HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-011RESOLUTION NO. 68- 11
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
of Indian River County, Florida:
THAT the Zoning Resolution of Indian River County,
Florida, heretofore adopted by this Board as amended, is hereby further
amended as follows,
as follows:
1. Paragraph 10 of Section 1,6 Is hereby amended to read
"10. No building shall be erected, constructed,
reconstructed or structurally altered unless and until
a certificate of zoning approval has been issued under
the authority of this Resolution, except as otherwise
specifically provided by this Resolution. The fees to
be paid to the County for such certificates of zoning
approval shall be the fees now or hereafter established
by Resolution of this Board and such fees as so estab-
Ilsbed shall be paid prior to the Issuance of any
certificate. "
2. Section 17 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 17. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS:
1. That this Board does herewith designate the
County Administrator as the employee of this Board to
enforce the provisions of said Chapter 21310, Laws of
Florida, Acts of 1941, and to enforce the provisions of
the zoning regulations.
2. When any owner, authorized agent or contractor
desires to construct, enlarge, alter or change, the occu-
pancy of a building or structure which is regulated by
said zoning resolution or to cause any such work to be
done, lie shall first make an application to the County Ad-
ministrator and obtain the required certificate of zoning
approval therefor.
3. Ordinary minor non-structural repairs not exceed-
ing in cost or value of labor or materials the sum of
$100.00 or one percent (17) of the assessed value of the
buibing for county tax purposes, whichever is less, may
be made without a certificate of zoning approval, provided
that such repairs shall not violate any of the provisions of
said zoning resolution.
4. Every application shall be submitted to the County
Administrator and shall contain a general description of
the proposed work and its location. The application shall
be signed by the owner or his authorized agent.
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S. Each application shall indicate the proposed use
and occupancy of all parts of the building and of that por-
tion of the site or lot, if any, not covered by the building
or structure and shall contain astatement of the square
foot area of the buildings or structure and the square foot
area of the site or lot and the actual estimated costs of
the complete construction of said building or structure,
including electrical, plumbing, etc., and shall contain such
other information as may be required by the County Admin-
istrator.
6. There shall be attached to the application and made
a part thereof a plot diagram showing the location of the
proposed buildings or structure and of every existing; building
or structure on the site or lot. "l`ite, plot plan shall be to
scale and of such size as the County Administrator shall
require and all adjoining; streets, alleys, easements or
public ways and shall show the distance frond the outer limits
of said building to the outer limits of said lot or building site.
7. Each application tnnci tilt plat: plan and other iter ns
attached thereto shall be subtnirted in duplicate.
8, At tine tiaanc of submitting said application, the appli-
cant shall pay to Indian River County, Florida, the following
fees, which are hereby charged foto issuing such certificates
of zoning approval rc,(luired under the ,coning regulations of
Indian River County, Vtorida, which said fees tare as follows:
(a) For tine first ,$1., Wo. M or frAaction thereof of
estimated cost, tite suln of $3.50.
(b) For any additional u stinaated cost in cxctss of
1,f 00, tit} thc° stuaa of $1.50.
(c) "I,Ilc maxitiiunt totting fee for any single structure
tshall not exceed ` 5. M.
(d) All organizations shall pay pernit foes, such as
t:fptz ciw: , county schools, charitable organizations, etc.
(c>) 'T'here shall be as zoning; certificate required, but
no zoning fee charged to replace build'uni q or str'ucture's
destroyed by fire., or any other casualty, provided their
t,ec ntstruction is limited to the same original dimensions.
Such fees when received by the County Administrator
shall be by hint paid over and delivered to the; Clerk of this
Board, who shall deposit the sante: in the General Fund of
this County.
9. All costs and expenses of issuing said certificates
of zoning approval shall be charged to the General Fund of
this County.
10, if the County Administrator is satisfied that the
word: described in an application and the plot plan filed there—
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herewith conform to the requirements of Clic zoning resolution,
he shall certify that the same coinnplies with all applicable
regulations established by the county zoning; regulation for
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for the district in which the land is located.
11. If the application for a permit and the plot plan
filed therewith describe work which does not conform to the
requirements of the zoning resolution, the County Admin-
istrator shall return one copy thereof with his refusal to
certify zoning approval to the applicant. Such refusal shall,
when requested, be in writing and shall contain the reason
therefor.
12. The County Administrator shall act upon the appli-
cation for a permit without unreasonable or unnecessary delay.
A certificate of zoning approval shall not be construed as
authority to violate, cancel, alter or set aside any of the
provisions of the zoning resolution, nor shall such certificate
prevent the County Administrator from thereafter requiring
a correction of errors or a violation of the zoning resolu-
tion, Any certificate Issued shall become invalid unless the
work authorized by it shall have been commenced within six
months after its issuance or if the work authorized by such
permit Is suspended or abandoned for a period of one year
after the time is commenced; provided that for cause one
or more extensions of time for periods not exceeding ninety
days each may be allowed in writing by the County Adminis-
trator.
13. When a certificate of zoning approval is issued, the
same shall be signed by the County Administrator and shall
be kept at the site of work and shall be open to Inspection by
the County Administrator or his authorized representative.
14. If any person commences work on a building or
structure before obtaining LhC necessary certificate of zoning
approval, then the fees for such certificate shall be double
the schedule of fees set forth above.
15. The County Administrator shall keep a permanent
and accurate accounting of all certificates issued and of all
fees collected, including tile (late and the amount thereof,
16. Before issuing a certificate, the County Adminis-
trator may examine or cause to be examined any site or lot
for which an application has been received. Ile may Inspect
all buildings and structures during and upon completion of
the work for which a certificate was issued and lie shall
report to the Board any violations of the certificate or of
the Zoning Resolution.
17. Each application for a permit shall show on the plot
plan the driveway connecting the property to the public road
way and all that part of the driveway from tile property line
to the traveled portion d the road way shall either be paved
In a manner approved by the County Administrator to conform
with the drainage swale or that part shall be filled over a
drainage culvert of adequate size to provide for proper drain-
age with a minimum culvert of ten (10) inches to be approved
by the County Administrator.
18. The parking or use of any house trailer or other
portable living accommodations in any place other than a
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duly licensed trailer park shall not be done until a certifi-
cate of zoning approval has been issued therefor in the same
manner as if the same were a building or structure. Any
such trailer or portable living accommodations shall have
sanitary facilities in accordance with the sanitary code of
the State Board of Health. This provision tts to permits
for trailers does not permit the parking or use of trailers
in areas except where the same are permitted under the
terms of the Zoning Ordinance.
19. A .reasonable time for appeal by any person aggrieved
by any decision of the County Administrator acting as the
enforcing officer in issuing zoning certificates or any other
actions under the zoning laws of the County is fixed and deter-
mined as five (5) days from the time of the action taken. All
appeals shall be filed in writing and delivered to the Chair-
man, or in his absence, the Vice Chairman of the Indian River
County Hoard of Adjustment, provided that where a certificate
of zoning approval has been issued, the time for filing notice
of appeal is further extended to the end of the third day from
the visible commencement of construction on the ground.
Visible commencement of construction means the first actual
work of improvements upon the real property, or the first
delivery to the site of dic improvement, the materials which
remain thereon until incorporated in the improvements of such
manifest, substantial character as to notify interested persons
that the real property is beim improved or is about to be; pro-
vided, that if the last day falls on Sunday or other holidays
when said office is closed, time for filing notice or appeal
shall expire at the end of the day next following when said
office is open for business.
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