§ 62-152. Powers and duties; meetings; organization and funding.

(a)

Duties. The local planning agency, in accordance with the provisions of F.S. ch. 163, shall:

(1)

Assume the general responsibility for the conduct of the comprehensive planning program and the preparation of the comprehensive plan for the county.

(2)

Coordinate the comprehensive plan of the county or elements or portions thereof with the comprehensive plans of other local governments and the state.

(3)

Recommend the comprehensive plan of the county or elements or portions thereof to the board of county commissioners for adoption.

(4)

Monitor and oversee the effectiveness and status of the comprehensive plan of the county and recommend to the board of county commissioners such changes in the comprehensive plan as may from time to time be required.

(5)

Perform the responsibilities for the land development regulation commission as provided in F.S. ch. 163, pt. II (F.S. § 163.3161 et seq.).

(6)

Hear appeals of administrative decisions or interpretations of the county comprehensive plan and presentation of claims of regulatory taking or abrogation of vested rights.

(b)

Designation of agency or person to prepare comprehensive plan. The board of county commissioners, in cooperation with the local planning agency, may designate any agency, department, committee or person to prepare the comprehensive plan for the county, or any element thereof, under the supervision and direction of the local planning agency.

(c)

Organization; rules and procedures. The initial and subsequent members of the local planning agency shall be appointed, shall select their officers and shall follow such rules and procedures as established for the county planning and zoning board or as established by any subsequent resolution or ordinance adopted from time to time by the board of county commissioners.

(d)

Meetings and records to be public. All meetings of the local planning agency shall be open to the public, and all records of such agency shall be public records.

(e)

Funding. The board of county commissioners shall appropriate funds at its discretion for salaries of staff, fees and expenses necessary in the conduct of the work of the local planning agency, and also establish a schedule of fees to be charged by the agency.

(Code 1979, § 14-4)