From Ezra Appel.. A Bill was filed in Tallahassee this week described as bill to kill local planning and environmental protection. Without our Comp Plan protections, what happens to our Martin County Difference? Tallahassee going to trump Home Rule - our river protections? Just one line proposes to prohibit Comp Plan Amendments that Martin County residents overwhelming supported. The Bill proposes to STOP Our Requiring 4 votes for critical changes, -- making it easier to weaken our river protections, -- making it easier to end our four (4) story building height, -- making it easier to gut our urban boundary - cost us our conservative fiscal planning... Developers Hobe Grove, Lake Point and King Ranch are challenging the stronger protections. These Developers likely support this Tallahassee proposal. Developers want to stop the super-majority requirement -- would not allow the strong protections of our quality of life, of our rivers. Fla. Rep. Patronis Bill is Attached. An EXAMPLE of the problems: Line 78 – this is a blatant attempt to revoke the authority some local governments have used to require “super majority” votes on certain issues, including land use/comp planning; whatever else this is, it is an intrusion into local home rule authority – I am aware of only 3 local governments that have adopted a super majority vote. Lines 90-92 – this is a flagrant effort to also limit home rule authority by saying that if a comp plan amendment is adopted on Ag lands where other uses are allowed, then that amendment cannot be rescinded if the site continues “primarily” for bona fide ag purposes. Under chapter 193.461, F.S. – any comp plan or comp plan amendment can be rescinded, revised, repealed, etc. under current law. This would carve out a protected class status for certain Ag and allow violation of spraw. Is this about King Ranch project in Martin County? King Ranchs AgTEC Industrial Park project west of Palm City in Agricultural areas. Urban sprawl violations were fixed by a requirement to get utilities from Port St. Lucie within 5 years. The project was described as a peninsula of Port St. Lucie urban into Martin County. Port St. Lucie has been saying No Utilities available -- and King Ranchs 5 year time is running out of - as they agreed - land use reverts to ag. Lines 172-178 - Okays 50 year permits and 30 year permits involving our water supply. Reminds you of Big Sugar 30-year leases Tallahassee approved last year? Spread the word. Contact any and all Florida Legislators. Tell them Please VOTE NO! NO! to the Patronis Bill: Treasure Coast delegation: Senator Joe Negron: [email protected] Rep Gayle Harrell: GHarrell@gayleharrell Rep. Larry Lee: [email protected] [email protected] GHarrell@gayleharrell, [email protected] We wish Rep Magar a speedy recovery from her health issues.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:36:53 +0000
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