§ 2-42. Reconsideration of land use matters.

(a)

Applicability. Any matter in which the Board of County Commissioners or Board of Zoning Appeals, as the case may be, has denied a request to change the land use designation of a parcel of land, a request for site specific rezone initiated by a petitioner or his or her agent, variance, conditional use, license, permit or other land use-related request.

(b)

Request for Reconsideration by Petitioner. A request for reconsideration may be made only by the petitioner. The petitioner may request reconsideration of a petition in writing to the County Manager no later than 15 days from the date of the Board's action denying the original petition. Except as provided below, this request shall be jurisdictional, and no motion for reconsideration may be made by any member of the Board where such a request was untimely. If State or Federal submission and/or approval schedules pertaining to the petition are extended within 6 months following the denial of the original petition, upon Public Petition initiated by the petitioner, the Board may extend petitioner's request for reconsideration by majority vote, and on a second motion made by any Commissioner, place the issue of reconsideration for a date certain on which the action or petition will be reconsidered, but in no event shall such reconsideration take place less than 14 days nor more than 45 days from the date the motion to reconsider is adopted.

(c)

Motion for reconsideration by a Board member who voted in the majority. Any member of the Board who voted with the majority (or in the case of a rezoning or change in land use designation, voted against) on the original action or petition may move for a reconsideration of the action or petition at any regular meeting of the Board within 15 days of the date of the request for reconsideration. If no regular meeting of the Board occurs within 15 days of the request for reconsideration, the Board member may move for a reconsideration of the action or petition no later than the first meeting of the Board that follows the County Manager's receipt of the request for consideration. This motion shall be made during that portion of the Board's agenda entitled "Board of County Commissioners." If no motion for reconsideration is made during this time period, the request shall be deemed denied. The motion may specify a date certain on which the action or petition will be reconsidered, but in no event shall such reconsideration take place less than 14 days nor more than 45 days from the date the motion to reconsider is adopted.

(d)

Action on motion for reconsideration. The Board shall either act on the motion for reconsideration at the meeting at which such motion is made or may table the motion for no longer than the next regular meeting of the Board. If the motion is not finally acted upon by the adjournment of the next regular meeting of the Board after the motion has been made, it shall be deemed to have been denied.

(e)

Scheduling of petition for reconsideration. If the motion for reconsideration is granted, the County Manager shall schedule the petition on the agenda for the regular Board meeting which was specified in the motion for reconsideration, or if no date is specified then on the second regular Board meeting following the meeting at which the motion is granted.

(f)

No hearing or debate on motion for reconsideration. A motion for reconsideration shall not require public hearing, and neither the petitioner nor any other person shall have the right to address the Board considering the merits of such a motion. However, the Board may request information of the petitioner, the staff or any other person in order to better inform itself prior to acting upon the motion. The purpose of this provision is to prevent either the petitioner or any other person from debating the merits of the petition prior to its full consideration at a regularly scheduled Board meeting where the petition is reconsidered.

(g)

[Procedures outlined.] The procedures outlined herein shall not constitute an administrative remedy, and the defense of failure to exhaust administrative remedies shall not be raised if a petitioner declines to utilize these procedures and instead elects to pursue judicial remedies following the denial of the petition. The time period for seeking judicial relief following denial of those matters contemplated by subsection (a)(2) of this section shall run from the time the Board votes on such matter, and a motion hereunder shall not alter such time period.

(h)

[Initial vote.] Where the initial vote was made after an advertised public hearing, any reconsideration of such vote shall comply with all advertisement and notice provisions that were legally required for the initial public hearing.

(Ord. No. 81-54, § 2; Ord. No. 88-41, § 1; Ord. No. 07-50, § 2; Ord. No. 2012-15, 1)

Land Development Code reference— Zoning amendments, § 2.7.2.

State law reference

Adoption of rezoning ordinances, F.S. § 125.66(5).