Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2017-535 directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of the Governmental Center to consider enactment of a proposed Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AMENDING SECTION 27-194 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE"), PROVIDING EXEMPTION FROM SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MOBILITY PROJECTS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
 

(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)

ACTION:  (T-10:32 AM)  Approved, as amended, with the Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated November 14, 2017, submitted at the request of the Office of the County Attorney.

VOTE:  8-0.  Commissioner LaMarca was not present.

The proposed Ordinance was prepared by the Office of the County Attorney at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of September 14, 2017.

Amends the Code to allow for an exemption from surface water management licensing requirements for certain projects undertaken by the Florida Department of Transportation for Metropolitan Planning Organization sponsored mobility projects.

The Florida Department of Transportation and Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization staff have requested an exemption from the procedural requirement to obtain a surface water management license in order to facilitate construction of Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization "Complete Streets" projects. The exemption applies only to the extent the surface water management activity is conducted in full conformance with the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances governing water resource management.

Damaris Y. Henlon, Assistant County Attorney, (954) 357-7600