TO: Planning and Zoning Board AGENDA DATE: 6/23/2025
FROM: Planning Director AGENDA ITEM:
SUBJECT:
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Public Hearing - Ordinance No. 29-2025, Providing for imposition of a Temporary Moratorium on issuance of Development Orders and Permits and on the processing of Development Applications, City Code Text Amendments, Rezonings, Comprehensive Plan Text and Land Use Plan Amendments for development of residential dwelling units within the City; Exemption specified development; Providing for waivers; Providing for vested rights; Providing for appeals; Providing for exhaustion of administrative remedies; Providing for a term not to exceed nine (9) months unless extended by The City Commission as provided by Law.
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LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
N/A
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Planning and Development Services and Legal
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
“I move to recommend the City Commission (approve/deny) Ordinance No. 29-2025.”
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BACKGROUND:
Background
The City is proposing a nine month temporary moratorium on new residential development to allow staff time to evaluate the impacts of rapid growth on public infrastructure, services, and development regulations. This temporary pause will support a comprehensive review of the City’s land development regulations, Comprehensive Plan, and Capital Improvements Element, ensuring that future growth aligns with available infrastructure capacity and long term planning goals. The moratorium is narrowly tailored with exemptions for vested projects and non-residential development. The moratorium must meet the Dual Rational Nexus Test, meaning it mist (1) serve a legitimate public purpose - such as protecting infrastructure and ensuring orderly growth and (2) be proportional in scope and duration to the impacts it seeks to address. This action follows Commission direction from the June and June 16, 2025 meetings. However, pending state legislation (Senate Bill 180) may retroactively invalidate the ordinance, restrict the City’s authority to impose such moratoria, and expose the City to legal challenges and attorney’s fees. The Commission may also consider exemptions for infill or mixed-use residential projects at first reading.
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