CPA2010-06001; ORD 8201-10T
CPA2010-06001
Ordinance No: 8201-10
Item: E-5
Planner: Cate Lee
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CDB Meeting Date: July 20, 2010
Case Number: CPA2010-06001
Ordinance No.: 8201-10
Agenda Item: E. 5.
CITY OF CLEARWATER
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Related to the Adoption of a Transit
Oriented Development Objective and Policies
INITIATED BY: City of Clearwater Planning & Development Department
BACKGROUND:
In January 2010, the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA), Pinellas County
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) and Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly undertake a
Federal Transit Agency (FTA) Alternatives Analysis to evaluate mode and corridor alignment options for
the first phase of a regional transit system in Pinellas County. The Alternatives Analysis will identify a
preferred transit alignment and station locations between the cities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
These cities and other local governments within the Alternatives Analysis corridor will participate in the
decision study making process, especially as it relates to location and typology of transit stations within
their jurisdiction.
A significant portion of the proposed transit project funding will be sought from the FTA New Starts
program. Under this highly competitive program, transit projects are evaluated and justified according to
a variety of criteria including GOSt e11Gl+L1VG11WJ, transit Suppoirtive iauu use/tUmutc paLLcius, riivuillLy
improvements, environmental benefits and "other factors," such as economic development. The transit-
supportive land use criterion considers 1) existing land use, 2) transit-supportive plans and policies, and
3) performance and impacts of policies. The inclusion of transit-oriented development policies in the
Clearwater Comprehensive Plan wi 11 improve the project rating potential for the New Starts grant
application.
Similar transit supportive comprehensive plan amendments are currently being proposed by Pinellas
County and the City of St. Petersburg. The Pinellas Planning Council is also undertaking a series of
amendments to their planning documents to provide a framework for consistency with land use policies.
These amendments draw heavily from the transit oriented development guiding principles developed by
the TBARTA Land Use Working Group. These guiding principles provide a common language among
jurisdictions that will make it easier to work towards common goals, especially where transit projects
cross jurisdictional boundaries, and enhance the region's ability to effectively compete for federal
funding.
ANALYSIS:
Transit oriented developments are moderate to high density, mixed-use, walkable developments designed
to maximize access to public transportation. A transit oriented development neighborhood (i.e., transit
station area) typically has a center with a transit station surrounded by compact, relatively high-density
development that progressively decreases in development density and intensity with increasing distance
from the center, typically within 1/2 mile of the transit station, the distance most pedestrians are willing to
walk. A transit oriented development incorporates features that facilitate pedestrian access to the transit
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station, such as interconnected street networks, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and street-oriented site
design. Successful transit oriented development provides an integrated mix of land uses and densities that
create a convenient, complete and vibrant community.
The benefits of transit oriented development go beyond maximizing transit ridership potential. Transit
oriented developments by design are pedestrian friendly, less land consumptive and more accessible due
to the proximity of multiple uses and the accommodation of multiple modes of transportation. This type
of innovative, efficient and livable urban form is supported by the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan.
Within transit oriented developments, multiple destinations are located within close proximity, thereby
adding convenience and providing time and cost savings. Higher density/intensity developments may
also provide more housing choices and support housing affordability. Businesses located in transit
oriented developments can optimize the use of land and building space while increasing accessibility to
their clients and workforce, resulting in more efficient operating costs.
Moderate to high density mixed use developments create opportunities to live, work and shop in close
proximity and ultimately promote greater transportation choices. Transit oriented developments create
strong jobs- to-housing balances, decrease dependence on single occupant auto trips and reduce parking
requirements, all resulting in reductions to area-wide vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and supporting energy
conservation. Public transit, combined with reduced private automobile usage, reduces the consumption
of fossil fuels and the potential emission of greenhouse gases. The increased convenience, accessibility,
and available amenities resulting from the close proximity of multiple diverse uses reduce travel cost and
time for residents and employees. Access to transit and other modes of transportation results in increased
mobility, especially for the transportation disadvantaged population, and reduced household costs for auto
ownership and operation. Transit provides access to a larger employment pool, resulting in higher
productivity for businesses. Decreased dependence on private automobiles reduces parking requirements
and enhances development opportunities.
