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8478-13ORDINANCE NO. 8478-13 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 5- 202.C. TO REQUIRE NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS; AMENDING SECTION 5-402.B. TO REQUIRE NEW MEMBERS OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS; AMENDING SECTION 47.031(4) TO REQUIRE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING /FLOOD BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the members of the Community Development Board, Municipal Code Enforcement Board and Building /Flood Board of Adjustment and Appeals have regulatory powers in the City; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to ensure that members of these boards have shown a certain level of civic engagement; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA: Section 1. Section 5 -202 of the Community Development Code of the City of Clearwater is amended to read as follows: Section 5 -202. Membership; terms; vacancies; removal. A. B. C. The community development board shall be composed of seven regular members and one alternate, who are residents of the city, to be appointed by the city commission. In making appointments to the community development board, the city commission shall seek a membership with diverse economic, social and professional representation and shall include members qualified and experienced in the fields of architecture, planning, landscape architecture, engineering, construction, planning and land use law and real estate. The regular members of the community development board shall serve at the pleasure of the city commission for four year terms with staggered initial terms so that no more than two terms shall expire in any calendar year. Members may be reappointed for one successive term. Appointments to fill any vacancy of the board shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Appointments to unexpired terms shall not count as Ordinance No. 8478 -13 D. one of the two terms for which a member is eligible for appointment, unless the unexpired terms is two years or more. The alternate community development board member shall serve at the pleasure of the city commission for a four year term and may be reappointed for one successive term. In the event the alternate member is appointed as a regular member, the term already served as an alternate shall not be consider part of the allowable term as a regular member. Effective November 1, 2013, any person appointed to the community development board will be required to be a registered voter. This provision does not apply to a reappointment of a current member of the community development board. An alternate member who is appointed to be a regular member will be required to be a registered voter. Any person who serves or has served on another board of the city who is appointed to the community development board will be required to be a registered voter. Any member failing to establish a regular attendance record at meetings of the board shall be subject to removal from the board in accordance with the provisions of section 2.066 of the city's code. Section 2. Section 5-402 of the Community Development Code of the City of Clearwater is amended to read as follows: Section 5-402. Membership; terms; transition; vacancies; removal. A. B. There shall be seven members of the code enforcement board to be appointed by the city commission who are residents of the city. Appointments shall be made on the basis of experience or interest in the subject matter jurisdiction of the code enforcement board and wherever possible shall include an architect, a business person, an engineer, a general contractor, a subcontractor and a realtor. The members of the code enforcement board shall serve at the pleasure of the city commission for three -year terms with staggered initial term. Two members for a term of one year each; three members for a term of two years each; and two members for a term of three years each. Members may be reappointed for one successive term. Appointments to fill any vacancy shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Effective November 1, 2013, any person appointed to code enforcement board will be required to be a registered voter. This provision does not apply to a reappointment of a current member of the code enforcement board. Any person who serves or has served on another board of the city who is appointed to the community development board will be required to be a registered voter. 2 Ordinance No. 8478 -13 C. D. Any member failing to establish a regular attendance record at meetings shall be subject to removal from the board in accordance with the provisions of section 2.066 of the city's code. Members of the code enforcement board shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such mileage expenses and per diem expenses as the city commission shall by ordinance authorize. Section 3. Section 47.031 of the Community Development Code of the City of Clearwater is amended to read as follows: Sec. 47.031. Created; membership; terms. (1) (2) (3) (4) There is hereby established the building/flood board of adjustment and appeals, which shall consist of five members and one alternate member. The members of the board shall be appointed by the city manager. Members of the board shall be persons with knowledge and experience with the technical codes adopted in this chapter, such as design professionals, contractors or building industry representatives. A board member shall not act in a case in which the member has a personal or financial interest. The term of office of a regular board member shall be four years. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term by appointment by the city manager. Continued absence of any member from required meetings of the board shall, at the discretion of the city manager, render any such member subject to removal from office. The alternate member shall serve at the pleasure of the city manager for a four -year term. Effective November 1, 2013, any person appointed to the building /flood board of adjustment and appeals will be required to be a registered voter. This provision does not apply to a reappointment of a current member of the building /flood board of adjustment and appeals. An alternate member who is appointed to be a regular member will be required to be a registered voter. Any person who serves or has served on another board of the city who is appointed to the building /flood board of adjustment and appeals will be required to be a registered voter. 3 Ordinance No. 8478 -13 Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED ON FIRST READING October 3, 2013 PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ADOPTED October 16, 2013 - �CttOr l4c' eke P f George N. Cretekos Mayor Approved as to form: Attest: i‘ 1401,4A 041-L Pamela K. Akin Rosemarie CaII City Attorney City Clerk 4 Ordinance No. 8478 -13