Principle 1
Effective comprehensive planning is guided by a shared long-term vision for the region and local communities. |
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a. Develop a regional vision and complementary community visions that: serve to guide the path, place, and timing of future redevelopment and new development; take advantage of community and regional assets; and emphasize joint use of community and regional facilities, both public and private. |
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b. Establish policies and joint planning agreements that address the interconnectedness of communities in the region and the impacts that one community’s vision and planning decisions can have on neighboring communities regarding future annexations, future utility service areas, future development patterns, transportation areas, and hazardous material storage areas. |
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c. Offer rewards such as expedited permits and infrastructure improvements to development that conforms to the shared regional vision. |
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Principle 2
Decisions regarding the location, scale, and timing for future development support sustainability. |
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a. Consistent with the new 2005 growth management legislation, revisit and coordinate urban service boundaries through a three county regional inter-local agreement. |
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b. Work collaborative during the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) process to build consensus among local governments regarding: appropriate locations and scales for future development; land use, infrastructure, and service delivery issues; creative strategies and incentives that promote diverse, distinctive, attractive, and walkable communities; and promotion of a diversity of recreation opportunities and options for all residents that includes access to active recreation facilities, regional parks, water front parks, urban open spaces, bike lanes, and publicly owned lands. |
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c. Reflect the results of this process in an illustrated land use map for the region. |
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d. Ensure that land use planning and land development regulations produce land use and development decisions that are compatible with the sustainability of natural systems and steer development to lands whose contributions to natural systems and the suitably of agriculture is minimal. |
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e. Use full cost accounting tools as outlined in Principle 4 in Section VIII to review proposed developments and make decisions on alternative development patterns for the region. |
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f. Develop a program where developments set aside land, build infrastructure and schools, and/or provide other fair share contributions for schools. |
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Principle 3
Vibrant city centers and redevelopment in urban areas contribute to sustainability. |
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a. Create vibrant city centers. |
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b. Provide incentives for the preparation and implementation of redevelopment and revitalization master plans for distressed and incomplete neighborhoods and underutilized commercial districts |
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c. Prioritize infrastructure investments for redeveloping urban areas. |
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d. Work together in the EARs process to develop and implement a design element as a part of each comprehensive plan. These should utilize quality architectural and urban design standards in the rehabilitation and construction of public buildings consistent with the context and historic architectural character of the redevelopment area. |
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e. Give preference to development forms and designs, such as transit villages, that minimize dependency on the automobile while encouraging and accommodating public transit, reduce the number and length of vehicle trips, and promote dispersal of traffic through interconnections among developments and retention or establishment of grid street networks. |
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Principle 4
Communities and the region are served by an interconnected, multi-modal transportation system that maximizes access and mobility, supports sustainable forms of development, and promotes economic prosperity. |
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a. Have the MPOs in the region continue to work together to identify and effectively address local and regional multimodal transportation needs through their planning, programming, and public involvement functions. |
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b. Further efforts to improve transportation and land use linkages, particularly in support of increased transportation choices, through MPO partnerships with local governments and the TCRPC. |
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c. Continue the evolution of transportation planning structures, products, and processes so they are able to meet challengers and opportunities in the region while ensuring efficient and effective utilization of available resources. |
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d. Increase public and private efforts to close the large gap between funding required and funding available to meet local and regional transportation needs while ensuring equitable generation and distribution of funding. |
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e. Use a combination of local government comprehensive plan and land development regulation requirement and incentives to ensure provision of a full range of interconnected transportation modes (walking, biking, and public transit) and protection of transportation investments. |
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f. Promote development forms and designs that maximize use of existing transportation infrastructure, reduce the number and length of vehicle trips, and disperse traffic through interconnections among developments and retention or establishment of grid street networks. |
