Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO CONSIDER enactment of an Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO THE WASHINGTON PARK, ROOSEVELT GARDENS, AND BOULEVARD GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT DISTRICTS; REPEALING ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, CREATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT DISTRICTS, AND ADOPTING THE ASSOCIATED NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT PLANS AND AMENDMENTS THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ACTION:  (T-10:50 AM)  Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to become effective as provided by law.  (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)

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

 
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A Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish notice of public hearing to consider enactment of the Ordinance was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of February 26, 2019.

Repeals Ordinances creating Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement Districts and adopting and amending related Neighborhood Enhancement Plans.

On January 14, 1997, the Broward County Board of Commissioners ("Board") enacted Ordinance No. 97-03, authorizing participation by Broward County in the Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement Program. The Board subsequently enacted ordinances creating the Washington Park, Roosevelt Gardens, and Boulevard Gardens Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement Districts ("Districts") and adopted Neighborhood Enhancement Plans for each District. Several ordinances were subsequently enacted amending the Neighborhood Enhancement Plans.

On September 26, 2012, the Board enacted Ordinance No. 2012-25, creating the "Central County Community Overlay District" within the Broward County Zoning Code. The Central County Community Overlay District incorporates the requirements of the Neighborhood Enhancement Plans, thereby making retention of the Neighborhood Enhancement Plans redundant. This proposed Ordinance repeals the ordinances authorizing creation of the Districts, creating the Districts, and adopting and amending the Neighborhood Enhancement Plans.
 
The Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department, as the local planning agency for the elements of the Broward County Comprehensive Plan for the unincorporated area, held its public hearing on February 22, 2019, and made a recommended finding that the proposed Ordinance is generally consistent with the adopted Broward County Comprehensive Plan.

Maite Azcoitia, Deputy County Attorney, (954) 357-7600