File #: ID 2017-050    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance - 1st Reading Status: Passed
File created: 1/25/2017 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 2/1/2017 Final action: 2/1/2017
Title: APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR NEW PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE, 2. BACKGROUND: MINUTES DRC 11/8/16, 3. BACKGROUND: MINUTES P&Z 12/6/16, 4. MAP

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Douglas E. Smith, City Manager

 

DATE:                     February 1, 2017

 

 

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APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR NEW PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

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BACKGROUND: The City Commission adopted Ordinance 1500.621 on May 19, 2016, enacting a six month moratorium on charter schools.  This ordinance proposes to provide certain location and processing requirements for any new public or private (including charter) elementary, middle, and high schools.                      

 

RECOMMENDATION: This item was approved by the Development Review Committee on November 8, 2016. A copy of the meeting minutes is attached.  The item appeared before the Planning and Zoning Board on December 6, 2016 and was approved with a 2-1 vote. A draft copy of those meeting minutes is also attached. The item was tabled at First Reading by the Margate City Commission at the January 18, 2017 Regular City Commission meeting with a 5-0 vote.  A revised version of the ordinance is provided for consideration by the City Commission.

 

FISCAL IMPACT: n/a

 

CONTACT PERSON:  Benjamin J. Ziskal, CEcD, AICP, Director of Economic Development