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Update the Future Land Use Element for the Evaluation and Appraisal Process (B)
Petition PB-12-112 CPA. City Plan Board. Amend the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element for the Evaluation and Appraisal process.
Explanation
This petition is an update to the Gainesville Comprehensive Plan for the Evaluation and Appraisal process. It will be packaged later in ordinance form for transmittal in April 2013 with other Comprehensive Plan elements.
Staff is proposing several amendments to the Future Land Use Element Goals, Objectives, and Policies (see Exhibit A-1 in the backup). Most of the amendments are associated with statutory changes enacted in 2011 by the Florida legislature. The revisions must be adopted as part of the City’s Evaluation and Appraisal update.
These revisions include:
1. Amendments for consistency with Chapter 2011-139, Laws of Florida (HB 7207)
2. Amendments to reflect deletion of Rule 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code requirements per HB 7207
3. Deletion of policies related to completed actions
4. Deletion of policies related to discontinued programs or activities
5. Addition of new and revised maps
Several new policies were added that reflect the new statutory requirements. These include requirements for: analysis of Comprehensive Plan amendments; reduction in urban sprawl; compatibility of land uses within the vicinity of the Gainesville Regional Airport, and location of new public schools proximate to urban residential areas.
References to the City’s Concurrency Management Element and Transportation Concurrency Exception Area (TCEA) were deleted because transportation concurrency will be rescinded and the Concurrency Management Element will be deleted as part of the overall update of the Comprehensive Plan for the Evaluation and Appraisal process. New policy references are added concerning the City’s proposed Transportation Mobility Program (TMP), which will be used to ensure adequate transport...
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