HomeMy Public PortalAbout1789 Land Development CodeORDINANCE: 1789
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE;
REPEALING THE EXISTING CODE; PROVIDING FOR
AUTHORITY; PROVIDING FOR FILING WITH THE CLERK OF
CIRCUIT COURT OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, THE CHIEF
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF OKALOOSA COUNTY AND THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENER'S ERRORS;
PROVIDING FOR LIBERAL INTERPRETATION; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING CODES AND ORDINANCES; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 — AUTHORITY. The authority for enactment of this ordinance is Chapter 171, Florida
Statutes, and Section 2 of the City Charter.
SECTION 2 — NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. This ordinance hereby enacts a new
Land Development Code to implement the goals and objectives of the City of Crestview Comprehensive Plan.
SECTION 3 — REPEAL EXISTING CODE. This ordinance repeals and removes the existing Subpart B
- Land Development Code, Chapter 102 - Land Use Regulations in its entirety.
SECTION 4 — FILING. Upon passage, the City Clerk is directed to file a copy of this ordinance with
the Clerk of Circuit Court of Okaloosa County and with the Florida Department of the State.
SECTION 5 — SEVERABILITY. If any word, phrase, sentence, paragraph or provision of this ordinance or
the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, such finding shall not
affect the other provisions or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
or unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are
declared severable.
SECTION 6 — SCRIVENER'S ERRORS. The correction of typographical errors which do not affect
the intent of this Ordinance may be authorized by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee, without
public hearing, by filing a corrected or re -codified copy with the City Clerk.
SECTION 7 — ORDINANCE TO BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED. This Ordinance shall be
liberally construed in order to effectively carry out the purposes hereof which are deemed not to adversely
affect public health, safety, or welfare.
SECTION 8 — REPEAL OF CONFLICTING CODES, ORDINANCES, AND RESOLUTIONS.
All Charter provisions, codes, ordinances and resolutions or parts of charter provisions, codes, ordinances
and resolutions or portions thereof of the City of Crestview, in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 9 — EFFECTIVE DATE._ This ordinance shall take effect at the same time as Ordinance
Number 1791
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND READING BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA ON THE DAY OF 7djLiciA,cy , 2021.
ATTEST:
ELI ABETH M. ROY
City Clerk
APPROVED BY ME THIS
SHANNON HAYE Pro Tem for
J. B. WHITTEN, Mayor
DAY OF -7-4.042.1-a, , 2021.