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LEGISLATIVE MEMORANDUM


TO:


Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Suzanne Sherman, Acting City Manager
THRU: Laurence Bradley, AICP, Growth Management Director
DATE:

7/16/2020
RE:

Ordinance 2020-45, amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 93, Real Property Nuisances, Subchapter ‘Unsightly and Unsanitary Conditions’, by revising provisions related to parking of vehicles in residential areas (Case T-7-2020, City of Palm Bay), first reading.

The City of Palm Bay (Growth Management Department) has submitted for a textual amendment to the Code of Ordinances, Title VII, Traffic and Vehicles, Chapter 70: General Provisions, Section 70.04; Title IX, General Regulations, Chapter 93: Real Property Nuisances, Section 93.044; Title XVII, Land Development Code, Chapter 185: Zoning Code, Section 185.006 and Section 185.123. At the direction of City Council, this amendment was drafted to update provisions for the parking of vehicles in residential areas and to revise definitions within the applicable sections of the referenced codes. 

On June 11, 2020, City Council held a workshop to discuss the amendment. The staff report has since been revised to incorporate the results of the workshop.



REQUESTING DEPARTMENT:
Growth Management

RECOMMENDATION:

Motion to 

approve Case T-7-2020.

Planning and Zoning Board Recommendation:

Unanimous approval of the request, subject to the condition that the restriction to park vehicles on improved surfaces in the side yards be eliminated.


ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Case T-7-2020
Board minutes
Ordinance 2020-45