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STAFF REPORT
Meeting Date: August 5, 2025
Item #: 3
Contact Name: Miranda Justice Department Director: Melanie Sibbitt
Contact Number: Ext. 1024 City Manager: Craig Shadrix
Subject: Approval of Resolution to Change Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Time.
(City Clerk Sibbitt)
Background Summary:
At their June 18, 2025, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, members discussed changing their
meeting start time from 6:30 PM to 6:15 PM to maintain consistency with the City Commission and several
advisory boards. Board members and City staff had no objections to the change.
Pursuant to Section 3-2 C. (2) of the Land Development Code, the City Commission is authorized to set a
meeting time by resolution for the Planning and Zoning Commission. At the July 8, 2025, Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting, a formal motion was made and approved unanimously to recommend to the City
Commission that the meeting start time be changed from 6:30 PM to 6:15 PM. Staff authored a Resolution
accordingly.
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners approve a Resolution to change the Planning and
Zoning Commission meeting time from 6:30 PM to 6:15 PM?
Recommendations:
Staff recommends the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners approve a Resolution to change the
Planning and Zoning Commission meeting time from 6:30 PM to 6:15 PM, to allow for consistency with the
City Commission and several advisory boards' meeting times.
Attachments:
1. LDC 3-2(C) Planning & Zoning Commission
2. Resolution
Financial Impacts:
None
Type of Item: Consent
Created: 2024-09-26 10:48:47 [EST]
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§ 3-2. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
C. Officers, Rules of Procedure and Quorum.
(1) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect a chair and a vice chair from among its members
at the first meeting of each calendar year. The City Commission shall provide the Commission a
deputy clerk, who may be an employee of the City of Ocoee.
(2) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall meet the second Tuesday of each month and at such
other times as may be necessary at such time as is set by a resolution of the City Commission. It
shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a properly indexed record of its
resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. All
meetings of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be public.
(3) Three (3) members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall constitute a quorum, and no
action may be taken if less than three (3) members are present and voting.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR A MEETING TIME;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2018, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee (“City
Commission”) approved Ordinance 2018-21 amending section 3-2 and 3-3 of the City of Ocoee Land
Development Code and Section 2 of Ordinance 2018-21 authorizes the City Commission to establish
the meeting time for the Planning and Zoning Commission by resolution; and
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2018, the City Commission adopted a resolution setting the
Planning and Zoning Commission’s meeting time to begin at 6:30 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2025, the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, members
discussed changing their meeting start time from 6:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. to maintain consistency with
the City Commission and several advisory boards; and subsequently, on July 8, 2025, the Planning
and Zoning Commission made a formal motion to recommend to the City Commission to adopt a
resolution changing the meeting time to a 6:15 p.m. start time; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission may exercise any power for municipal purposes, except
as expressly prohibited by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has
the authority to adopt this Resolution pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of
Florida and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2. Time of Meetings. The City Commission hereby directs that
the regular Planning and Zoning Commission meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each
month and will begin at 6:15 p.m.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August, 2025.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
_________________________________
Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk Rusty Johnson, Mayor
(SEAL)
APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
COMMISSION ON ______________, 2025
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO._________
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGALITY this ____ day of
_________________, 2025.
FISHBACK DOMINICK
By: __________________________
Richard Geller, City Attorney