The proposed amendment adds transit oriented development Future Land Use Map classifications to the
table referenced in Policy A.2.2.I I. These classifications establish primary uses and intensity ranges (floor
area ratio) for four transit station area types of varying scale and intensity as follows:
Classification Minimum and Maximum Intensity
• Type I: Urban Center Downtown • FAR 1.5-7.0 (no limit on maximum FAR
within 1/8 mile of the transit station)
• Type II: Suburban Center • FAR 0.5-5.0
• Type III: Neighborhood Center • FAR 0.5-3.0
• Type IV: Complete Street Corridor • FAR 0.5-2.0
The proposed amendment also adds an objective and five policies to Goal A.6, which states that the City
shall utilize innovative and flexible planning practices. The proposed objective states that transit oriented
development will be created in the City, and that such development will incorporate the criteria from the
FTA New Starts Planning and Development Process. The policies address the following issues:
• How transit station locations and typologies are determined;
• How transit station area plans are adopted;
• How transit station area planning is handled when it traverses jurisdictional boundaries;
• What each transit station area plan must include-,
• The guiding principles to be followed in the planning, design and development of transit station
area plans as related to:
o Community & Economic Development
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o Land Use
o Mobility
o Parking
o Urban Design
The guidelines contained in each focus area are based on transit oriented development guiding principles
developed by the TBARTA Land Use Working Group. The City's unique context, goals and existing
policy framework were taken into consideration when developing guiding principles for the City's
comprehensive plan.
STANDARDS FOR REVIEW:
Pursuant to Community Development Code Section 4-603.F., no amendment to the Comprehensive Plan
shall be approved unless it complies with the following standards:
1. The amendment will further implementation of the Comprehensive Plan consistent with the goals,
policies and objectives contained in the Plan.
The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are consistent with existing goals, policies and
objectives in the Plan. From the Future Land Use Element, Goal A.6 states that the City shall utilize
innovative and flexible planning practices. Transit oriented development is an innovative alternative
to traditional Euclidian zoning patterns as it encourages a finer-grain and integrated mix of uses.
Further, Policy A.6.1.1 states that redevelopment shall be encouraged by providing development
incentives, such as density bonuses. Because transit oriented development is served by mass transit,
it demands higher density from the market, and our regulatory framework will allow such. Transit
oriented development fits perfectly into Policy A.6.8.1 which calls for the building of active,
attractive communities that are designed at a human scale and encourage walking, cycling and use of
mass transit. These amendments also further implement Policy A.6.8.7, to create mixed-use, higher
density, livable communities through design, layout and use of walkability techniques within existing
and proposed transit corridors, including proposed TBARTA lines and stations. Transit oriented
development also furthers Goal B.3 which states that the city shall support the efforts of mass transit
service operators to provide generalized and special mass transit services. In addition, these
amendments further Policy H.1.1.2, which states that Clearwater supports intergovernmental
coordination in transportation and mass transit planning, through the MPO, PSTA, and TBARTA.
2. The amendment is not inconsistent with other provisions of the Comprehensive Plan.
The proposed amendment will add a new objective and five supporting policies to the Future Land
Use Element that promotes intergovernmental cooperation, innovative planning practices,
redevelopment incentives, the continued support of the tourism industry in the City, and provides for
a variety of transportation options. The amendment also adds new future land use categories to the
table found in Policy A.2.2.1. consistent with those proposed by the Pinellas Planning Council in the
Countywide Plan Rules. The objective, polices, and future land use category additions are not in
conflict with the Comprehensive Plan.
3. The available uses, if applicable, to which the property may be put are appropriate to the property in
question and compatible with existing and planned uses in the area.
Transit oriented development will be located within designated Transit Station Areas; Specific Transit
Station Area Plans will be developed and adopted. These plans will regulate land use and zoning and
thus will consider the unique context of each Transit Station Area and compatibility with existing and
planned uses in the area.
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4. Sufficient public facilities are available to serve the property.
The adequacy of public facilities will be assessed as part of the planning process for Transit Station
Area Plans. Based on current public facility capacity, it is anticipated that adequate public facilities
will exist to accommodate future transit oriented development within transit station areas.
5. The amendment will not adversely affect the natural environment.
Any development that should occur as a result of the proposed amendments must comply with
impervious surface ratio standards, the City's tree preservation requirements, as well as drainage and
water quality standards. Therefore, the proposed amendment will not adversely affect the natural
environment.
6. The amendment will not adversely impact the use of property in the immediate area.
The proposed amendment provides policies to direct the character of public and private development
within designated Transit Station Areas. Transit Station Areas have not yet been identified, therefore,
property impacts are unknown at this time. The potential for property impacts will be determined
during the development and adoption of specific Transit Station Areas, which will include
opportunity for public input.
