Title
Update the Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element (B)
Petition PB-12-114 CPA. Amend the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements
Elements for the Evaluation and Appraisal Process.
Explanation
The purpose of this petition is to amend 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 element ordinances.
The Capital Improvements Element (CIE) was substantially updated by Ordinance 110925 on September 6, 2012. In the process of preparing updates of other elements of the Comprehensive Plan, staff identified additional changes that should be made to the CIE for compliance with Chapter Law 2011-139. These changes include addition of a policy regarding transportation level of service (new Policy 1.2.2), deletion of a policy (1.3.6) regarding mitigation of transportation impacts, and addition of a policy (new Policy 1.2.7) regarding concurrency requirements for public school facilities.
New Policy 1.2.2 is needed to make it clear that the adopted level of service for transportation is solely for planning purposes and not for applying transportation concurrency. Transportation concurrency is now optional and Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas (TCEAs) were stricken by Chapter Law 2011-139. As part of the Evaluation and Appraisal update of the Comprehensive Plan, the City Commission directed staff to rescind transportation concurrency and replace the TCEA with a citywide transportation mobility program (Legistar 120284).
Policy 1.3.6 is proposed for deletion because it is related to transportation concurrency, which is being rescinded. New Policy 1.2.7 is needed due to statutory changes regarding concurrency requirements for public school facilities that were made by the Florida Legislature in 2011. Other changes include but are not limited to deletion of Policy 1.1.11 due to redundancy with Policy 1.1.4 an...
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