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An Ordinance Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Amending The City’s Adopted Comprehensive Plan By Amending The Land Use Element To Establish Certain Permitted Uses In Areas Designated Open Space And Recreation; Amending The Future Land Use Element Map To Reflect The Changes. (21-T-41)
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Ordinance.
Explanation:
In March of 2019, voters approved the General Obligation Bond which included funding for a new Police Headquarters. This text amendment to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan is to include new language related to civic & cultural buildings and community facilities and/or utility uses. This tool was created by BrowardNext to allow municipalities to have greater flexibility in the process for the incorporation of Community Facilities and/or Utility uses that serve a public purpose to promote health, safety and welfare.
Specifically the amendment is to the permitted use language in the Open Space and Recreation land use designation category. Presently, the Open Space and Recreation land use designation category does not contain such language. The text amendment language proposed is consistent with and is in compliance with both the goals, objectives and policies of BrowardNext and the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The proposed language is the same language found in the “Permitted Uses” section of BrowardNext which brings the City’s Comprehensive Plan more into compliance.
The text amendment language would add Civic and Cultural Buildings as a permitted use and add Community Facilities that are publicly owned and promote health, safety, and welfare provided minimum open space requirements of 3 acres per 1,000 existing or future residents are maintained, no more than 5 acres are used for the facility, and sufficient and functional open space serving area residents are retained.
At the September 21, 2021 Planning and Development Board meeting the Board forwarded a recommendation of approval to the City Commission.
Attachment I: September 21, 2021 Planning and Development Board Staff Report and Backup.
Fiscal Impact:
Approval of this ordinance will not fiscally impact the City as this is a text amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Alexandra Guerrero, Principal Planner
Leslie A. Del Monte, Planning Manager
Shiv Newaldass, Director, Development Services
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager/Sustainable Development