PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA
INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM

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TO: Honorable Chairman and                              DATE: 3/12/02                                                    FILE: GM02-555
      Members of the Board of 
      County Commissioners

THRU: Bipin Parikh, P.E.                                   SUBJECT: Wildlife Review Procedures
          Assistant County Administrator                                 BCC Meeting Date: 3/12/02
          (Development Services)                                            9:30 A.M., DC

FROM: Samuel P. Steffey, II                              REFERENCE: All Commission Districts
           Growth Management Administrator

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It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS:

The Settlement Agreement between the Citizens for Sanity and the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners includes a revision of Objective 2.9 and Conservation Policy 2.9.2 of the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan. This objective is now 2.8 and 2.8.2 respectively in the October 2000 Pasco County Comprehensive Plan. The following Pasco County Departments/Divisions are utilizing this policy as part of their conditions of approval: Development Review, Growth Management, and Zoning .

Growth Management’s Master Planned Unit Development (MPUD) completeness checklist requires the applicant to comply with this objective and policy. Developers for most MPUD's are now providing the assessments to staff during the initial review process, and staff forwards them to the county biologist for comment. Development Review’s procedure is to require environmental/wildlife habitat studies, as standard conditions of approval for all received plans. Plans of proposed development are sent to the County biologist for review. The zoning division grants approval of zoning requests conditional upon compliance with the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan, Conservation Element, and Policy No. 2.8.2.

ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS:

  1. No recommendation is being made, as this is for informational purposes only.

ATTACHMENTS:

  1. Zoning Petition Review Report

  2. Site Plan Review

  3. MPUD Rezoning Petition No. 5883

  4. Development Review Content Checklist

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APPROVED AGENDA ITEM FOR

DATE _______________________

BY ______________________