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION:
Metropolitan areas across the U.S. and around the world have realized that complete transportation
systems offering choices and alternatives are integral to sustainability and economic competitiveness.
The proposed comprehensive plan amendment is the City's first step in creating a framework of policies
and regulations that support a modern and sustainable regional transportation system.
Transit oriented development has enormous potential to help the City and region strengthen the
transportation-land use connection, stimulate redevelopment where desired, foster active, economically
vibrant and livable neighborhoods designed at a human scale. The proposed amendment supports an
intergovernmental effort to secure funding for a modern, regional transportation system. The proposed
amendment will further the goals, objectives and policies of the Clearwater Comprehensive
Plan, is consistent with other provisions of the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan, will not result
in inappropriate or incompatible uses, will not adversely affect the natural environment or impact
the use of property in the immediate area, and sufficient public facilities exist to implement the
proposed amendment. Based upon the above, the Planning and Development Department
recommends APPROVAL of Ordinance No. 8201-10 that amends the Clearwater
Comprehensive Plan.
Prepared by Planning & Development Department Staff:
ATTACHMENTS:
? Resume
? Ordinance No. 8201-10 and Exhibit A
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Cate Lee
100 South Myrtle Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
727-562-4557
catherine.lee(amyclearwater.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Planner H, Long Range Division
City of Clearwater, Clearwater, Florida November 2008 to Present
Responsible for numerous aspects of the Growth Management Act of Florida such as comprehensive
planning, Future Land Use Plan amendments, rezonings, and annexations. Update Community
Development Code by Ordinance. Prepare staff reports for the City Council and Community
Development Board. Create maps for decision makers using Geographic Information Systems
software.
Planner I and Planner H, Development Review Division
City of Clearwater, Clearwater, Florida March to October 2008
Provided information to the public concerning the City's Community Development Code, Clearwater
Downtown Redevelopment Plan, Beach by Design and general zoning information. Reviewed
building plans for compliance with the Community Development Code. Presented Flexible Standard
Development applications before the Development Review Committee.
• Research Assistant
Geography Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah September 2007 to January 2008
Contributed research on various land use and planning issues, including locally unwanted land uses
and their roles in the American West for Dr. Richard H. Jackson, AICP.
• Teaching Assistant
Geography Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah January 2007 to December 2007
Explained North American land use patterns and concepts to students, including planning history and
current practices. Graded student writing and exams, providing feedback for improvement and
clarification of planning concepts.
Planning Intern
City of Port Angeles, Port Angeles, Washington May to August 2007
Assisted citizens at the zoning counter regarding the City's Municipal Code. Performed research
related to intergovernmental cooperation, comprehensive plan amendments, and code changes.
Presented research findings to the Planning Commission.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Urban, Rural and Environmental Planning, Brigham Young University, 2007
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP
0 American Planning Association
ORDINANCE NO. 8201-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, MAKING
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY BY
AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT BY ADDING PLAN
CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT AND ADDING AN OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES
PERTAINING TO THE NEW CATEGORIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
WHEREAS the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land
Development Regulation Act of Florida empowers and requires the City Council of the
City of Clearwater to plan for the future development and growth of the City, and to
adopt and periodically amend the Comprehensive Plan, including elements and
portions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance Number 8088-09, which
amended the Comprehensive Plan of the City on November 17, 2009; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance Number 8134-10, which
amended the Comprehensive Plan of the City on May 20, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA)
adopted a Regional Transportation Master Plan for the Tampa Bay Area in May 2009;
and
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Master Plan identifies future rail service
for portions of the City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization adopted in
December 2009 a new Long Range Transportation Plan that incorporates a
comprehensive system of transit service with rail service to be developed in phases;
and
WHEREAS, TBARTA, the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO), the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, and the Florida Department of
Transportation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2010 to jointly
