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TO: James Chandler County Administrator FROM: Robert M. Keating, AICP RMK Community Development Director DATE: November 27, 1989 SUBJECT: LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of December 5, 1989. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: According to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land ,Development Regulation Act of 1985, every local government in the (state must adopt revised land development regulations within one ;;:,:year of its comprehensive plan submittal date. For Indian River '='County,"..the applicable date for land development regulation adoption is September 1, 1990. 'Even though the state Departmentof _ Commun _ tyAAffaizs.s completed its : review of the -county' s draft comptei eiiis the staff has already started work on the revised land .develop -W 'ment regulations. So far, that work has involved identifying ;comprehensive plan policies requiring land development regulation_ :modification, inventorying existing land development regulations :`'for content, analyzing existing regulations for inconsistencies, developing a proposed format for the revised regulations, and ,. preparing a work program and schedule. At this time the staff needs direction from the Board of County Commissioners regarding several land development regulation preparation issues. These issues are: format, consultants, and public participation. Each will be discussed below in the alternatives and analysis section. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS: As the implementing mechanism for the comprehensive plan, the county's land development regulations are an integral part of the planning process. According to other local government represen- tatives, the land development regulation process may be even more intensive than the comprehensive plan development process. For that reason, it is necessary to make some initial decisions at this time. - Format The county's land development regulations are part of its code of laws and ordinances. At.this time, however, not all of its land development .regulations are consolidated within the code book. While the principal development regulations, the zoning code and subdivision ordinance, are appendix A and B, respectively of the code of laws and ordinances, other land development regulAtions, such as the landscaping ordinance, the stormwater management ordinance, the tree protection ordinance, and others, are scat- tered throughout the code book. One objective of revising the county's land development regulations is to consolidate all of the county's development related ordinances, making them easier to use by both the staff and the general public. To facilitate this, the planning staff has been working with the county attorney's office. While the county attorney's office has taken the lead in reformatting the entire code of laws and DEC 21