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TO: The Honorable Members DATE: January 14, 1985 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: SUBJECT: Robert M. Kea in , AICP Planning & Development Director SEA OAKS HOTEL SITE PLAN APPLICATION FILE: #IRC -8I -SP -14 FROM: Mary Jane V. Goetzfried REFERENCES: Sea Oaks —M) -- Chief, Current Development Section DIS:MARYJ It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by. the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of January 23, 1985. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Pursuant to Section 23 (h)(1) Appendix A of the County Code, the Board of County Commissioners is afforded the"authority to evaluate the validity of an approved site plan, when there is a question with regard to commencement or abandonment of con- struction. The Code specifies that construction will have commenced when the developer has built a portion of a structure shown on the approved site plan (e.g. the pouring of footers) , or has made substantial improvements to the site, other than land clearing, filling or grading, evidencing a good faith effort to dili- gently pursue construction to completion. In cases where construction has commenced, and subsequently been abandoned or suspended, the site plan approval shall terminate and become null and void after notice and hearing by the Board of County Commissioners. Construction shall be considered abandoned or suspended if at the hearing it is shown that an active building permit has not been maintained for the construction of a structure in accordance with the approved plan, or it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board of County Commissioners that construction at a level indicating a good faith effort to proceed with the completion of the project has not occurred for a continuous period of six (6) -months, unless the inactivity is attributable to the deliberate and scheduled phasing of a multiphase project which has been approved as such by the County. The site plan application to construct the Sea Oaks Hotel, approved in March of 1981, depicts a 300 unit hotel, 52 clus- tered villas, 5 tennis courts, recreational club facilities and •5 beach cross -overs. County records reflect the following CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS with regard to construction of the Sea Oaks Hotel: January 30, 1981 - Site plan application submitted by Gordon Nutt. March 26, 1981 - Site plan approval granted by the Planning & Zoning Commission. March 15, 1982 - Zoning permit issued for hotel villa "A" (a single 4 -unit structure). 35 SAN 2 3 1985 BOOK 59 FAE 656