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A Presentation By Jaye Epstein, Director Of Planning, Regarding Rezoning Options For State Road 7 (15-INFO-05)
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Staff Recommends: Informational
Explanation:
On December 17, 2014 the City Commission established a goal to initiate the creation of zoning regulations compatible with Criteria and Design Guidelines Principles of the Transit Oriented Corridor (TOC) Land Use designation of State Road 7 (SR7). Some of the Criteria and Guidelines include requiring the corridor, as a whole, to be developed incorporating residential as a principal component, at-least two non-residential uses and discourage auto oriented uses, unless designed to encourage pedestrian and transit usage. "The major purposes of this designation is to facilitate multi-use and mixed-use development, encourage mass transit, reduce the need for automobile travel, provide incentives for quality development and give definition to the urban form."
Formulating zoning regulations to better complement the TOC designation is anticipated to take approximately six months (once a consultant is selected), which will include community outreach, site visits and several meetings, including Public Hearings. At this time, Staff requested the four (4) consultants approved by the City Commission (RFP 4429-14-IS) provide proposals to:
-evaluate permitted and prohibited uses
-expand the commercial corridor and create mixed use zoning districts
-develop zoning regulations and design standards which effectively implement the Transit Oriented Corridor
As such, on January 7, 2015 the City Commission expressed concerns regarding the possibility of new development taking place prior to establishing new zoning regulations. The concern, should this happen, is that the new development will NOT be mandated to be compatible with the criteria and guidelines of the TOC Land Use designation, as the existing zoning has not been updated to fully implement the TOC Land Use.
Although the corridor is in...
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