HomeMy Public PortalAboutRES 97/09RESOLUTION NO. 97 -9
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF
STREAM, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR AN AMENDMENT
TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES BY THE PALM BEACH COUNTY DEPART-
MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ERM) TO
SECTION 9.4, WETLANDS PROTECTION OF THE UNIFIED LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE; PROVIDING FOR DISTRIBUTION; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources
Management (ERM) has proposed a modification to Section 9.4 Wetlands
Protection of the Unified Land Development Code which will require ERM
oversight of municipal code adoption and enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Wetlands Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the
Environmental Control Act, which only allows municipalities the opportunity
to opt -out of those regulations if the municipality's ordinance is as
restrictive or more restrictive than the countywide regulations; and
WHEREAS, all other proposed countywide regulations are either enumerated
in the County Charter as approved by the electorate or adopted pursuant
to Chapter 125, F.S. which allows an individual municipality the legal
right to opt -out of the ordinance in accordance with the County /Municipal
Policy; and
WHEREAS, if the amendments are adopted pursuant to Chapter 125, F.S.,
municipalities not desiring to develop their own regulations will auto-
matically be bound by the countywide ordinance while those adopting
their own regulations will retain their legal ability to "opt- out "; and
WHEREAS, the Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream supports the
recommendation of the Palm Beach Municipal League that the municipalities
should be afforded the same exemptions as the County government under
these regulations in fairness to all local governments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF
GULF STREAM, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream hereby supports
the recommendations of the Palm Beach County Municipal League that the
amendments to Section 9.4, Wetlands Protection, of the Unified Land
Development Code be adopted pursuant to Chapter 125, F.S., and that all
municipalities be afforded the same exemptions as the County government
under these regulations in fairness to all local governments.
Section 2. The Town Clerk is hereby directed to distribute copies of
thes Resolution to the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners,
the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management
and to the Palm Beach County Municipal League.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
WMAY ND ADOPTED this
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(SEA L)
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
24th day of October, 1997.
CUMMISSIONER