23-1586 Amending Sec. 2-5.5 Affordable Housing Developments

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ORDINANCE 23-1586 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ADD SECTION 2-5.5, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO REQUIRE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO BE IMPOSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND PROVIDING A TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT BY AMENDING THE CITY'S UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ADD SECTION 3- 10.14, MULTIFAMILY DESIGN STANDARDS; AMENDING SECTION 5- 21.2 OF THE CITY'S UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS OF TERMS, INCLUDING "ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED," "COMMERCIAL," "DESIGNATES," "MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL," "MIXED USE ZONING" AND "ZONED," AS USED IN FLA. STAT. 166.04151 (2023), AND OTHER RELATED TERMS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry continuously monitors and reviews the Unified Land Development Regulations (ULDR) of the City's Code of Ordinance to ensure the City adopts appropriate regulations for development and zoning within the City, and from time to time recognizes the need to amend aspects of same; and WHEREAS, currently, the ULDR does not contemplate or address the Live Local Act adopted in the 2023 Legislative Session, amending Fla. Stat. 166.04151 (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, the Act took effect on July 1, 2023, and intends to streamline and incentivize affordable housing developments within the State of Florida by preempting particular use, density, and height regulations for such qualifying developments in commercial, industrial, or mixed-use zoning districts; and WHEREAS, the Act also provides that if a municipality has designated less than 20% of the land area within its jurisdiction for commercial or industrial use, any proposed qualifying development authorized by Fla. Stat. 166.04151 must be mixed-use; and WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need for affordable housing and supports a revision to its ULDR in order to establish equitable and thoughtful regulations for the development of mixed-use and mixed -income multifamily residential projects and to modify certain processes for implementation of regulations pertaining to the Act; and WHEREAS, words with double underlined type shall constitute additions to the original text, Jeri g h shall constitute deletions to the original text, and asterisks (* * *) indicate that text shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to the adoption of this Ordinance.