Text of County Charter Amendment (new language in blue, existing language in brown)
Section 2.2
Powers of the Board of County Commissioners. Pursuant to the powers granted by the Constitution, General and Special Laws of the State of Florida, and this Charter, the Board of County Commissioners shall have the power to:
2.2AWith the exception of emergency ordinances, adopt ordinances to carry out both County and municipal powers and purposes by the affirmative vote of three (3) Commissioners.
2.2A(1)Provided, however, any ordinance amending Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan which increases allowable land use density or intensity shall require an affirmative vote of a majority plus one of the full membership of the Board of County Commissioners.
2.2A(2)Provided further, that from and after the effective date of this sub-subsection 2.2A(2), any ordinance amending Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan which either:
(1)adds lands lying outside the Urban Service Area boundary to the Urban Service Area,
(2)establishes new Future Land Use Overlay Districts which increase the allowable land use density or intensity on lands lying outside the Urban Service Area Boundary, or
(3)adds lands outside the Urban Service Area Boundary to either the Settlement Area Overlay or the Affordable Housing Overlay,
Shall be fiscally neutral and shall require the unanimous affirmative vote of the full membership of the Board of County Commissioners.
"Urban Service Area" shall mean that area delineated on that certain map titled "Future Land Use Map of Sarasota County", dated November 2006, which is on file in the official records of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners.
This sub-subsection 2.2A(2) shall not apply to amendments to the goals, objectives and policies of the Sarasota 2050 Resource Management Areas or to the Land Use Maps approved as part of Sarasota 2050.
This sub-subsection 2.2A(2) shall not apply to comprehensive plan amendments that were approved for transmittal to the Department of Community Affairs prior to January 1, 2008.
Any proposed ordinance amending Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan eliminating the Urban Service Area Boundary from Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan shall be subject to voter approval at a referendum election called for that purpose.
No Charter amendment adopted after the effective date of this sub-subsection 2.2A(2) that deals with the extent of or process for altering the Urban Service Area in Sarasota County's Comprehensive Plan shall become effective unless that amendment explicitly provides for the repeal of this sub-subsection 2.2A(2).
