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Activities and Projects Status Report
For Period Ending Friday, October 9, 2009
Activities
On Sept. 29, Barry Brown spoke to the 5th and 6th graders at Capeview
Elementary School about city planning and the Community Visioning. They
were very attentive and had many questions about the City. They were
invited to attend the last visioning workshop. The Children will
provide their own planning input by way of an art project. They were
tasked with drawing a picture of what type of development they would
like to see in Cape Canaveral in the future. Some of these drawings
should be on display at the Chili cook-off.
Chili cook-off – Building Inspector Dennis Clements has been perfecting
his chili recipe and sharing taste tests with CDD staff. Although City
Council chili will be hard to beat, we are confident that we’ve got what
it takes to take the Chili Kettle Trophy on October 10th!
Status of Land Use Applications and Site Plans
Young Subdivision - The Young’s want to split one residential lot into
two. They are waiting until the new plat ordinance is adopted and then
use the expedited lot split process.
Cape Caribe - The applicant's response to our review comments and
revised site plans were received in our office on Sept. 24 and were
distributed to staff for review on Sept. 28. Staff review comments are
due on Monday Oct. 12. When site plan review comments have been
addressed to the satisfaction of staff, the site plan will be scheduled
for the Planning and Zoning Board. The earliest the site plans could go
to P&Z is on Wed Oct 28, 2009. Staff is currently reviewing the latest
draft of the Development Agreement as proposed by Cape Caribe and
emailed to us on Sept. 30. At some point staff will meet with Council
regarding terms of the Developers Agreement. Finally, the site plans,
comp plan amendment, rezoning request, and the development agreement
will need to be approved by the Council at a public hearing.
Mutter Annexation - Jack Mutter has requested that the City annex his
condo project at 315 Grant Ave. (corner of Ridgewood and Grant). A few
questions have been identified regarding annexation of a nonconforming
property (density, parking, etc.). Staff will confer with the City
Attorney and DCA and then meet again with the applicant.
Status of Construction Projects
Coastal Fuels – Maintenance work will soon begin on the smaller asphalt
tank and will consist of:
* Cutting a door sheet in the tank for access,
* Repairing the floor of the tank, and
* Putting in new heating coils
This is not structural work and no permit will be required.
Monroe Carwash – Construction is underway. The owner of the property
changed contractors and the permit was re-issued accordingly.
Status of Special Projects
Visioning - The next Visioning Workshop is Thursday October 22, 2009.
Platting Ordinance - Revisions are being finalized and our intent is to
have the second reading of the ordinance on November 3, 2009.
Tree Protection Ordinance – Todd submitted a draft of the tree revision
committee’s work to the City Attorney’s office. We should have the City
Attorney’s revised version on a Council agenda soon.
Building Permit Fees Resolution – The new fees went into effect
October 1st. So far, we’ve had no glitches and no complaints.
New Sign Code – The new sign code went into effect October 1st. We
have distributed many copies and have answered many questions. Todd has
had two inquiries specifically about electronic sign regulations.
International Property Maintenance Code – Todd is reviewing the new
2009 International Property Maintenance Code. He will ask City Council
to consider adopting it in its entirety. It would replace the current
version adopted by our ordinance (1998 version).
That's all for now,
Barry Brown
Planning and Development Director
Todd Morley
Building Official
Todd Morley
Building Official
City of Cape Canaveral
105 Polk Ave
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
Phone 321-868-1222
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