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Staff outlines proposed comp plan and code changes to remove 1-for-1 exchange for 300 Keys workforce housing initiative
Summary
Planning staff presented an amendment package to the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code that removes the 1-for-1 exchange requirement for the 300 Keys affordable workforce housing initiative, clarifies policy language, and responds to the State Land Planning Agency's earlier finding that prior language was 'more restrictive and burdensome.' No final vote on the amendments is recorded in the transcript.
Barbara Powell, speaking for planning staff, summarized a dual package of amendments to the Monroe County Comprehensive Plan and corresponding Land Development Code changes intended to modify provisions tied to the 300 Keys affordable workforce housing initiative.
"This is a comprehensive plan and land development code amendment to eliminate the 1 for 1 exchange for the remaining workforce affordable housing early evacuation unit building permit allocations," Powell said. She explained that the package is mostly editorial cleanup and clarifications after the State Land Planning Agency previously found the adopted language more restrictive and burdensome and deemed that adoption null and void. Staff noted the removal of an upper/lower keys split, clarified transfer language (county-initiated projects within unincorporated areas approved by agreement with the BOCC), and two added provisions directing staff to locate units near employment centers such as Key West, Stock Island and Marathon. Powell also said the package removes a property manager office requirement for government-owned developments while requiring on-call availability for evacuation orders.
The transcript records the staff presentation but does not show a final decision or roll-call vote on the amendments during the excerpt provided. A commissioner asked whether the chair was recusing himself from both Items 2 and 3 and the record indicates the recusal applies to both items; that procedural note will affect deliberations and any subsequent vote.
