§ 106-1. Local planning agency.

(a)

Authority. This section is enacted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of F.S. ch. 163, pt. II (F.S. § 163.3161 et seq.) (Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act).

(b)

Designation and establishment. Pursuant to and in accordance with F.S. § 163.3174, the local planning agency for the unincorporated area of the county is hereby established and defined to consist of the county planning commission.

(c)

Duties and responsibilities. In accordance with the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, F.S. §§ 163.3161—163.3215, the local planning agency shall:

(1)

Conduct the comprehensive planning program and prepare the comprehensive plan or elements or portions thereof for the unincorporated area of the county;

(2)

Coordinate said comprehensive plan or elements or portions thereof with the comprehensive plans of other appropriate local governments and the state;

(3)

Make recommendations regarding the adoption of said comprehensive plan or elements or portions thereof to the board of county commissioners;

(4)

Monitor and oversee the effectiveness and status of the comprehensive plan and recommend to the board of county commissioners such changes in the comprehensive plan as may be required from time to time;

(5)

Review proposed land development regulations, land development codes, or amendments thereto, and make recommendations to the governing body as to the consistency of the proposal with the adopted comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof;

(6)

Perform any other functions, duties and responsibilities assigned to it by the board of county commissioners or general or special law; and

(7)

The community development division is designated by the board of county commissioners and the local planning agency as the agency responsible for preliminary recommendations on comprehensive plan amendments, consistency of land use regulations or development orders with the comprehensive plan. However, final recommendation to the board of county commissioners for the adoption of amendments to the comprehensive plan, or determination of the consistency of land use regulations or development orders with such plan, shall be the responsibility of the local planning agency.

(d)

Organization, rules and procedures. Members of the local planning agency shall continue to be appointed and follow such rules of procedure, methods of choosing officers, setting of public meetings, providing of financial support, and accomplishing its duties as provided by the policies and ordinances of the county and general or special law.

(e)

Public meetings and records. All meetings of the local planning agency shall be public meetings and all agency records shall be public records. The local planning agency shall encourage public participation.

(f)

Compensation. The members of the local planning agency shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for such travel, mileage and/or per diem expenses as may be authorized by the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall appropriate funds at its discretion to the local planning agency for expenses necessary in the conduct of its work. The local planning agency may, in order to accomplish the purposes and activities required by the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act (F.S. § 163.3161 et seq.), expend all sums so appropriated and other sums made available for use from fees, gifts, state or federal grants, state or federal loans, and other sources; provided, acceptance of loans or grants must be approved by the board of county commissioners.

(Ord. No. 86-57, §§ 1—6)