OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

CHERYL L. BROWN                                                                                                         117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

            DIRECTOR                                                                                                                                                                                 4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

   OFFICE (904) 630-1452                                                                                                                                                          JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA  32202

     FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                                                                              

  E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

 

LUZ COMMITTEE WORKSHOP MINUTES

 

June 17, 2014

4:30 p.m.

 

City Council Chamber

1st floor, City Hall

117 West Duval Street

 

Attendance:  Council Members Lori Boyer (Chair), Matt Schellenberg (arr 4:43), Ray Holt (arr 4:49), Jim Love

 

Excused:

 

Also: Folks Huxford – Planning and Development Department; Susan Grandin – Office of General Counsel; Philip Zamarron – Legislative Services Division; Yvonne Mitchell – Council Research Division

 

Chairwoman Boyer called the meeting to order at 4:36 p.m.

 

Draft Legislation on Definition of Family – Susan Grandin

CM Boyer provided information about a letter CM Love received from Ms. Stacey Duval. She had concerns that the impact of the proposed legislation on the Springfield area, group homes, disability, etc. Ms. Duval listed unintended consequences of the legislation that the committee needed to address before taking action.  During a conversation between CM Boyer and Ms. Duval, it was suggested that the staff needed to conduct further research on the number typically used for single family definition within the state.   Ms. Duval does not believe that the number is three.  Ms. Grandin provided copies of the proposed legislation and Gainesville’s Ordinance. She explained that the proposed legislation would add a new section and chapter to the Code which would be enforceable through requiring residential leases (one family per unit); and landlords obtaining permits. There was extensive discussion about the definition of family not to exclude unconventional families that are not related by law, blood, adoption or marriage.

CM Love suggested using a specific number of “unrelated” individuals in the definition. CM Boyer requested a more thorough review of what number other jurisdictions use in the definition of single family; and the impact of using unrelated individuals may have, if any, on the Code.

 

PUD Revision – CM Boyer

CM Boyer distributed her draft of the PUD legislation. She commented that conceptually the committee sees two types of PUD: 1) primarily used for large scale a development which is preliminary and does not have specifics of site plan but essential for financing and engineering (PUD Conceptual); and 2) developments that must provide specifics of the site plan. Thus, depending on the site committee has to waive various items to approve (PUD Final). The revision will accommodate both types and allows the committee to add conditions at the conceptual stage. The committee was asked to review the draft and provide comments or suggestions. CM Boyer plans to file the legislation in July.

 

There being no further business, the agenda meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.

 

 

Yvonne P. Mitchell, Council Research Division (904) 630-1679

Posted 6.20.14                        4:00 p.m.