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Votes at a glance: Port Richey council approves multiple zoning, code and fee updates and funds centennial fireworks
Summary
At its Feb. 11 meeting the Port Richey City Council approved two rezoning ordinances, updates to floodplain and related chapters, new impact fee schedules, an SRF loan application resolution for water‑plant planning and a $20,000 fireworks contract for the centennial celebration; all listed motions carried by voice vote.
The Port Richey City Council took a slate of formal actions on Feb. 11. All measures listed below passed by voice vote (all present members voting “aye”; Councilman David Mueller was recorded absent). Where the motion mover or seconder was not recorded in the transcript the item is marked "not specified." The transcript did not record any opposing or abstaining votes for these items.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 25‑709 (Comprehensive Plan future land‑use map amendment): Council approved redesignation of three parcels totaling about 0.98 acres from residential to commercial mixed use. Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25‑710 (Official zoning map amendment): The council rezoned the same three parcels (0.98 acres) from R2 (two‑family residential) to C3 (general commercial). Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Resolution 25‑02: Council authorized staff to sign and submit the State Revolving Fund loan application to finance planning and design for a potable water plant facility (planning grant/loan described by staff as $4,250,000). Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25‑711 (Floodplain management / Chapter 109 updates): Council approved multiple changes to floodplain regulations, including raising the recommended freeboard, updating substantial damage/substantial improvement definitions, and removing the mandatory non‑conversion deed restriction previously required; the ordinance also references Fla. Stat. §163.03335 to allow temporary shelter (recreational vehicles) to remain for up to 36 months in a declared state of emergency. Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25‑712 (Chapter 10 companion code changes): Council approved companion code changes that move floodplain‑management provisions and align other code sections with the chapter 109 revisions, including updates for debris cleanup, definitions and address‑display rules. Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25‑729 (Prohibition on public camping/sleeping): Council enacted a code section to prohibit camping/sleeping on public property consistent with recent state changes; staff said enforcement will apply to public parks and public right‑of‑way, while private‑property issues remain trespass matters for owners. Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25‑730 (Police and fire impact fees): Council approved an update to police and fire impact fees based on a 2024 Stantec study; the update phases in increases over four years as allowed by state statute. Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25‑731 (Transportation impact fee conversion): Council approved turning the city’s “fair share” road formula into a transportation impact fee schedule (per a Stantec study) and authorized the staff process to adopt a fee schedule by resolution at second reading. Motion to approve passed by voice vote.
- Centennial purchase request — Pyro Productions fireworks show: The council approved a purchase request for Pyro Productions to provide an approximately 22‑minute fireworks display for the centennial celebration at a contract price of $20,000. Motion to approve passed by voice vote. Council discussion noted the centennial is a once‑in‑a‑hundred‑year celebration and some members favored concentrating funds on the centennial rather than a separate July 4 display.
Other routine actions
- Council approved the minutes for October 22 and November 12, 2024, and passed a consent agenda.
What happens next: Staff will proceed with the SRF loan application process, finalize the transportation impact fee resolution at second reading, accept and implement the fireworks contract per procurement rules, and circulate ordinance second‑reading materials where required by law.
