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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-08ORDINANCE NO. 78-8 BE IT ORDAINED BY TILE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that that Indian River_ County Ordinance 71-3, Section 27, Subsection (b) is amended in toto as follows: (b) Persons authorized under paragraph (a) to request zoning changes or amendments shall submit a petition on forms with the required fee and in the manner provided from time to time by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. The applicant shall pay to the County an application fee as established by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners for each requested change; provided, however, that as many lots or parcels of property as the applicant may desire may be included in any single petition if they constitute one contiguous area. Within ten (10) days the County Planning Office will transmit the petition with its comments to the County Zoning Department. The Zoning Department shall trans- mit copies of the petition and the County Planning Office's com- ments to the members of the County Zoning Commission at least seven (7) days prior to the Zoning Commission's first consideration of the petition. The County Zoning Department shall notify the applicant of the time and place of the County Zoning Commission's meeting to consider the applicant's petition. Should the County Zoning Commission tentatively approve the petition, public hearings shall be held by the County Zoning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners. Should the County Zoning Commission deny tenative approval and the applicant wishes to appeal the decision to the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, the County Zoning Department shall.transmit copies of the petition, the County Planning Office's comments and the minutes of the Zoning Commission meeting to each member of the Board of County Com- missioners at least seven (7) days before the Board shall consider the appeal. The County Zoning Department shall notify the applicant of the time and place of the meriting at which the Board of County Commissioners will hear the appeal. Should the Board of County Commissioners tentatively approve the petition, the County Zoning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners will proceed to hold public hearings on the petition. Should the Board of County Commissioners deny tentative approval, the applicant may withdraw his petition and the fee deposited shall be returned to him. Should the applicant desire public hearings, he shall inform the Board of County Commissioners and the County Zoning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners will proceed with public hearings and the fee deposited shall remain the property of the County. The County Zoning Commission shall hold the first public hearing on any petition. At least seven (7) days prior to the Board of County Commissioners' public hearing on any petition, the County Zoning Department shall trans- mit to each Commissioner, copies of the petition, the County Planning Office's comments, and all minutes of the County Zoning Commission concerning the petition. When public hearings are held, then in addition to meeting the State Statutes notice requirements, the County Administrator or his designee shall mail a written notice to all property owners of property within three hundred (300) feet of the outer limits of the area described in the petition requesting a change, advising all such owners as shown upon the last prepared and completed tax assessment roll of the County, in simple terms, the proposed change and the time and place of the public hearing. In the event more than ten (10) lots or parcels are being rezoned, notification shall be by public notice only. The provisions hereof providing for mailing notice is directory only, and the failure to mail such notice shall not affect any change or amendment of said zoning ordinance. This Ordinance shall take effect on April 10, 1978.