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CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING
APRIL 27, 2000
The April 27, 2000, Special Workshop Meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm
Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the
Municipal Complex located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and
opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL: The City Clerk called the roll and the following elected officials were in
attendance: Mayor Joseph R. Russo, Vice Mayor Eric Jablin, Councilperson David Clark,
Councilperson Lauren Furtado, and Councilperson Carl Sabatello.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:
Proposed Land Development Regulations Dated March 5, 2000
Articles V - VIR - Urowth Management Director Roxanne Manning explained that the
proposed changes were intended to strengthen and clarify the existing code. Consultant
Marty Hodgkins reviewed substantive changes.
Page 184. Procedures for special events were clarified.
Page 215. Provided an option of off -site mitigation for environmentally sensitive lands.
Page 227. Increased the developer contribution for Art in Public Places.
Page 236. A proposed change would permit wall signs near the top of a building.
Councilman Clark expressed his opinion that this would be a major reversal of policy and
favored not making this change. It was the consensus of the City Council not to change this
language.
Page 246. Changes were proposed so those political signage and free speech signs would
follow recent Court rulings.
Page 307. Provided for reduction of shared parking spaces with specific uses.
Page 332. City Engineer Lindahl recommended recordation of plats before issuance of a
building permit, with which the City Council agreed.
Page 333. City Engineer Lindahl recommended recordation of boundary plats before
issuance of a building permit, with which the City Council agreed.
Page 377. Provided that easements within subdivisions be separate and not a part of any lot.
Page 382. After the Fact Subdivisions: A boundary plat would be required for the perimeter
of the property with appropriate unity of control, after which interior lots would be
established by metes and bounds.
Page 409: Provided City Council with the option to delay or eliminate the current code
requirement that all uses existing as of August 18, 2000 cease, and allow them to continue.
Mr. Hodgkins requested that discussion of adult uses be delayed until a recommendation had
been received from the Planning & Zoning Commission. Growth Management Director
Manning reported the pattern book had been renamed and would be called a design manual
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and that a completed first draft would be presented to the City Council for review.
City Attorney Leonard Rubin clarified that language would be added to the code providing
that the City Council could deny a project that met traffic concurrency if there were traffic
problems associated with a development site. Councilmember Furtado expressed concern
that consistency had not been applied regarding stacking requirements, since some projects
on internal roads had been required to have stacking while some projects on major roads had
none.
Mr. Hodgkins reported work was still in process regarding items discussed at the last meeting
Henry Skokowski expressed appreciation that staff had worked very well with him regarding
application procedures.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to discuss, upon motion by
Councilperson Furtado, secondli77n Clark, carried 5 -0, the meeting was
adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
APPROVAL:
RUSSO
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CHAIRMAN PRO TEM CARL SABATELLO
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COUNCILMAN DAVID CLARK
COUNCILWOMAN LAUREN FURTADO
ATTEST:
= Carol. Gold, Cid Clerk