487ORDINANCE NO. 487
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15 OF NUMBER 219
IN REFERENCE TO PETITION FOR REZONING BY CITY
COUNCIL TO ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD,SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR MORE ADEQUATE NOTICE TO ADJOINING,
ABUTTING AND AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS.
WHEREAS, it has been recommended by the zoning and planning boar
of the City of Edgewater, Florida that Section 15 of Ordinance
Number 219 is inadequate as regards notice to affected property
owners upon an application for a change in zoning in that the
present ordinance provides only for notification to affected
property owners by publication in the City of Edgewater, Florida,
and
WHEREAS, the zoning and planning board of the City of Edgewater,
Florida has indicated that the said publication does not give
adequate notice to affected property owners and that additional
notification should be provided so that all property owners who
are or may be affected by a change in zoning will have an
opportunity to be heard, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida concurs
in the recommendation of the zoning and planning board of the
City of Edgewater, Florida and the said City Council feels that
it is desirable and fair to provide every reasonable safeguard
in the form of notice to affected property owners upon a petition
for change in classification of zoning, and
WHEREAS, it is felt that not only should publication be made setting
forth the time and place of such hearing on petition for change in
classification but that each affected property owner should be
notified by letter.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA, THAT SECTION 15 OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 219 BE AMENDED SO AS
TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Upon referring of a petition for rezoning by the City
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Council to the zoning and planning board, the zoning and planning
board shall call a public hearing of the abutting and/or adjoining
and/or affected property owners in accordance with the following:
(a) If less than a city block be involved, where the
portion petitioned for rezoning is a corner, the legal
and/or equitable owner of the property for one (1) block
on both sides of the intersecting streets from that
corner must be notified as more particularly set forth
hereinafter.
(b) If less than a city block be involved, where the
portion petitioned for rezoning is not a corner, legal
and/or equitable owners of the property along the street
on which the petitioned property lies for a distance of
three hundred (300) feet in a.I directions from the
property sought to be rezoned must be notified as more
particularly set forth hereinafter.
(c) If a city block or more is involved the legal and/or
equitable owners of the property lying for a distance of
one (1) block surrounding the property sought to be
rezoned must be notified as more particularly hereinafter
set forth.
At least fifteen (15) days notice of time and place of such hearing
as above set forth shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Edgewater, Florida and in addition the
City Clerk shall by form letter carrying the name and address of
the zoning and planning board chairman, send said letter by certified
mail to all legal and/or equitable property owners as described in
subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this amended ordinance which amends
Section 15 (a), (b) and (c) of Ordinance Number 219. The said letter
shall provide at least fifteen (15) days notice of the timeandplace
of the hearing to the legal and/or equitable property owners as above
set forth. The said publication and the said letter shall include the
zoning change or changes requested, the party or parties requesting
the same, the date, time and place of the public hearing. The cost
of the said publication and the cost of the said letter shall be borne by
the applicant or applicants.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby rescinded.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
passage and approval by the Mayor.
The above ordinance was read in full and passed by unanimous vote
of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the `�" day of June 1966.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the requirement of
reading said ordinance upon second reading was waived and the
ordinance was put upon final passage.
Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida
at a regular meeting of said council held on the & day of June 1966,
The vote of said Council on said roll call being as follows:
Approved
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Mayor