20-1546 Amending ULDR Sections 2-7.36 and 5-21.2 (Communications Towers, etc.)

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areas by maintaining allowable standards for location, design, landscape screening, and compatibility in accordance with Section 337.401 et seq., Florida Statutes, which addresses, inter alia, the authority of municipalities to regulate the placement and maintenance of communications facilities in the public rights-of-way; and WHEREAS, at its regularly scheduled meeting of August 12, 2020, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing with due public notice to consider the proposed amendments to the Unified Land Development Regulations, and recommended to the City Commission that the provisions of this ordinance are consistent with the applicable provisions of the City's adopted comprehensive plan, are in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, are in harmony with the purpose and intent of the City's Unified Land Development Regulations, and will not result in disorderly and incompatible land uses; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Casselberry finds that this ordinance promotes the general welfare and is in the best interests of the citizenry of Casselberry and the general public; and WHEREAS, words with double -underlined type shall constitute additions to the original text and strike through type shall constitute deletions to the original text, and asterisks (* * *) indicate that text shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The above recitals are hereby adopted as the legislative findings of the City Commission. The City Commission finds and determines that there is competent substantial evidence to support the findings and determinations made in this Section. SECTION II. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VII, "GENERAL REGULATIONS". Section 2-7.36, "Communication Tower, Communication Antenna, and Wireless Communication Facility Regulations" of Article VII, "General Regulations" of Chapter II, "District and General Regulations" of Part III, Unified Land Development Regulations of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Casselberry, Florida, is hereby amended to read as shown in Exhibit "A" attached hereto. SECTION III. AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE XXI "LANGUAGE AND DEFINITIONS". Section 5-21.2, "Definition of Terms" of Article XXI, "Language and Definitions" of Chapter V, "Glossary" of Part III Unified Land Development Regulations of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Casselberry, Florida, is hereby amended to read as shown in Exhibit "B" attached hereto. SECTION IV. CODIFICATION. It is the intention of the City Commission of the City of Casselberry, Florida, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Casselberry, Florida; that the Sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or re -lettered to accomplish such intention; that the word, "Ordinance" may be changed to "Section," "Article," or other appropriate word.