Minutes 06-24-03 MINUTES OF THE PLANN:[NG AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REWI~TE FORMAT WORKSHOP HELD
COMM[SS]iON CHAMBERS, C:[TY HALL, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORZDA, ON
TUESDAY, 3UNE 24, 2003 AT 6:00 P.M.
Present
Lee Wische, Chair
William Cwynar, Vice Chair
Hike Friedland
Sergio Casaine
Woodrow Hay
Bob Ensler, Alternate
Hike Fitzpatrick, Alternate
Absent
David Tolces, Assistant City Attorney
Michael Rumpf, Planning & Zoning
Director
Quintus Greene, Development Director
Dick Hudson, Senior Planner
Eric Johnson, Planner
Maxime Ducoste-Amedee, Planner
3ennifer Butler
Steve Hyott
Also Present
.]ody Rivers, The RMPK Group
Call to Order
Chair Wische called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m.
:~ntroduction
Dick Hudson, Senior Planner, explained that staff had been working with The RMPK
Group to rewrite the Land Development Regulations (LDR). The Board provided its
input at a previous workshop and was given a copy of the proposed format to review
before the meeting. The purpose of today's meeting was to gain the Board's input on
the final dralt of the Code Framework and Organizational Format. Mr. Hudson
introduced Ms. 3ody Rivers.
3ody Rivers, Senior Project Manager with The RMPK Group, explained that
before they could proceed with the actual rewriting of the LDR, the format had to be
approved and finalized. Ms. Rivers gave a detailed description of the table of contents
and explained how they had incorporated parts of the Model Land Development Code
(written by their firm in 1989), and the comments of all those who had provided input
to it: the City Commission, the Planning & Development Board, the CRA, the Chamber
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of Commerce, the neighborhoods, and various planners and developers. The combined
comments of all parties and the efforts of RMPK coalesced into the proposed format
being presented to the Board at this meeting. The Land Development Regulations
Rewrite (Code Framework and Organizational Format) document is on file in the City
Clerk's Office.
A brief question and answer session followed.
Mr. Ensler inquired about the absence of the CRA on page 14, Citizen Boards. Ms.
Rivers explained that this was unintentional and would be addressed during the actual
rewrite phase of the project.
Mr. Ensler also noted that there was only one industrial district, M-l, and believed that
it would be useful to have others. Ms. Rivers agreed that this was at least a possibility
and that many of the zones would change. Mr. Friedland did not think that it was
necessary to have more than one industrial zone in a town like Boynton Beach. Ms.
Rivers indicated that RMPK would be coming back to the Board during the rewrite and
this could be addressed at that time.
Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that a lot of South Florida and Boynton Beach had been built with
no advance planning and that in another 50 to 100 years, 95% of it would probably be
bulldozed and rebuilt. He would like to see a provision in the LDR that if this were to
happen, the land would be brought back to its pre-development condition, planted with
trees, and improved with bike paths.
Vice Chair Cwynar asked staff's opinion about how the RMPK format compared to the
format of the LDRs of other cities. Mr. Hudson indicated that they had researched this
and in his 20 years in the public sector, the RMPK proposed format for the LDR was the
most logical that he had seen.
Mr. Hay asked Ms. Rivers if they planned to have an :Index in the document and she
replied that they did.
Since there were no further questions or comments, the meeting was duly adjourned at
6:24 p.m. Chair Wische declared a break until the Board reconvened for the regular
meeting at 7:00 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
Susan Collins
Recording Secretary
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