8201-10ORDINANCE 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
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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
AS AMENDED
August 5. 2010
October 21. 2010
2 Ordinance No. 8201-10
Frank Hibbard
Mayor-Councilmember
Approved as to form: Attest: ???°fryFC??
Leslie Dougall-Si e Rosemarie Call .?
Assistant City Atto ey City Clerk
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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:
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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 Objective - 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,
an
amendment to the Future Land Use Map will be processed by the City _to
delineate the transit station area and apply t_he appropriate Transit Oriented
Development category pursuant Policy A.2.2.1 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, wayfinding plan public realm and open space plan parking
plan and implementation plan.
A.6.10.5 Where a transit station area coincides with the area governed by
Clearwater Downtown Redevelopment Plan (Downtown Plan the
development of the Transit Station Area Plan will be closely coordinated
with and, potentially, integrated into the Downtown Plan to ensure
consistency in approach and implementation strategies Amendments to the
Downtown Plan may be required to ensure that the specific target
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intensities related to the transit station typologies will be accommodated.
A.6.10.6 An appropriate ratio of residential and non-residential land uses in the
transit station area is critical to achieving a desirable jobs to housing
balance. The following land use targets shall guide future development
within transit station areas:
a. Transit Station Area Type I: 20% Residential, 80% Nonresidential
b. Transit Station Area Type 11: 50% Residential, 50% Nonresidential
c. Transit Station Area Type 111: 80% Residential, 20% Nonresidential
d. Transit Station Area Type IV: 60% Residential, 40% Nonresidential
A.6.10.7 Where a transit station area coincides with the Coastal Storm Area
population densities are restricted to the maximum density allowed by the
Future Land Use Map except for specific areas identified in Beach by
Design: A Preliminary Design for Clearwater Beach and Design
Guidelines in which case densities identified in Beach by Design shall
govern. All densities in the coastal storm area and shall be consistent with
the Pinellas County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and the
Regional Hurricane Evacuation Study.
A.6.10.8 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
(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 transitsystem.
(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
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goals when planning for transit station areas.
b. Land Use
(1) Mix complementary, 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 sport transit ridership and takes advantage of the major
public investment in transit.
(3) Provide greater flexibility for mixing uses and higher
densit/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., grocery, laundry banking fitness centers and
arks .
(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).
(7) Require active uses that attract/generate pedestrian activity such as
retail and office on the ground floor of buildings, including
parking garages.
(8) Identify station area types that address transit technologL
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. Mobility
(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
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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
qppropriate.
(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 pathway in
station areas.
(8) Accommodate local and regional multimodal connections for all
tjypes of vehicular transport including 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.
(2) Develop area-wide parking strategies through a coordinated
approach to vehicular parking for all development within the
station area.
(3) Implement parkin 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.
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(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 round
floor street frontage.
(8) Incorporate sustainable technologies in station design and
operations, such as in lighting, signage, audio/visual, cooling,
ems.
waste management, landscape, and stormwater systems.
(9) Develop graphic wayfinding 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.
Exhibit A Ordinance No. 8201-10