M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, ICMA-CM, CFM, Town Manager
Date: April 22, 2020
Re: Invoking the Zoning in Progress on Development Applications
REQUEST
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, INVOKING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS OR PENDING ORDINANCE DOCTRINE FOR THE ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN'S CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
On July 17, 2019, the Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 19-13, providing for a moratorium on development within the Town (the "Moratorium"). On January 15, 2020, the Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 20-03, extending the Moratorium through April 17, 2020.
The Moratorium provided the Town's Consultants the opportunity to study and recommend amendments to the Town's Code of Ordinances, which serve to further guide land use and development, so that development within the Town will further the Town's goal of creating a sustainable environment, establishing a unique character, and providing enhanced quality of life.
Town Staff and Consultants have drafted three ordinances which would comprehensively update and revise the standards in Chapter 3, "Land Development Regulations," and other parts of the Town's Code of Ordinances.
The Proposed Ordinances were scheduled to be considered by the Town Council at its regularly scheduled meeting on March 18, 2020, which was cancelled due to an emergency created by novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19").
In summary:
* March 9, 2020 - Governor Ron DeSantis of the State of Florida issued Executive
Order No. 20-52 entitled Emergency Management - COVID-19
Public Health Emergency
* March 12, 2020 - Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez of Miami-Dade County issued a
Declaration of Local State of Emergency
* M...
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