Ordinance No. 1461-23 Residential Moratorium

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OR BK 10852 PG 1234 Page 2 of 3 Section L Authority. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and under the home rule powers of the City. Section 2. Legislative Findings of Fact. The foregoing WHEREAS clauses are hereby adopted as legislative findings of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills and are ratified and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Ordinance upon adoption hereof. Section 3. Temporary Moratorium Beginning on the effective date of this ordinance and continuing for twelve (12) consecutive months or sooner, if provided pursuant to section 5 of this ordinance, a moratorium is hereby imposed on the consideration of applications for new residential annexations, rezoning, land use modification, conditional uses, variances, and Major Planned Unit Development Amendments. During the moratorium, the City of Zephyrhills will not accept, review, or consider applications for new residential annexations, rezoning, land use modification, conditional uses, variances, and Major Planned Unit Development Amendments. Section 4. Exemptions. The temporary moratorium imposed by Section 3 of this ordinance shall not apply to any property and/or project that filed an application for residential annexations, land use modifications, rezonings, Major Planned Unit Development Amendments, conditional uses, and variances for property over one acre prior to the effective date of this ordinance. Additionally, this moratorium shall not apply to utility service agreements or other utility -related agreements, which may be sought from the City (the mere submittal of which shall not obligate the City to approve the same). Additionally, the temporary moratorium imposed by Section 3 of this ordinance shall not apply to any residential project that is on one acre or less. Any property and/or project that is exempt under this section may continue to apply for and receive any approvals, plats, permits or consents from the City allowed by the Land Development Code. Section 5. Expiration of the Temporary Moratorium. The temporary moratorium imposed by Section 3 of this ordinance expires as of the earliest of the follow occurrences: A. June 25, 2024; or B. A date before June 25, 2024, if provided by Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida. Section 6. Repealer. Any and all ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict. Section 7. Severability. It is declared to be the intent of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance shall be construed as not having continued the said section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision and shall not be affected by such holding.