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STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
"Dedicated to making Florida a better place to call home"
JEB BUSH
Governor
October 24, 2003
The Honorable L4,.4F ",r Et"ey
Mayor, Village of North Palm Beach
Village Hall
501 U.S. #1., .L 14 :
North Palm Beach, Florida 33408
Dear Mayor .9+,y:
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COLLEEN CASTILLE
Secretary
The Department has conducted a preliminary review of the proposed comprehensive plan
amendment for the Village of North Palm Beach received on September 18, 2003, DCA
Reference No. 03-1.
The Department has determined that the proposed plan amendment need not be formally
reviewed for consistency with Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and Rule 9J-5, Florida
Administrative Code. Although a recommendation that the amendment be reviewed from the
Florida Department of Transportation was received by the Department, no recommendations to
review the amendment were received from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council or any
affected person regarding the proposed amendment.
Therefore, the proposed amendment will not be reviewed and the Objections,
Recommendations and Comments report will be waived. The local government may proceed to
immediately adopt the amendment. After adoption, please submit three copies of the adopted
amendment to the Department for our final compliance review, consistent with the requirements
ofRuie 9J-11.011, F.A.C.
Also, pursuant to Section 163.3189(2)(a), F.S., the Department recommends that the
Village include the following language in the adoption ordinance regarding the effective date of
the adopted amendment (if the local government plan has been determined to be In -Compliance):
"The effective date of this plan amendment shall be: The datea final order is issued by the
Department of Community Affairs finding the amendment to be in -compliance in accordance
with Chapter 163.3184, F.S.; or the date a final order is issued by the Administration
Commission finding the amendment to be in compliance in accordance with Section 163.3184,
F.S."
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Phone: 850.488.8466/Suncom 278.8466 FAX: 850.921.0781/Suncom 291.0781
Internet address: http://www.dca.state.fl.us
CRITICAL STATE CONCERN FIELD OFFICE COMMUNITY PLANNING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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(305) 289-2402 Tallahassee, FL 32399.2100 (850) 413.9969 (850) 488.7956
(850) 488.2356
The Honorable Edward M. Eissey
October 24, 2003
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Further, the Department's notice of intent to find a plan amendment in compliance shall
be deemed to be a final order if no timely petition challenging the amendment is filed. Any
affected person may file a petition with the agency within 21 days after the publication of notice
pursuant to Section 163.3184(9), F.S.
Please be advised that the Florida Legislature amended Section 163.3184(8)(c), Florida
Statutes, which requires the Department to provide a courtesy information statement regarding
the Department's Notice of Intent to citizens who furnish their names and addresses at the local
government's plan amendment transmittal (proposed) or adoption hearings. In order to provide
this courtesy information statement, local governments are required by the law to furnish to the
Department the names and addresses of the citizens requesting this information. Please provide
these required names and addresses to the Department when you transmit your adopted
amendment package for compliance review. In the event no names, addresses are
provided, please provide this information as well. For efficiency, we encourage that the
information sheet be provided in electronic format.
This letter should be made available for public inspection. If you have any question
concerning this matter, please contact Ken Metcalf, Regional Planning Administrator, at (850)
922-1807, or Richard W. Post, AICP, Senior Planner, at (850) 922-1813.
Sincerely yours,
Charles Gauthier, AICP
Chief of Comprehensive Planning
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cc: Douglas E. Smith, Acting Village Manager, Village of North Palm Beach
Michael J. Busha, AICP, Executive Director, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
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