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7957-08ORDINANCE NO. 7957-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF RECREATION LAND, RECREATION FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACE; AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 54.22 TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES IN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA FROM RECREATION LAND IMPACT FEES AND RECREATION FACILITIES IMPACT FEES; AMENDING CHAPTER 54.52 TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES IN THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA FROM OPEN SPACE IMPACT FEES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Recreation Land, Recreation Facilities and Open Space Impact Fees are assessed under Chapter 54 of the Code of Ordinances, with exemptions provided therein for the downtown redevelopment area as it was designated in the Downtown Redevelopment Plan approved by the City Council on August 17, 1995; and WHEREAS, Resolution 02-41 was adopted on August 8, 2002 which declared an area generally east of the then-existing downtown redevelopment area, also known as the "Gateway" CRA Expansion Area or the "East Gateway", as containing slum and blight conditions and detrimental to the sound growth of the area, necessitating the expansion of the City of Clearwater Community Redevelopment Area to include the Gateway area as a community redevelopment area as defined in section 163.340(10), Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, the expanded Community Redevelopment Area is depicted in Exhibit "A", attached hereto; and WHEREAS, Resolution 03-22 was adopted on May 1, 2003, which authorized the existing Community Redevelopment Agency to administer the expanded Community Redevelopment Area; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 7153-03 was adopted on September 18, 2003, modifying the Community Redevelopment Plan for the Community Redevelopment Area, as expanded, setting out that such modification does not create the need for additional parks and recreational facilities and that no inadequacies for such parks and recreational facilities existed then or were anticipated to exist in the future; and WHEREAS, in order to promote rehabilitation, conservation and redevelopment within the expanded Community Redevelopment Area, the City of Clearwater does hereby find it necessary in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Clearwater to exempt said areas from certain impact fees; now, therefore, Ordinance No. 7957-08 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA: Section 1. Part II, Sec. 54.22, Code of Ordinances, is amended as follows: ARTICLE II. RECREATION LAND AND FACILITIES * ,� * * * Sec. 54.22. Applicability of article; exemptions from article. * * * * * (3) Exceptions to subsections (1) and (2) of this section are hereby granted pursuant to the following conditions: ,� * � � * (d) Development, redevelopment or expansion of �e�properties located within the downtown redevelopment area1 designated-i� as the Communitv Redevelopment Area in Resolution 02-41 E��e� approved by the city commission on August 8, 2002°�g�-s��-;-�, shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. Section 2. Part II, Sec. 54.52, Code of Ordinances, is amended as follows: ARTICLE III. OPEN SPACE LAND * * * � * Sec. 54.52. 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Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED ON FIRST READING PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ADOPTED Approved as to form: . ` . Laura Lipowski Assistant City Attorney 3 June 5, 2008 �- � ��: v Frank V. Hibbard Mayor Attest: Cynt�'�. Goudeau City lerk r� � t� ryFC�� ��` ;� � �J� . �� Ordinance No. 7957-08