undertake a Federal Transit Agency Alternatives Analysis to identify corridors in
Pinellas County for the first phase of a future rail or fixed guideway transit system; and
WHEREAS, the signatories to the MOU have identified the general transit
planning area in Pinellas County that will be the focus of the Alternatives Analysis; and
WHEREAS, transit station locations will be determined as part of the Alternatives
Analysis; and
WHEREAS, those jurisdictions that will be traversed by the future rail or fixed
guideway transit system must ensure that their local comprehensive plans contain
Ordinance No. 8201-10
policies that integrate transit with supportive land use policies, such as enabling transit
oriented development around transit stations; and
WHEREAS, TBARTA has developed transit oriented development guiding
principles for incorporation into local comprehensive plans; and
WHEREAS, the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan is being
amended to include new policies to support appropriate land use planning and
development in proximity to rail or fixed guideway transit stations once they are
identified through the Alternatives Analysis; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the Comprehensive Plan have been prepared in
accordance with the applicable requirements of law, after conducting appropriate
planning analysis and public participation through public hearings, opportunity for
written comments, open discussion and the consideration of public and official
comments; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Board, serving as the designated
Local Planning Agency for the City, has held a public hearing on the proposed
amendments and has recommended adoption of the proposed Comprehensive Plan
amendments; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments have been transmitted to the Florida
Department of Community Affairs for review and comments, and the objections,
recommendations and comments received from the Florida Department of Community
Affairs have been considered by the City Council, together with all comments from local
regional agencies and other persons, in preparing the final draft of the amendments;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary, desirable and proper to adopt
the amendments to the objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan in order to
reflect changing conditions; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Amendments 1 - 2 to the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan
attached hereto as Exhibit "A" are hereby adopted.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective when the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to
be in compliance, or the Administration Commission issues a final order determining
the adopted amendments to be in compliance, in accordance with Section 163.187 or
163.3189, F.S., as amended.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Frank Hibbard
Mayor-Councilmember
Approved as to form:
Attest:
Leslie Dougall-Sides Cynthia E. Goudeau
Assistant City Attorney City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
ATTACHMENT TO ORDINANCE 8201-10
AMENDMENT 1- FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Amend following Policy A.2.2.1 of Goal A.2 of the Plan on pages A-6-A-9 as follows:
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
PRIMARY USES PER MAX. DENSITY / INTENSITY PER PLAN CONSISTENT ZONING DISTRICTS
PLAN CLASSIFICATION PLAN CATEGORY CATEGORY
Residential Estate Very Low Density 1 Dwelling Unit Per Acre; FAR 0.30; ISR 0.60 Low Density Residential (LDR)
(RE) Residential
Residential Suburban Low Density Residential 2.5 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.30; ISR 0.60 Low Density Residential (LDR)
(RS)
Low Density Residential (LDR);
Residential Low Low Density Residential 5 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.40; ISR 0.65 Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR)
(RL)
Residential Urban Urban Low Density
7.5 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.40; ISR 0.65 Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR);
Medium Density Residential (MDR)
(RU) Residential
Residential Low Medium Low to Moderate Density 10 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.50; ISR 0.75 Mobile Home Park (MHP);
Medium Density Residential (MDR)
(RLM)
Residential Medium Residential
Moderate to High Density
Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.50; ISR 0.75
15 Medium Density Residential (MDR);
Medium High Density Residential (MHDR)
(RM) Residential Medium High Density Residential (MHDR);
Residential High High Density Residential 30 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.60; ISR 0.85 High Density Residential (HDR)
(RH)
30 Dwellin Units Per Acre; FAR 1.2; ISR 0.95;
50 Overnight Accommodation Units Per Acre; FAR
1.2; ISR 0.95 (Base)
Overnight Accommodations: 70 Units Per Acre;
Less Than 1 Acre (Alternative FAR 2.0; ISR 0.95
Overnight Accommodations: 90 Units Per Acre;
High Density Between 1 and 3 Acres
FAR 3.0; ISR 0.95
Tourist (T);
Resort Facilities High
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Resident
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( ) Accommodations Overnight Accommodations: 110 Units Per Acre; Commercial (C)
Greater Than 3 Acres FAR 4.0; ISR 0.95
(Alternative)
Or as set: forth in Beach by Design: A Preliminary
Design for Clearwater Beach and Design
Guidelines, the special area plan governing
Clearwater Beach adopted by Ord. No. 6689-01 and
as amended.
