A.

Public Services.

Essential services, herein defined as services authorized and regulated by state or national public utility commissions or services owned or franchised by the City of Ocoee, may be located within any zoning district after notice and public hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission and approval by the City Commission. This provision includes both structures and uses and includes gas, water, electricity, sewerage and telephone facilities. For the purposes of this Section 5-7 public safety telecommunications service facilities shall be governed by Section 5-19 of the Land Development Code.

B.

Public Building.

After public notice and hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Commission may authorize the location in any zoning district of any public buildings erected by, or any use of, municipal, county, state or federal government. Both the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Commission public hearings must be advertised in a newspaper at least seven (7) days before each hearing.

All property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property must also be notified by mail at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing date. This notice may include information on both Planning and Zoning Commission and City Commission hearings if the item goes before both Commissions. If the hearing information for the City Commission meeting is not available at the time the notices must be sent for the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, a second notice to property owners must be mailed seven (7) days before the City Commission hearing detailing the meeting time, place, and other particulars.

C.

Easements.

Transportation, pipelines and utility easements and rights-of-way shall be permitted in any zoning district.

D.

Exceptions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5-7 do not apply to the location of transfer stations.