Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance amending the Broward County Comprehensive Plan to adopt Broward County Land Use Plan text amendment PCT 18-4, the substance of which is as follows:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AMENDING THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN TEXT REGARDING FRACKING; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ACTION:  (T-2:13 PM)  Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to become effective as provided by law  with the Purple-Sheeted Additional Material, dated Thursday, September 13, 2018, submitted at the request of The Planning Council.  (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)
 
VOTE: 9-0.

Pursuant to Section 163.3184, Florida Statutes, as amended, Broward County Comprehensive Plan amendments shall be adopted by Ordinance by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, serving as the local governing body.

The Ordinance adopts Broward County Land Use Plan text amendment PCT 18-4 in accordance with Section 163.3184, Florida Statutes, as amended.

April 24, 2018 - County Commission approved transmittal of proposed amendment PCT 18-4 to State review agencies; and August 14, 2018 - Set adoption Public Hearing for September 13, 2018.

The Planning Council, as the Local Planning Agency (LPA) responsible for the Broward County Land Use Plan, considered the following proposed amendment, PCT 18-4, at its March 22, 2018, public hearing and recommended approval (Vote of the Planning Council; Unanimous: 18-0; Blackwelder, Blattner, Breslau, Brunson, Castillo, DiGiorgio, Ganz, Gomez, Good, Graham, Grosso, Moraitis, Rosenof, Rosenzweig, Ryan, Udine, Williams and Stermer) and also recommended approval, at its June 28, 2018, public hearing (Vote of the Planning Council; Unanimous: 13-0; Blackwelder, Blattner, Breslau, Brunson, DiGiorgio, Ganz, Gomez, Good, Graham, Grosso, Rich, Williams and Stermer):

AMENDMENT PCT 18-4
Amendment to the Broward County Land Use Plan text regarding Policy 2.9.3 - Broward County continues to oppose and prohibit in any land use category the use of hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, and any form of extreme well stimulation for the purposes of resource extraction.

The full amendment report and associated attachments are provided in Exhibit 2 of this Public Hearing item.

Barbara Blake Boy, Executive Director, Broward County Planning Council, (954) 357-6695
Deanne Von Stetina, Assistant Executive Director, Broward County Planning Council, (954) 357-6690