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
Residential/Office Limited Low Density 7.5 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.40; ISR 0.75 Office (O);
Low Medium Density Residential (LMDR)
(R/OL) Residential/Office
Residential/Office General Medium Density 15 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.50; ISR 0.75 Office (O);
Medium Density Residential (MDR)
(R/OG) Residential/Office
Residential; Office; Retail;
Central Business District Public/Semi-Public Uses as As set forth in the approved Redevelopment Plan Downtown (D)
(CBD) indicated in approved
Redevelopment Plan
Transit Oriented FAR rang ,-s based on transit station type*
Development (TOD)
Residential; Office; Retail; FAR 1.5-7.0 (no limit on maximum FAR within 1/8
Type I: Urban Institutional; Public/Semi- mile of the transit station) Transit Oriented Development
Center Downtown Public
Residential; Office; Retail;
Type II: Suburban Institutional; Public/Semi- FAR 0.5-5.0 Transit Oriented Development
Center Public
Type III: Residential; Office; Retail;
Neighborhood Institutional; Public/Semi- FAR 0.5-3.0 Transit Oriented Development
Center Public
Residential; Office; Retail;
Type IV: Complete Institutional; Public/Semi- FAR 0.5-2..0 Transit Oriented Development
Street Corridor Public
Residential; Residential 18 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.40; ISR 0.85
Office (O);
Residential/Office/Retail Equivalent; Office; Retail; Commercial (C);
(R/O/R) Overnight accommodation;
Personal/Business Services
30 Overnight Accommodation Units Per Acre; FAR Medium Density Residential (MDR)
0.40; ISR 0.85
Commercial Neighborhood Office; Retail; Personal
10 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.40; ISR 0.80 Commercial (C);
(CN) Service Office (O)
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
18 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.45; ISR 0.85
Commercial Limited Office; Retail; Overnight Commercial (C);
(CL) Accommodations; Personal Office (O)
Service 30 Overnight Accommodation Units Per Acre; FAR
0.45; ISR 0.85
Office; Retail; Personal 24 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.55; ISR 0.90
Commercial General Service; Overnight Commercial (C);
(CG) Accommodations;
40 Overnight Accommodation Units Per Acre; FAR Office (O)
Wholesale; Warehouse 0.55; ISR 0.90
FAR 0.65; ISR 0.85
50 Overnight Accommodation Units Per Acre: FAR
Light Manufacturing; 0.65; ISR 0.85 [Subject to Master Development Plan
Industrial Limited Overnight
Accommodations; requirements in Section 2.3.3.6.1 of the Countywide
Plan Rules] (Base)
Industrial, Research and Technology (IRT)
(IL) Research/Development; 75 Overnight Accommodation Units Per Acre; FAR
Wholesale; Warehouse 1.5; ISR 0.85 [Subject to Master Development Plan
requirements in Section 2.3.3.6.1 of the Countywide
Plan Rules] (Alternative)
Light and/or Heavy
Industrial General Manufacturing; Wholesale;
Warehouse;
FAR 0.75; ISR 0.95
Industrial, Research and Technology (IRT)
(IG) Research/Development;
Vehicular Salvage
Recreation/Open Space Public/Private Open Space
and/or Recreation Facility;
FAR 0.25; ISR 0.60
Open Space/Recreation (OS/R)
(R/OS) Beach/Water Access
Preservation Natural/Undeveloped Water
Features; Beaches and
FAR 0.10; ISR 0.20
Preservation (P)
(P) Dunes
Public/Private Schools; 12.5 Dwelling Units Per Acre; FAR 0.65; ISR 0.85;
Institutional Churches; Public Offices; Hospital Bonus Provision FAR 1.0 Subject to Bonus Institutional (I)
(1) Hospitals Provisions, Provided Below"
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
Transportation/Utility Airports; Marina; Utility FAR 0.70; ISR 0.90 Institutional (I)
(T/U) Facilities
FAR and ISR based on underlying plan
Transportation/Utility (T/U) Utility transmission line classification; applicable to properties ten (10) acres All categories
Overlay located in an easement or less in area
Submerged land; drainage feature (other than as an
Water Body and/or overlay) - No density/intensity allocation; for water All categories
Water/Drainage Feature(s) Drainage Features bodies, applicable to those of three (3) or more acres
in area
Drainage Feature Overlay
Drainage features Density, FAR and ISR based on the underlying plan
classification All categories
**FAR bonus provisions for hospital uses in the Institutional classification:
1. Hospital uses must be based on and subject to an approved final master plan or site plan; and
2. The master plan or site plan must include any and all adjacent, contiguous, or touching property, structures, facilities, and uses, which are:
a. Attributable to common ownership; or
b. Part of a common plan of operation, administration, promotion, advertising, service, or business; or
c. Voluntarily sharing facilities or infrastructure; or
d. Used in any way in conjunction with the hospital use; and
3. Where the municipal boundary of any adjoining local government is contiguous to or within 150 feet of the hospital use, the provisions set forth hereunder shall apply. The
City shall approve the final master or site plan or any amendment thereto, subject to the following specific provisions:
a. The hospital use shall not exceed a FAR of 0.65 for the uses located within 150 feet of a municipal boundary of adjoining local government(s);
b. Adjoining local government(s) shall be given an opportunity to review and comment on the master plan or site plan, or any amendment thereto, as it applies to the
property within 150 feet of the municipal boundary. This shall include the following:
1) Transmittal of two copies of the master plan or site plan or any amendment thereto, to the adjoining local government(s) not less than 30 days prior to scheduled
action by the City;
2) The opportunity and specific process by which to provide comments and recommendations by the adjoining local government(s) so as to be timely and
meaningfully considered by the City.
