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BOOK 97 Par;E 0 Section 8.. Update on rezoning published notice requirement. LDR Section 902.12(4)(b)l. contains the county's published notice (newspaper advertisemeint) requirements that apply to comprehensive plan amendments [as referenced in county code section 800.07(7)(d)], rezonings, land development regulation amendments, and special exception use requests [as referenced in LDR section 971.05(6)(c) and (d)]. Section 902.12(4)(b)1. is intended to be consistent with the state law for rezoning published notice requirements. To ensure that the county's requirements are consistent with state law, the section states that requirements set forth in the section shall apply "...unless Florida Statutes mandate different notice requirements". Recently, Florida Statutes published notice requirements were changed and are- now different than the requirements specified in 902.12(4)(b)l. Although the "catch all" phrase in the section's existing language ensures consistency with Florida Statutes, staff recommends that the specific requirements be changed to match current Florida Statutes regarding published notice requirements. Section 9. Clarification of planned development open space credit for'private yards. During the recent review of the hammock Lakes planned development, a difference of interpretation between planning staff and the county attorney's office staff indicated a need to clarify how private yard green area would be credited toward meeting a planned development project's open space requirement. The county's policy in several planned development projects, including hammock Lakes, has been to credit 1008 of private yard green area as project open space. The proposed amendment, drafted by planning and attorneys office staff, would clarify the LDRs in.a manner consistent with county policy. Section 10. Concurrency review exemption for requests that would not increase land use intensity. For years, it has been the county's policy to exempt from concurrency review any rezoning or land use amendment application that would not result in an increase in allowable density or intensity of use. For example, under this policy staff has neither required nor performed a concurrency review for rezoning applications that merely change a property's zoning from CL (Limited Commercial). to CG (General Commercial), or where an even "swap" of property merely re -configures an existing commercial/industrial node. On the advice of the county attorney, Planning staff wishes to codify this policy under the concurrency review exemption section of the concurrency management o=inance. Therefore, staff proposes the section 10 amendment to codify past and present policy. Section 11. Correcting scrivener's errors subdivision ordinance reference. The proposed section 11 amendment would add an appropriate subdivision ordinance reference to the county's platted -over site plan projects provisions. Section 12. Elaboration of exemptions from normal subdivision standards for site plan projects that are platted. Existing subdivision ordinance section 913.09(6) allows residential. and commercial site planned projects to be "platted over" to create parcels that. can be sold -off. Under such an arrangement, the approved site plan controls all setbacks and development; lots. created by the plat are not required to meet normal zoning district size, dimension, and road frontage requirements. For residential projects, this "plat -over" provision applies only to projects where each platted lot is limited to covering the actual dwelling unit and immediately adjacent private area (driveways, courtyards). Where a residential project would create lots that cover a larger area, the•P:D. (planned development) process would be requiied if the resulting lots were less than the normal size required by the zoning district standards. For non-residential projects, however, no such limitations apply to the plat -over provision. To clarify the distinction between residential and non-residential plat -over projects in regard to lot area limitations, staff has proposed the section 12 amendment. Section 13. Allowing larger temporary construction trailers on single family construction sites. Current LDRs allow temporary construction trailers for site plan and subdivision projects. No size limitations are placed on such trailers. For construction on single family lots in the RFD, RS -1, RS -2, RS -6, and RT -6 zoning districts, such trailers are allowed, but are limited to a maximum size of 100 square feet. Most single family homes in the county are constructed without the use of any temporary construction office on site, and most of those homes are constructed in a few months. Some very large single family home A FEBRUARY 13, 1996