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10, A INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director THROUGH: John W. McCoy, AICP; Chief, Current Development FROM: Ryan Sweeney; Senior Planner, Current Development DATE: August 31, 2018 SUBJECT: Consideration of a Land Development Regulation (LDR) Amendment to Chapters 911 and 971 Regarding the Review and Approval Process for Places of Worship It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of September 18, 2018. BACKGROUND The proposed LDR amendment was conceptually presented to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) by the County Attorney's Office at its March 1, 2016 meeting. At that meeting, the BCC passed a motion directing staff to initiate the changes as proposed (see Attachment 1). In response to the BCC's direction, staff has drafted an LDR amendment ordinance that will change the use classification and the review and approval process for places of worship from the special exception use review and approval process to the administrative permit use review and approval process, and will also change one of the specific land use criteria for places of worship. Staff anticipated combining the subject use table change with other use table changes, but no other changes of that type have arisen. Consequently, staff is moving forward with the subject use table change at the same time that other LDR amendments are being considered. At the March 1, 2016 meeting, the BCC also included a directive to allow any applicant currently in the review and approval process to either choose to proceed forward under the current existing code, or give them the opportunity to wait until the revised ordinance is put into place. There are currently no applicants for a place of worship in the formal review and approval process, and several pre - applicants have been notified of this proposed change, which will provide a more streamlined and objective process. The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) considered the proposed LDR amendment as part of a larger "installment" of LDR amendments on August 23, 2018, and voted unanimously to recommend that the Board adopt the proposed amendment (see Attachment 2). This particular amendment ordinance has been separated from the larger "installment" of LDR amendments because this use table amendment will require two public hearings by the BCC, while the other ordinances require only a single public hearing by the BCC (see the "ordinance adoption process" within the analysis section of this report). 142