HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022 11 17 Public Hearing 401 - Consideration of Ordinance 2022-12 Adopting Temporary Moratorium for Development Requiring Stormwater Management and Drainage Systems
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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-___
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA; ADOPTING A
TEMPORARY MORATORIUM WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS REGARDING THE
FILING, PROCESSING, CONSIDERATION, OR DECISION OF FINAL
ENGINEERING PLAN AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND APPLICATIONS
FOR DEVELOPMENT REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION OF
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS UNDER
SECTION 9-241 OF THE CITY CODE IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS OF
THE CITY; PROVIDING THAT SAID MORATORIUM PERIOD SHALL
BE EFFECTIVE FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS, WITH THE OPTION FOR
THE CITY COMMISSION TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM PERIOD
FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS IF NECESSARY TO ALLOW
THE CITY COMMISSION, CITY LAND PLANNING AGENCY, CITY
STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY TO DEVELOP AMENDMENTS TO
CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY CODE AND APPLICABLE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUIREMENTS TO ENHANCE THE
STORMWATER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY;
PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS, CONFLICTS WITH STATE AND
FEDERAL LAW AND SEVERABILITY, NON-CODIFICATION, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City is granted the authority, under ' 2(b), Art. VIII of the State
Constitution, to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by
law; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 9 of the City Code allows developers to make application for site
plan, final engineering plans, and subdivision of land applications within the City and establishes
design requirements for required improvements, including stormwater management and drainage
systems pursuant to Section 9-241 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 9-241 of the City Code, consistent with applicable levels of service
Springs to be designed for a rainfall of a twenty-five year/twenty-four hour return period using an
SCS Type II Modified rainfall distribution and establishes the twenty-five year/twenty-four hour
WHEREAS, flooding from extreme storm events has affected many cities and
communities across the country, causing billions of dollars in damages annually; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs has recently experienced an unprecedented
flooding event following the impact of Hurricane Ian causing significant damage to the
community, and the City Commission desires the City engineer and appropriate City staff and
consultants to investigate and provide proposals standards of the
City for which all drainage systems will be designed as well as any other necessary updates to the
required for new development within the City for purposes of mitigating against flooding; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires a temporary moratorium to be enacted to
temporarily cease the filing, processing, consideration, and decision of final development plans
and subdivision of land applications requiring construction of stormwater management and
drainage systems under Section 9-241 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, a temporary moratorium allows such review to occur unhindered by
developments that could frustrate the objective of the review, and eliminate the race of diligence
that may occur while such reviews are underway, and allows for necessary code changes and/or
policy changes to be fully evaluated and/or implemented before new permitting and construction
takes place; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that improving flood resilience by enhancing
drainage facility standards for new development will protect people, buildings, infrastructure and
other facilities from flooding risk and serves a compelling government interest and public purpose;
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby finds
this Ordinance to be in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
Winter Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby fully incorporated herein by
reference as legislative findings of the City Commission of Winter Springs.
Section 2. Adoption of Temporary Moratorium. Beginning on the effective date
of this Ordinance and continuing for ninety (90) days thereafter, or sooner if provided by an
ordinance by the Winter Springs City Commission, a temporary moratorium is hereby imposed
upon filing, processing, considering, and decision making related to final engineering plan and
subdivision of land applications for development requiring construction of stormwater
management and drainage systems under Section 9-241 of the City Code in all zoning districts of
the City, except for such applications exempt from the temporary moratorium as expressly set forth
in Section 3 of this Ordinance. The temporary moratorium adopted herein may be extended by
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the City Commission for up to an additional ninety (90) days by Resolution.
Section 3. Exemptions from Temporary Moratorium. The following permit
applications are exempt from the temporary moratorium:
A. Applications for final engineering plans and subdivisions of land which were
formally filed with, and deemed complete by, the City on or before October 10, 2022.
B. Applications for final engineering plans and subdivisions of land for developments
that will be entirely served by a master stormwater system which previously received final
engineering plan approval by the City Commission.
C. Pre-application meetings.
D. Applications for development which do not require permitting and construction of
a stormwater management and drainage systems under Section 9-241 of the City Code.
Section 4. Recommendations for Land Development Regulations. The City
Manager and appropriate staff, in consultation with the City Attorney, are
hereby requested to evaluate the aforementioned requirements and develop and recommend, as
may be deemed advisable by the City Manager and City Attorney, land development regulation
amendments and/or Comprehensive Plan text amendments consistent with the direction provided
hereunder.
Section 5. Penalties. Violations of this Ordinance are punishable as provided by
Section 1-15 of the City Code of Winter Springs, Florida or other applicable Code provisions.
Section 6. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All
prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior
ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 7. Non-Codification. This Ordinance shall not be incorporated into the
Winter Springs City Code.
Section 8. Conflicts with State and Federal Law; Severability. No provision
herein is intended to impose a moratorium on the processing of land use applications required to
be processed within certain time frames by state or federal law. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or
any other reason, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
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upon adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, and pursuant to
City Charter.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular
meeting assembled on the _____ day of _______________, 2022.
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KEVIN McCANN, Mayor
ATTEST:
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CHRISTIAN GOWAN
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND SUFFICIENCY
FOR THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS ONLY.
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ANTHONY A. GARGANESE
City Attorney
First Legal Ad Published:
First Reading:
Second Legal Ad Published:
Effective Date:
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