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g. Plan for and implement a fixed route public transit system for the region and ensure that development and redevelopment around stations and along corridors, where appropriate, have transit-supportive characteristics (e.g., adjacent compact, higher density/intensity and mixed land uses with emphasis on workforce housing and surrounded by a fine-grained network of streets usable by pedestrians and bicyclists). |
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h. Secure access to the FEC Railway corridor as part of a regional corridor redevelopment initiative through purchase, lease, or negotiated use. |
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i. Design neighborhoods to provide for housing, schools, services, and facilities conducive to meeting special access and mobility needs of the young, the elderly, the disabled, and low-income residents. |
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j. Employ innovative approaches to meeting transportation needs associated with accessing jobs, educational services, and health care (e.g., transportation demand management and school pools). |
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Principle 5
A regional water policy equitably shares the costs and benefits of a sustainable water supply while addressing storm water and wastewater issues. |
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a. Local governments should commit to working together to strengthen existing comprehensive plan policies that require the protection and conservation of potable water supplies, water resources, and recharge areas and protection of wellfields by including regional recognition and strategies that are developed in the Regional Water Supply Plans of the South Florida Water Management District and the St. Johns Water Management District. |
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b. Conduct an engineering and water supply study and needs assessment for the region |
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c. Implement programs to regionalize wastewater and stormwater treatment, develop central sewer systems, and move away from reliance on septic systems in urban areas. |
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d. Integrate urban areas, agriculture, and natural systems within regional water supply, waste water, and stormwater management plans to minimize competition for water, restore natural systems, and maximize the financial value of services and benefits provided by agriculture. |
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e. Make future development consistent with the availability of water supply infrastructure that provides a sustainable source of water. |
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f. Encourage and implement programs to maximize water reuse and conservation in lieu of current disposal options. |
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g. Provide public outreach and education and develop Best Management Practices for all land uses regarding water conservation, water quality, and landscaping. This should include residential information on the use of nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides. |
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h. Develop and implement stormwater Best Management Practices. |
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Principle 6
A regional approach coordinates hazard resiliency, preparedness, and response efforts. |
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a. Collaborate on a regional integrated hazard mitigation plan that anticipates disasters, responds to recovery needs of residents and visitors, and mitigates against future human injury. |
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b. Conduct a detailed regional vulnerability assessment of multiple hazard risks that is geographically detailed and comprehensively addresses the built and natural environments and the social and economic dimensions of the community. |
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c. Develop a public information program to inform consumers of hazard risks and potential strategies such as installing storm shutters, retrofitting buildings, and emergency planning. |
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d. Relocate wastewater treatment facilities from coastal high hazard areas. |
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e. Participate in proposed state review of coastal high hazard programs and policies that impact the region’s barrier islands. |
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Principle 7
Community design enhances safety and security. |
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a. Establish and support an initiative to incorporate and embrace best development practices for providing safer and more secure communities for future development and redevelopment in the region. |
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b. Build upon the goals and strategies set forth in the Regional Strategic Policy Plan in order to encourage the design of neighborhoods and districts in the region which emphasize: informal surveillance of public spaces by encouraging appropriate building types and building orientations; safe calm streets, where pedestrians and bicyclists can share the space with automobile; and integration of police and fire station facilities into neighborhoods and districts. |
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c. Consult with local law enforcement when major building projects are proposed for suggestions on the safety and security of the design and the adequacy of existing law enforcement resources to provide protection. |
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Principle 8
Development, redevelopment, and construction incorporate energy efficiency and conservation. The design of towns and cities can play an important role in energy and water efficiency and the amount of material needed in construction. Compact development requires fewer resources to build, needs less water for irrigation, and encourages walking and bicycling, thereby reducing dependency on fossil fuels. |
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a. Set goals and establish and support an initiative to encourage energy efficient building throughout the region. |
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b. Set “green building” goals for all types of buildings. All public buildings should meet green building standards. |
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c. Amend land development regulations to include model provisions addressing energy efficiency and conservation in the built environment. |
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