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Tony Robbins, the consultant working with the town, told the board the Community Planning Act requires jurisdictions to evaluate their comprehensive plans roughly every seven years and to transmit the EAR to the Florida Department of Commerce for agency review. Robbins described proposed updates that include population and household projection changes, a residential density bonus policy, codifying the town’s Complete Streets program into the plan, and minor map updates.

Robbins said the draft also incorporates a property-rights element the council adopted in 2022 and clarified that mixed-use designations could be made available more broadly across the town rather than only in target areas. He said changes driven by state law since the plan was last adopted in 2018 were summarized in his cover memo and would be forwarded to state reviewers if the council transmits the EAR.

Board members and members of the public asked detailed questions about multiple items: the exact statutory changes Robbins cited, how a residential-density bonus would operate, definitions for floor-area ratio and development orders, and how mixed-use and zero-lot/clustered development ideas would interface with existing land-development regulations. Board member Johnson pressed for clearer identification of which requirements are mandatory state changes and which are discretionary local policies; Robbins and staff said they would provide explicit references.

Public commenters urged the board to review “shall” language where it appears and to ensure the EAR does not lock the town into policies that residents would not support. Susanna Thompson emphasized that wording such as “shall” carries legal weight; Robbins responded that the comprehensive plan is an umbrella policy document and that many implementation details belong in the town’s land-development regulations.

After extensive discussion and a request from several board members for clearer statutory citations, map labeling, and editorial corrections (for example, updating references from compact fluorescent bulbs to LEDs and clarifying a sidewalk designation along River Road), the board voted to continue action on the EAR to the Feb. 13 meeting so staff can present a redlined draft that highlights state-mandated requirements and the other requested edits. The board recorded the continuation without objection.

Robbins and staff said the next step — if the council approves transmittal — is for staff to send the EAR to the Florida Department of Commerce, which will circulate it to state reviewing agencies (for example, DOT, DEP and the water-management district) for formal objections, recommendations or comments. Robbins said agencies typically return comments in 30–60 days; the council would consider any state comments and could adopt a revised plan later in the year.

Board members asked for an educational workshop or segment at a future meeting to walk through the plan’s structure and explain how the comprehensive plan interacts with the town’s land-development regulations. Robbins and staff agreed to prepare the statutory citations, a redline of changes since the 2018 adoption, definitions for key planning terms, and targeted map-label corrections for the board’s next meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Town of Orange Park Planning & Zoning Board Meeting Jan 9, 2025 ","oneSentenceSummary","The Planning & Zoning Board heard a detailed presentation on the required evaluation and appraisal review (EAR) of the town’s comprehensive plan, questioned several policy provisions and mapping items, and voted to continue the matter to its Feb. 13 meeting so staff can provide clarifications and proposed edits.","taxTitle","Orange Park, Clay County, Florida","taxId",61690,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6282707,"Orange Park planning board delays design-review hearing after attorney flags 300-foot notice requirement",812,191000,1003000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2593030-40afd9da5d95e81b48b03b0ca795a203&start=191&end=1003","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2593030-40afd9da5d95e81b48b03b0ca795a203/thumbnail_191000.jpg","/articles/6282707/Orange-Park/Clay-County/Florida/Orange-Park-planning-board-delays-design-review-hearing-after-attorney-flags-300-foot-notice-requirement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6282707-a423df0763e2710dfd4b6ed92eeb08c0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007140&Signature=fiVcKxSdU7hMBqwB3~VP0zjpQaOYs3ooQ3gxtmQslSqgNJC68lglgguWmWcnglvBN2uxmKHflBayAB9qnGKzb5bpjdD7o-Nxh7Dk-ekPvttl-TdELJTGqDuYwRNh6ZzVPEh8dDOGLkfc3XUAnMpgeTetqh0jWU7u~TrlRZugoL8im3f9JXDHqWUxK8bGJa8fw1by2MR6heDydCzq~N2zUND-ZZ9JJhwJQwns9dMxbCf4rudQJeOX40Rmv1WUzLwttl-OBYqnXtvrF1llbeVLZht8g-Fk04uPqF~S7T2e7Qd7NM8mpyitJ17w~hdnUf4Qf2KZCqgZTsLPDijdVISjFA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Orange Park Planning & Zoning Board on Jan. 9 voted to defer consideration of design-review application DRB-9-2024 after the town attorney said the zoning code requires new mailed or hand-delivered notice to all property owners within 300 feet before a design-review hearing.

Town Attorney Hodges told the board she interpreted Section 2.0809 of the town zoning code to require that “notice of the time and place of any required public meeting with respect to the review of an application before the design review board shall be given by the economic and community development department at least 10 days in advance of any such hearing by the design review board via United States mail or hand delivery to all owners of real property within 300 feet of the boundaries of the land that’s the subject of the design review.” That, she said, meant staff had to issue fresh notices before the board could act.

The requirement matters because the applicant for DRB-9-2024 — represented at the meeting by Joe Williams of Wiggins Construction — had been prepared to proceed but staff had not mailed the 300-foot notices. Williams said the delay was costly because his client has been waiting and is ready to begin construction. Town staff and the board discussed options including a special meeting and the issuance of a conditional building permit that would let permitting proceed “at the applicant’s risk,” a staff member said.

Board members and staff also discussed technical concerns raised during the review. Board member Hawkins, a licensed professional engineer, said the site is in a known flood area and that the addition will increase impervious surface by roughly 800 square feet. Hawkins said the application’s drainage submission was limited and did not constitute a full drainage design, noting the town’s permitting review addresses flood-plain and stormwater requirements.

Chair moved to defer consideration of DRB-9-2024 to the earliest possible date that allowed the required notices to be mailed; a second followed and the board voted to postpone the item. The motion carried on a 5-0 voice vote.

Staff told the board it would coordinate with members and the applicant to identify the earliest date when a quorum could meet and would issue the 10-day notices required by the code. The chair said the board’s next regularly scheduled meeting is Feb. 13 if a special meeting cannot be arranged.

The applicant and his representatives remained in the room during the exchange; staff said it could pursue a conditional building permit subject to later design-review approval but warned the applicant that any work would proceed at the applicant’s risk.

The board recorded no formal changes to the application. The item will return after staff issues the 10-day notices and confirms a meeting date.","The Planning & Zoning Board deferred consideration of design-review application DRB-9-2024 after the town attorney said code requires fresh mailed notice to all property owners within 300 feet; the board voted 5-0 to postpone and staff will coordinate a special meeting and notice.","actionData","errors"]

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