PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 5, HOBE SOUND, ARTICLE 12, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CODE, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, MARTIN COUNTY CODE, REGARDING MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR LIGHT FIXTURES FOR CERTAIN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a request by Architects Design Collaborative, LLC, on behalf of Boys & Girls Club of Martin County, for approval of an amendment to Division 5, Hobe Sound, Article 12, Community Redevelopment Code, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code, to allow a maximum height of 60 feet for light fixtures for recreational facilities that are owned and operated as part of an institutional use. The applicant’s proposed amendment would only be applicable to the Hobe Sound Community Redevelopment Area.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: John Sinnott
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Architects Design Collaborative, LLC, Raul Ocampo, Jr.
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Article 12 establishes Redevelopment Zoning Districts, permitted uses and development standards to implement the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan (CGMP) and the Community Redevelopment Plans in Martin County's six Community Redevelopment Areas (CRAs).
Section 3.14.B.4, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code, contains a height exception for lighting structures for public park facilities. Public park facilities within the CRAs are eligible for this height exception. However, there is no similar exception for lighting structures for recreational facilities developed as part of an institutional use such as a community center operated by a not-for-profit entity. Currently, the allowable height for lighting structures for recreational facilities operated by such institutional uses within a CRA would be limited by the maximum building height in the Subdistrict.
The applicant proposes to add Section 12.5.04.7 to Division 5, Hobe Sound, of Article 12 to allow a maximum height of 60 feet for light fixtures for recreational facilities that are owned and operated as part of an institutional use. The proposed amendment also stipulates that such lighting must cease operation by 10:00pm. The proposed amendment would only be applicable to the Hobe Sound CRA.
This matter was properly noticed and heard before the Local Planning Agency (LPA) on November 5, 2026. The recommendation will be provided to the Board of County Commissioners.
The following supporting documents are attached:
Staff Report
Draft Ordinance
Application Materials
Disclosure of Interest
Legal Ad
Staff Presentation
ISSUES:
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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 the proposed Ordinance amending Article 12, Community Redevelopment Code, Land Development Regulations, Martin County Code.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Direct staff accordingly.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
The applicant has paid the $3,115.00 application fee.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☒Ordinance ☐Resolution
☐Other: