A
New Section 5.6 – Disposition and Rezoning of Designated Natural Lands by the Board
of County Commissioners -
A. Definitions. The following words, terms, or phrases when used in this Section 5.5
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a)
Natural Lands .Properties purchased or otherwise acquired or managed
under Seminole County’s Natural Lands Program. Such properties are or shall be
described in a resolution adopted by the Board of County Commissioners, which may
be amended from time-to-time as the Natural Lands Inventory changes.
(b) Supermajority Vote. The requirement that, for the Board of County
Commissioners to take action on a matter pending before them, at least a majority
plus one of entire membership of the Board of County Commissioners must vote in the
affirmative to take such action.
B. The County shall manage the real property held in fee or otherwise acquired or
managed as Natural Lands for the benefit of the citizens of Seminole County and may
sell , convey, dispose of, transfer, or otherwise materially alter the use or purpose of, all
or any portion of such property only if the members of the Board of County
Commissioners determine that the property is no longer needed for natural resource
conservation, scenic, or recreational purposes and only upon a Supermajority Vote of
the entire membership of the Board.
C. The real property held in fee or otherwise acquired or managed as Natural Lands
that are zoned as Public Lands and Institutions (PLI) may be rezoned from the Public
Lands and Institutions (PLI) district to a different zoning district only upon a
Supermajority Vote of the entire membership of the Board.
D. The real property held in fee or otherwise acquired or managed as park, passive
recreation, trail, environmentally sensitive, or preservation only lands may be rezoned
to a different zoning district only upon a Supermajority Vote of the entire membership
of the Board.
B
Section 5.2 (B) – Removal of Property from Rural Area – With a supermajority of the
Board of County Commissioners - The Board of County Commissioners may remove
property from the “Rural Area” and amend the Rural Boundary accordingly, by
ordinance whenever, in the opinion of the Board, such a change is necessary. Any vote
to remove property from the Rural Area or amend the Rural Boundary, however, shall
only be by Supermajority vote of the Board of County Commissioners. Nothing herein
shall authorize the County Commission to expand the “Rural Area” beyond the area
contained in the above referenced legal description. (Ord. No. 2004-36 § 3, eff.
11-03-04).
