Tuesday, July 15
Orange County Administration Building, 201 S. Rosalind Avenue
Board of County Commissioners Meeting
Agenda Items 25-1002 and 25-1003
Public Hearings begin at 2pm. The specific time for these items will depend on the timing of other items on the agenda.
Agenda Item 25-1002
“Repealing portions of Orange County Ordinance No. 2025-12 pertaining to land use and Comprehensive Planning in Orange County, Florida;
repealing only that amendment to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan, commonly known as the “2010-2030 Comprehensive Plan”; repealing only the amendment to the future land use map series pertaining to Map 22 and the Lake Pickett Study Area; repealing only the amendment to the text of the future land use element pertaining to the Lake Pickett future land use designation; providing for compliance with state law; and providing an effective date; District 5“
Agenda Item 25-1003
“Repealing portions of Orange County Ordinance No. 2025-13 pertaining to land use and Comprehensive Planning in Orange County, Florida;
repealing only that amendment to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan, commonly known as the “2010-2030 Comprehensive Plan”; repealing only the amendment to the future land use map series pertaining to Map 5B and the Rural Boundary and Rural Area; repealing only the amendment to the text of the future land use element pertaining to the Rural Service Area; providing for compliance with state law; and providing an effective date; Countywide“
The recommendation for the BCC to repeal of these rural protections is a result of the threat of litigation from the developer of the Lake Pickett North development in OC District 5. The developer is using the recently passed Hurricane Relief, Recovery, and Response Legislation (SB180) to claim that the County’s rural protection legislation, that prohibits them from moving forward with their development plans on this rural land, is a violation of this new law.
The AHPOA Board feels that if the BCC votes to approve this recommendation, and repeal the referenced rural protections in the County ordinances, that it will be detrimental to all of the citizens of Orange County:
- It is short-sighted and reckless to preemptively repeal Rural Boundary, Vision 2050, Orange Code, Preservation Districts, etc. when clarification of SB180 has not yet been completed.
- It will diminish the quality of life of all Orange County residents to relinquish Orange County’s control over Smart Growth Initiatives and Protections to developers. Empowering developers to determine the future growth of development of Orange County, will result in Urban Sprawl in areas where infrastructure doesn’t exist and high density/intensity development in inappropriate areas such as Rural Settlements, rural areas, and agricultural lands.
- The Rural Boundary Amendment was a Citizen lead and approved County Charter Amendment and warrants citizen due process for its repeal.
- It is a huge waste of taxpayer money to scrapping Vision 2050. The 9-year process to develop Vision 2050, cost over $4 million in outside fees and County Staff expenses and included years of community outreach and input to insure it addressed each community-type’s concerns.
- Repealing these ordinances and codes will erode the trust of residents in County Government for promises made, but yet again, promises not kept.
