HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2010-20 GreeneWay Interchange District Amendments ORDINANCE 2010 -20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, SEMINOLE COUNTY
FLORIDA, SETTING FORTH AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
REGARDING THE GREENWAY INTERCHANGE DISTRICT;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; INCORPORATION
INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; LEGAL STATUS OF
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS;
SEVERABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, section 163.3161 et. seq., Florida Statutes (1987) established the Local
Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act; and
WHEREAS, section 163.3167, Florida Statutes, requires each municipality in the State of
Florida to prepare and adopt a Comprehensive Plan as scheduled by the Florida Department of
Community Affairs; and
WHEREAS, certain textual amendments to the Future Land Use Element related to the
Greeneway Interchange District (GID) are required to better implement the goals of SeminoleWAY
and the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council; and
WHEREAS, the Local Planning Agency of the City of Winter Springs held a duly noticed
public hearing on July 14, 2010, in accordance with the procedures in Chapter 163, Part II, Florida
Statutes, on the proposed comprehensive plan amendment and considered findings and advice of
staff, citizens, and all interested parties submitting written and oral comments; and
WHEREAS, the Local Planning Agency recommended the City Commission adopt the large
scale comprehensive plan text amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission hereby finds that this Ordinance is in the best interests
of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs, Florida; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are fully incorporated herein
by this reference.
Section 2. Authority. This Ordinance is adopted in compliance with, and pursuant to, the Local
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Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, Sections 163.3167
and 163.3187, Florida Statutes.
Section 3. Purpose and Intent. The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to adopt the large
scale comprehensive plan text amendment set forth herein revising and updating the Future Land Use
Element as it relates to the Greeneway Interchange District to better implement the goals of
SeminoleWAY and the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council.
Section 4. Adoption of Large Scale Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment. The City
Commission of the City of Winter Springs hereby amends the Future Land Use Element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan as follows (underlined type indicates additions and strikeout type indicates
deletions, while asterisks (* * *) indicate a deletion from the Ordinance of text existing in the Future
Land Use Element. It is intended that the text in the Future Land Use Element denoted by the
asterisks and set forth in this Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to
adoption of this Ordinance):
Policy 3.2.2 Residential Use Limitations. Prohibit residential except as a conditional use, incidental
to other GID uses set forth in Policy 3.2.1. Residential uses shall be and limit the residential
component to no inoi C than 25% of-any-one-vertically integrated; into mixed use structures and shall
not occupy more than seventy -five percent (75%) of any one structure. Proposed residential uses that
occupy more than twenty -five percent (25 %) of any one building must be incidental residential uses
associated with a primary nonresidential use. Additionally, residential uses shall not occupy more
than twenty -five percent (25 %) of the total floor area of development for any proposed phase
(parking garages excluded in the calculation) approved by the City Commission.
Policy 3.2.4 Intensity and Building Height. Encourage higher intensity development in the GID by
requiring buildings to include at least two (2) stories of occupiable space (as defined in Florida
Building Code, Chapter 2) and allowing a FAR up to 1.0. Development bonuses allowing a higher
FAR, may be granted based on the criteria described in Future Land Use Element, Policy 3.2.5. The
City Commission may permit principal buildings less than two (2) stories in height by conditional
use pursuant to the standards set forth in the City's land development regulations. Ancillary
buildings may be excluded from the two story minimum, by action of the City Commission.
Section 5. Transmittal to the Department of Community Affairs. The City Manager or his designee
is hereby designated to sign a letter transmitting the adopted comprehensive plan amendment to the Florida
Department of Community Affairs, in accordance with section 163.3187(4), Florida Statutes, and Section
9J -11, Florida Administrative Code.
Section 6. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent
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ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City of Winter Springs City Commission, or parts of ordinances
and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 7. Severability. 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 8. Effective Date and Legal Status of the Plan Amendment. The effective date of the
comprehensive plan amendment adopted by this Ordinance shall be the date a final order is issued by the
Florida Department of Community Affairs, or the date of the Administration Commission finding the
Amendment in compliance with section 163.3184, Florida Statutes. No development orders, development
permits, or land use dependent on this amendment may be issued or commenced before it has become
effective. If a final order of noncompliance is issued by the Administration Commission, the amendment
may nevertheless be made effective by adoption of a resolution affirming its effective status. After and from
the effective date of this amendment, the comprehensive plan amendment set forth herein shall amend the
City of Winter Springs Comprehensive Plan and become a part of that plan and the amendment shall have
the legal status of the City of Winter Springs Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular meeting
assembled on the 25th day of October, 2010. •
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JOI F. BUSH, ayor .
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A- °4 ;1 LORENZO - LUACES
Ci Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND SUFFICIENCY
FOir E CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS ONLY.
ANTHONY A. GARGANESE
City Attorney
Transmittal Hearing: July 26, 2010
Adoption Hearing: October 25, 2010
Effective Date:
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