Title
Mixed Use Districts (B)
Petition PB-11-28 TCH. City Plan Board. Amend the Land Development Code to establish activity centers in the mixed-use districts which modifies the regulations in the MU-1 (8-30 units/acre mixed use low intensity) and MU-2 (12-30 units/acre mixed use medium intensity) districts.
Explanation
The purpose of this petition is to implement the City's Comprehensive Plan policies as it relates to urban development and to more specifically address City Commission Strategic Initiative 2.4. The majority of the proposed text of this amendment was prepared by the consultant firm Planning Works, with revision by students from the University of Florida Urban Planning Program and City Staff. The petition language was also reviewed by a group of stakeholders from the development community.
The proposed text changes to the MU-1 and MU-2 zoning districts will establish a hierarchy of activity centers: core, transition and edge. An activity center is defined as a concentrated area of uses intended to serve the needs of residents of the surrounding neighborhoods, the City or the region. Activity centers may consist of a single development project under unified ownership and control or a cluster of projects under multiple ownership and control. The designation of the three types of centers helps to define what parts of the city that should have a dense urban form, those areas that are in transitions, and those areas that are suburban in nature that can be improved.
Core and Transition areas are planned to be developed in accordance with urban design characteristics that include a combination of design factors. Those factors include:
1) Build-to lines that locate buildings close to a wide street side sidewalk with appropriate street trees;
2) A connected sidewalk and path system promoting safety, comfort and convenience by linking buildings within the center and to adjacent properties;
3) Building facades facing the street an...
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