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
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Sec. 54.22. Applicability of article; exemptions from article.
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(3) Exceptions to subsections (1) and (2) of this section are hereby granted
pursuant to the following conditions:
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(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
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Sec. 54.52. Applicability of article; exemptions from article.
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(2) Exceptions to subsection (1) of this section are hereby granted under the
following conditions:
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(d) Development, redevelopment or expansion of properties
located within the downtown redevelopment area� designated-i+� as the
Communitv Redevelopment Area in Resolution 02-41 �:��a-r�va-�e�
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I�lr���in�n�ein DorJovolnr�men� Dl�n approved by the city commission on
Auqust 8, 2002 , , shall be exempt from the provisions of
this article.
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:
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Laura Lipowski
Assistant City Attorney
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June 5, 2008
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Frank V. Hibbard
Mayor
Attest:
Cynt�'�. Goudeau
City lerk
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