CC 01/11/2021 Minutes (Workshop)

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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of January 11, 2021 — Workshop Page 2 of 3 scheduled to commence later in 2021, including special events permits, property maintenance, building fees, impact fees, sign codes, home occupations and lien reductions. Mr. Bowley, Planner II Christina Hyson and City Attorney Katie Reischmann then gave a Power Point presentation which included the following components: Proposed Ordinances o Tree Removal Permit Ordinance o Waterways Ordinance o Other Ordinances in Progress/in Queue to Update Code of Ordinances ■ Special Events Permits Update ■ Property Maintenance ■ Building Fee Update • Impact Fee Update ■ Sign Code Update ■ Home Occupation Update ■ Lien Reduction Update Questions Discussion: Discussion ensued during the presentation on the various proposed, pending and future ordinances being detailed, which included but was not limited to: availability of a listing of trees allowed to be removed; whether a tree removal permit could be applied for and paid for online, and whether multiple trees could be removed under one permit; permit fees for residential and commercial tree removal; restrictions on the City's ability to regulate and enforcement tree removal due to preemptions contained in Florida Statutes; need for clarification in the proposed ordinance language relating to whether a permit is required for tree removal from a residential property and in what circumstances input from an arborist or landscape architect would be required; when mitigation would be required for removal of a healthy tree; protection of the City's tree canopy and tree replacement program available through application to the City Tree Advisory Committee (CTAC); feasibility of a home occupation ordinance to address preservation of the residential character of neighborhoods in the City, especially in light of recent trends towards residents working from home or moving existing brick and mortar businesses to home based businesses, and the need for clarification and direction from the City Commission on how to address the issue; potential parking issues, increased traffic and disruption to residential areas relating to home occupations; what types of complaints had been made to Code Enforcement relating to home occupations; desire of the City Commission to not further constrain the types of businesses that can be conducted as home occupations, but rather to constrain the impact of home businesses on the residential neighborhoods; various ordinances being worked on simultaneously with the tree removal and waterways ordinance, including a proposed property maintenance ordinance which is scheduled to go to the Planning and Zoning Commission in February; proposed changes to the City's waterways ordinance, Articles I and 2, including: definitions; bringing the City's ordinance into compliance with State Statutes; clarification of processes; reassignment of permitting responsibilities; regulations and prohibitions relating to docks and mooring structures; regulations relating to abandonment of vessels and storage of inoperable vessels; prohibitions on releasing refuse into any stormwater conveyance system; adoption of Florida Statutes Chapter 327 relating to operation of vessels and personal watercraft in its entirety and Federal Inland Navigation Rules; enforcement by FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission); feasibility and possibility for restricting horsepower of vessels on the lakes; and the possibility of providing a link to Florida Statute Chapter 327 in the codified ordinance online for ease of reference by citizens.