c. Any proposed use within 150 feet of adjoining local government(s) shall be so designed and located as to consider specifically each of the following:
1) The height of any building or structure in relationship to the distance form adjoining property and buildings in the adjoining jurisdiction(s) to ensure minimum
negative visual impact based on the standards for setback, separation distance and buffering in the adjoining local government(s).
2) The separation distance and landscape buffer provisions for any vehicular use, storage, or service area or structure, consistent with the character and use of the
adjoining property based on the standards for such buffer area in the adjoining local government(s).
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
3) The landscape treatment, including the type, size and intensity of vegetative buffer areas consistent with the character and use of the adjoining property based on the
standards for such landscape treatment in the adjoining local government(s).
4) That no use shall constitute a nuisance with respect to noise, odor, air quality, fire or explosive hazard, vibration or electromagnetic interference based on the
performance standards in the adjoining local government(s).
6
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
AMENDMENT 2 - FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Add following Objective and Policies to Goal A.6 of the Plan on page A-21 as follows:
A.6.10 Obiective - Create energy-efficient transit oriented development where residents,
visitors and tourists can travel to a variety of places without using a personal
vehicle, provide direction for transit-supportive development and redevelopment
in transit stations areas that makes it convenient for people to walk and use
transit, and incorporate the land use and economic development criteria outlined
in the Federal Transit Administration New Starts Planning and Development
Process.
Policies
A.6.10.1 Plan for transit oriented development around transit stations that are part of
a rail or fixed guideway system as established in the Pinellas County
Metropolitan Planning Organization Long Range Transportation Plan.
Transit station locations and typologies will be determined at the
conclusion of the Pinellas Alternatives Analysis through a multi-agency
Joint planning process.
A.6.10.2 When the location of fixed-guideway transit stations and station typologies
have been determined through the process described in A.6.10.1, the city
will delineate station areas where transit oriented development will be
directed and adopt transit station area plans after consideration of input
from a community involvement process. A station area will generally
comprise the area within a `%z mile radius (easy walking distance) of the
transit station.
A.6.10.3 If a transit station area encompasses more than one jurisdiction, the city
will coordinate with the other affected jurisdiction(s) in determining the
station area boundary and developing the transit station area plan.
A.6.10.4 Each transit station area plan must include existing conditions,
neighborhood context station area types redevelopment vision concept
plan market research and development projections, land use
recommendations zoning requirements building design standards, site
development standards street cross sections streetscape development
standards pedestrian and bicycle access plans public infrastructure
improvements wa Bing plan public realm and open space plan parking
plan and implementation plan.
A.6.10.5 Optimize the potential of transit oriented development to support transit
investments and create livable and sustainable urban communities by
adhering to the following guiding principles in the planning, design, and
development of transit station area plans:
a. Community & Economic Development
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
(1) Recognize that each station area around a rail or fixed guideway
transit station is different and that each station area is located
within its own unique context and serves a defined purpose in the
context of the transit corridor and the regional transit system.
(2) Conduct a location-based market analysis for development
projections to identify land use mix and density/intensity of uses to
make more viable.
(3) Ensure the land uses along transit routes and station locations are
appropriate for the transit type.
(4) Establish a method for preparing, transit station area plans that
engages multiple stakeholders including government agencies,
development interests and the public.
(5) Promote the implementation of transit station area plans through
regulatory and financial incentives public-private partnerships,
joint/shared facilities environmental remediation and property
aggregation.
(6) Consider the Clearwater Economic Development Strategic Plan
goals when planning for transit station areas.
b. Land Use
(1) Mix co plementarv compact and well-integrated land uses within
station areas and the area of influence up to one mile around
stations.
