PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
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LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT (CPA) 25-03, P3 PUBLIC FACILITY WITH CLINIC FLUM, A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request by the Martin County Board of County Commissioners for a small-scale amendment to the Future Land Use Map, to consider adoption of a change from General Institutional to Commercial Office/Residential (COR) on a parcel of land consisting of approximately 2.66 acres. The subject property is located north of SE Ruhnke Street and east of SE Willoughby Boulevard in unincorporated Martin County.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Jenna Knobbe
Title: Senior Planner
REQUESTED BY: Board of County Commissioners
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: Plan Amendment
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Section 1.11.D(3) of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan authorizes small-scale development amendments in accordance with Section 163.3187, Florida Statutes. Small-scale comprehensive plan amendments require two public hearings. The first public hearing was scheduled before the Local Planning Agency on May 21, 2026. The second public hearing is the adoption hearing before the Board of County Commissioners. Small-scale comprehensive plan amendments are not transmitted to the state land planning agency or other local and regional reviewing agencies.
A proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan is eligible to be processed as a small-scale amendment if:
a) Fifty (50) or fewer acres are involved;
b) The proposed amendment does not involve a change to the text of the Goals, Objectives, or Policies of the Comprehensive Plan; however, a text change relating directly to, and adopted simultaneously with, a small-scale amendment of the Future Land Use Map is permitted; and,
c) The land that is the subject of the proposed amendment is not located within an area of critical state concern, unless the proposed amendment involves the construction of affordable housing and meets other statutory criteria.
If not timely challenged, the effective date of a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment is 31 days after adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. If timely challenged, an amendment does not become effective until the State Land Planning Agency or the Administration Commission issue a final order determining that the adopted small-scale comprehensive plan amendment is in compliance. If approval of a small-scale comprehensive plan amendment is challenged, the process for the administrative review will be as provided in Section 163.3187(5), Florida Statutes.
The Local Planning Agency reviewed this amendment on May 21, 2026. Staff will update the Board on the recommendation from the Local Planning Agency.
Staff’s analysis of the proposed amendment is set forth in the attached Staff Report.
ISSUES:
None
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This is a legislative matter. Legislative decisions are those in which the local government formulates policy rather than applying specific rules to a particular situation. A local government’s approval or denial of an issue in its legislative capacity is typically subject to a fairly debatable standard of review. Fairly debatable means that the government’s action must be upheld if reasonable minds could differ as to the propriety of the decision reached. Decisions subject to the fairly debatable standard of review need only be rationally related to a legitimate public purpose, such as the health, safety, and welfare of the public, to be valid. Given this broad discretion, only decisions that are arbitrary and capricious or illegal are subject to serious legal challenge.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board adopt an Ordinance for CPA 25-03, P3 Public Facility with Clinic FLUM, assigning the Commercial Office/Residential future land use designation to the subject property.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Move that staff provide more information and continue the item to a future date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff time.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff time.
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☒Ordinance ☐Resolution
☐Other: