Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-22-2009 special — reading text

OF FORT WALTON BEACH, 4 FLORIDA, AMENDING DIRECTIONS -THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 5 OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH: 2008, PURSUANT TO 6 CHAPTER 163 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR 7 AUTHORITY; AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT; 8 PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND SEVERABILITY AND SETTING 9 AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 10 11 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 12 OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: 13 14 Section 1. Authority 15 a. The City is authorized to adopt amendments to its Comprehensive Plan 16 pursuant to Home Rule Powers, the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land 17 Development Regulation Act, and section 2 of the City Charter. 18 19 b. The intent of this ordinance is to revise the Transportation Element of the 20 City' s Comprehensive Plan, as codified in Volume III of the City' s Code. 21 22 C. On , 2009, the Municipal Planning Board acting as the 23 Local Planning Agency, upon application of the City, considered the request and 24 recommended approval of the adoption of the Transportation Element. 25 26 d. On , 2009, and , 2009, the City Council 27 considered the recommendation of the Land Planning Agency and the coordination and 28 consistency of these amendments with the other elements of the Comprehensive Plan. 29 30 The Council has for full participation in the e. City provided public 31 comprehensive planning and amendment process and has considered and responded to 32 public comments. 33 34 Section 2. Amendment of the Transportation Element 35 The Transportation Element of the City' s Comprehensive Plan is amended by 36 repealing all current language as indicated in Exhibit 1 which is attached and incorporated 37 in this ordinance and adopting the following provisions: 38 39 1. INTRODUCTION 40 41 The purpose of this Element is to establish a multi -modal transportation plan for the City of 42 Fort Walton Beach. The focus of the plan is to implement components of the TCEA 43 Transportation Concurrency Exception Area) and to identify key, bikeway, pedestrian FWB 2010 -2020 Comprehensive Plan I The Transportation Element Atty Rev 9/ 17/ 2009 1 EAR Based Amendment 44 way, mass transit, and road improvements needed within the City of Fort Walton Beach 45 and consider funding mechanisms for implementation. Under the requirements of 46 163 3180, F S the City is considered a Dense Urban Land Area, and as such, the entire 47 City is designated as a TCEA (Transportation Concurrency Exception Area). 48 49 Traditionally, transportation concurrency meant that a development would provide for 50 increased LOS for motorized traffic. It is impossible, however, to manage future growth 51 and traffic problems by this method alone. Transportation within the City of Fort Walton 52 Beach takes many forms including walking biking, mass transit, and multiple occupancy 53 motorized travel. Within the boundaries of a TCEA, development or redevelopment ( all 54 phases) will be required to meet development standards based on the development' s trip 55 generation and proportional impact on roadway facilities instead of LOS Standards. 56 Developments will mitigate the effects of increased average daily trips by meeting certain 57 mitigation performance criteria. 58 59 Because the City is within a designated Metropolitan Planning Organization ( MPO) area, 60 the Transportation Element is coordinated with the Long Range Transportation Plan 61 LRTP of the Fort Walton Beach MPO. 62 63 It is intended that the goals, objectives, and policies, the Future Transportation Map, and 64 the EcoWay Map series included within this Element will guide the development of future 65 City of Fort Walton Beach transportation systems and facilities. 66 67 2. GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 68 69 The Transportation Element goals, objectives and policies of the City of Fort Walton Beach 70 are as follows. 71 72 Multi -Modal Traffic Circulation 73 The purpose of the traffic circulation portion of this element is to establish the desired and 74 projected roadway, bikeway and pedestrian way system for the City of Fort Walton Beach. 75 76 GOAL A - PROVIDE FOR A SAFE, ENERGY EFFICIENT AND UNCONGESTED 77 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS TO AND 78 FROM THE SURROUNDING REGIONAL AREAS, IN A MANNER THAT NOT 79 ONLY ACCOMMODATES TODAY' S DEMAND BUT ALSO REASONABLY 80 ANTICIPATES GROWTH. 81 82 OBJECTIVE 1 — CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ENERGY -EFFICIENCY AND A 83 MULTIMODAL, PEDESTRIAN -FRIENDLY URBAN ENVIRONMENT BY 84 IMPLEMENTING COMPONENTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION 85 CONCURRENCY EXCEPTION AREA ( TCEA) COTERMINOUS WITH THE 86 FORT WALTON BEACH CITY LIMITS. 87 FWB 2010 -2020 Comprehensive Plan N The Transportation Element Atty Rev 9/ 17/ 2009 1 EAR Based Amendment 2- 88 Policy 1: A Transportation Concurrency Exception Area ( TCEA) will continue to 89 promote urban redevelopment, infill development, a variety of transportation 90 choices and opportunities, the City's economic viability, desirable urban design and 91 form, a mix or residential and non -residential uses, and streetscaping /landscaping 92 for roadways within the City. 93 94 Policy 2• All land uses and development located within the TCEA, except for 95 Developments of Regional Impact ( DRI), will be required to meet development 96 standards based on the development' s trip generation and proportional impact on 97 roadway facilities instead of LOS standards. 98 99 Policy 3: Developments shall mitigate the effects of increased average daily trips by 100 meeting certain mitigation performance criteria outlined in Table 1 below. 101 Table 1. TCEA Trip Generation Performance Criteria Net Av. Daily Trip Generation No. of Points which Must be Obtained Less than 25 25 26 to 50 50 51 to 100 75 101 to 250 150 251 to 500 300 500 to 1000 350 1001 to 5000 400 Greater than 5, 000 trips 500 102 103 104 Policy 4: The City hereby adopts a point system which includes acceptable 105 strategies for fulfilling the development requirements for multi - modal 106 transportation within the TCEA. Acceptable strategies for multi - modal 107 transportation will include providing physical infrastructure improvements and 108 implementing transportation demand management ( TDM) programs. The LDC will 109 be amended within one year of adoption of this plan to establish specific mitigation 110 strategies acceptable under this policy. 111 FWB 2010 -2020 Comprehensive Plan I The Transportation Element Atty Rev 9/ 17/ 2009 1 EAR Based Amendment 3- 112 Policy 5: In lieu of meeting the requirements set forth in the policy above, 113 developments may choose to contribute to the mitigation fund in which other 114 funding may be combined to complete larger multi -modal projects. The payment 115 amount will be set forth in the LDC which will be revised accordingly within one 116 year of adoption of this plan, but will be no less than the value of required projects 117 for mitigation. If a development is in a special planning area, the mitigation fund 118 payment should be used for a project in the same area so that improvements benefit 119 the new development. 120 121 Policy 6: Developments will implement approved mitigation strategies within their 122 respective planning area designation when possible as shown on the FLUM. 123 124 Policy 7: Developments will be required to submit trip generation information for 125 developments within the TCEA utilizing the most recent edition of " Trip 126 Generation" by published the Institute of Transportation For Engineers. 127 redevelopment sites, the City will also collect information about trip credits for the 128 previous use of the property. 129 130 Policy 8: The City Engineer will have final approval. through development review 131 process, of the combination of activities or payment chosen to satisfy the point 132 requirement for each development 133 134 Policy 9: In order to promote redevelopment and infill within each planning area 135 designation, the City, Community Redevelopment Agency, and federal or state 136 governments, shall contribute funding, when feasible, to provide for multi - modal 137 transportation improvements. Projects identified in the EcoWay map series will be 138 given funding priority. Transportation modifications that are required due to traffic 139 safety and /or operating conditions and are unrelated to transportation concurrency 140 will be provided by the developer. 141 142 Policy 10: To promote highly desirable development within the TCEA, the City or 143 Community Redevelopment Agency may enter into agreements with developers to 144 provide all or part of the transportation needs that are required by policies within 145 this objective. 146 147 Policy 11: Within the TCEA, development or redevelopment will provide 148 improvements such as the following as part of trip generation mitigation: 149 a. Sidewalk connections from the development to the public sidewalk; 150 b. Cross -access connections /easements or joint driveways; 151 c. Deeding of land along the property frontage to the City, as needed, for 152 the construction of public sidewalks, bus turnout facilities and /or bus 153 shelters to serve the development. FWB 2010 -2020 Comprehensive Plan I The Transportation Element Atty Rev 9/ 17/ 2009 1 EAR Based Amendment 4- 154 d. Closure of overly -wide or excessive curb cuts at the existing 155 development site, as defined in the Access Management portion of the Land 156 Development Code;