(2) Promote a range of higher-density and intensity uses in station
areas including residential office service-oriented retail and civic
uses that support transit ridership and takes advantage of the major
public investment in transit.
(3) Provide greater flexibility for mixing uses and higher
density/intensity that is easier to implement than traditional
requirements and are able to respond to changing conditions.
(4) Provide a mixture of housing jypes affordable to households with a
range of incomes within station areas.
(5) Provide uses that serve the daily needs of residents, commuters
and visitors (e.g., grocer laundry banking, fitness centers and
parks l.
(6) Ensure appropriate transition in densities intensities and building
heights concentrating the highest densities closest to the transit
station and transitioning to lower densities at the edges of the
station area especially when adjacent to lower-density
development (e.g. single-family neighborhoods).
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
(7) Require active uses that attract/generate pedestrian activity such as
retail and office on the ground floor of buildings, including
parkin garages.
(8) Identify station area types that address transit technology,
community character, density/intensity and mix of land uses,
housing mix and building heights.
(9) Discourage loss of industrial lands due to station area
development.
c. Mobili
(1) Make the pedestrian the focus of the transit oriented development
strategy without excluding vehicular traffic.
(2) Provide an extensive pedestrian system that minimizes obstacles,
provides connectivity with shorter walking distances, and provides
protection from the elements where appropriate.
(3) Create continuous direct, safe, and convenient transit and
pedestrian linkages including walkways between principal
entrances of buildings and adjacent lots.
(4) Design the pedestrian network for the anticipated pedestrian level
of service Provide wide sidewalks and unencumbered walkways
on key pedestrian corridors.
(5) Design streets to be multimodal "complete streets," with an
emphasis on pedestrian and bicycle safety, access and circulation.
Incorporate traffic calming and context sensitive street design, as
appropriate.
(6) Design an interconnected street network based upon a block
system with blocks at the appropriate maximum length for the
station type.
(7) Provide pedestrian and bicycle networks to connect dead-end
streets pass through long blocks and create public pathways in
station areas.
(8) Accommodate local and regional multimodal connections for all
types of vehicular transportincluding where applicable, trains,
buses bicycles cars watercraft aircraft and taxicabs.
d. Parkin
(1) Require a coordinated approach to vehicular parking for all
developments within one mile of station locations.
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
(2) Develop area-wide parking strategies through a coordinated
qpproach to vehicular parking for all development within the
station area.
(3) Implement parking strategies including shared and centralized
parking, and reduce parking requirements over time with the
option of implementing parking maximums as station area
development becomes increasingly integrated with transit service.
(4) Require transit station area plans or large-scale site plans to
include a parking, plan that reduces the number of spaces as the
transit system evolves and station area development becomes
increasingly integrated with transit service.
(5) Discourage large surface parking lots within 1/4 mile of transit
stations.
(6) Require structured parking within transit station areas, when and
where appropriate.
(7) Provide bicycle parking and encourage other bicycle amenities,
such as bicycle repair, rental and cyclist comfort stations.
(8) Provide park and ride facilities where appropriate.
e. Urban Design
(1) Use urban design to create sense of place enhance community
identity and make attractive safe and convenient environments
within station areas.
(2) Adopt building design _guidelines based on street types such as
pedestrian priority streets where building fronts doors windows,
and elements that protect the pedestrian from rain and sun are
emphasized and secondary streets where buildings rears and
service areas may be tolerated.
(3) Require building frontage to be oriented to public streets or open
space with minimal setbacks.
(4) Require building entrances to be located to minimize the walking
distance between the transit station and the building entrance.
(5) Prohibit motor vehicle surface parking between building fronts and
public rights-of-way.
(6) Require clearly delineated pedestrian pathways through surface
parking lots to the transit station.
(7) Require parking structures to include active uses along the ground
floor street frontage.
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Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10
(8) Incorporate sustainable technologies in station design and
operations such as in lighting signage audio/visual, cooling,
waste management landscape and stormwater systems.
(9) Develop graphic wgyfinding systems to facilitate visitor and
tourist navigation of station areas.
(10) Make safety with the emphasis on pedestrian bicycle and
Americans with Disabilities Act access a key focus of the transit
oriented development strategy.
(11) Require open spaces to be engaging high quality public
spaces that function as organizing features for buildings and
gathering places in station areas.
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Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10