerk within 21 calendar days of the final order being published in the florida administrative register.
CERTIFICATE OF FILING AND SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the original of the foregoing Final Order has been filed with the undersigned designated Agency Clerk, and that true and correct copies have been furnished to the following persons by the methods indicated this 5th day of February, 2018.
/s/
Agency Clerk
Department of Economic Opportunity
107 East Madison Street, MSC 110
Tallahassee, FL 32399-4128
By Certified-U.S. Mail:
The Honorable Charles O. Lake, Mayor
155 East Pomelo Street
Lake Alfred, Florida 33850
Ryan Leavengood, City Manager
155 East Pomelo Street
Lake Alfred, Florida 33850
Ameé Bailey-Speck, City Clerk
120 East Pomelo Street
Lake Alfred, Florida 33850
Frederick J. Murphy Jr., City Attorney
245 South Central Avenue
Bartow, Florida 33830
