Okaloosa County BOCC — October 15, 2013 — E - Request Letter & Supplemental Documentation for BWB DRI DO Amendment (2 of 3) — reading text

Policy 10.3 Proposed residential developments shall be required to meet subdivision requirements of Chapter 177, F.S., and the County’s Land Development Code with regard to platting, and providing improvements such as roads, drainage and other facilities and services. All divisions of land, whether requiring a subdivision plat or not, shall be required to meet concurrency management and access requirements as stated in this comprehensive plan. The County shall continue to enforce Subdivision Regulations to specify the types and standards for improvements for proposed residential and commercial developments, based upon the size and location of the development. Consistency: YES NO _ xX NA Analysis: Policy 10.8 It is the intent of Okaloosa County to ensure that adequate open space is provided through the following: a. active or passive recreation sites; b. landscaped buffers; c. protected natural resource lands; d. protected environmentally sensitive lands; e. areas devoted to drainage and stormwater retention; f. rural residential, rural mixed use, and agricultural development outside the urban development area boundary; g. landscaping requirements within the urban development area boundary; and h. minimum open space requirements for large-scale developments, master- planned developments, and DRI projects. Consistency: YES NO _X N/A Analysis: Policy 10.10 All development shall provide for safe, convenient, and appropriately designed traffic circulation on the development site, including provisions for needed parking. X__ YES NO N/A Analysis: The tower shall not generate more than 1 trip/carrier/month. The tower is unmanned and parking is readily available on site. Policy 10.14 Buffers shall be required between adjacent land uses. Buffers may be either prescriptive standards or variable, and shall be defined in the land development regulations. Buffers may serve one or more of the following purposes: provide functional separations between dissimilar uses; provide landscaping in and adjacent to parking lots and other vehicle use areas as a means of enhancing appearance, providing relief from paving, and mitigating wholly or partially the negative impacts for such vehicle use areas; provide open space in urban and suburban neighborhoods and communities; provide protection from uses that may have some degree of incompatibility that can be mitigated wholly or partially to protect against light, glare, noise, or appearance. Consistency: _X YES NO N/A Analysis: The tower is proposed to be landscaped around the entire tower compound. Policy 10.16 Multi-family residential developments with more than 150 units shall provide recreational facilities to meet the needs of the population of the development and shall either be accessible to neighborhood commercial uses or shall provide these uses on site if zoned appropriately. Development regulations for multi-family developments shall ensure the provision of pedestrian access to recreation and commercial facilities. Consistency: YES NO Xx N/A Analysis: TRANSPORTATION Objective 1.2 Maintain level of service standards on regionally significant roadways consistent with the latest FDOT policy. Policy 1.2.1 Level of Service (LOS) Standards for County Roads: Okaloosa County hereby adopts the two-way, peak hour level of service standards for county roads shown in Table 2.2.1 for Okaloosa County roads. These roads are within the jurisdiction of Okaloosa County and these standards are established as provided by subsection 9J-5.005, F.A.C., and subparagraph 9J-5.015(3)(b)3, F.A.C. The level of service standards and analysis procedures for Okaloosa County roads are based upon the methodologies contained within the latest edition of the FDOT Level of Service Handbook. Consistency: _X — YES NO N/A Analysis: The tower shall not impact Okaloosa County roadway service standards. The tower will generate approximately 1 trip/tenant/month. Policy 1.2.2 Level of Service (LOS) Standards for State Roads: The County hereby adopts the peak hour, peak direction level of service standards for state roads shown in Table 2.2.2. These roads are within the unincorporated areas of Okaloosa County. Where roadways are designated by the State Legislature on the Intrastate System in urban areas, the County adopts a LOS “C,” and in rural areas, the County adopts a LOS “B”. The LOS standards are based upon the methodologies contained within the latest edition of the FDOT Level of Service Handbook. FDOT models as discussed in the handbook shall be established for road segments. If a model for the segment has not been established, FDOT Generalized Tables shall be used. Consistency: __X_ YES NO N/A Analysis: The tower shall not impact Okaloosa County roadway service standards. The tower will generate approximately 1 trip/tenant/month. Policy 1.2.4 A development that is deemed to have a de minimus impact pursuant to Rule 9J-5.0055(3)(c)6.a.-c, Florida Administrative Code, shall not be subject to the concurrency requirements of Chapter 4, Policy Document. Consistency: X_ YES NO N/A Analysis: The tower has been deemed by DEO to be a non-substantial deviation to the Bluewater Bay DRI. Policy 1.6.8 The County Shall protect airport facilities from encroachment of incompatible land uses through appropriate land development regulations that provide for the protection of the clear zones and the attenuation of noise impacts through construction standards and code enforcement. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aeronautical studies and a determination of no hazard to air navigation must be issued for all tall structures located within the vicinity of airports. Applications and plans for all proposed tall structures within Okaloosa County will be reviewed by the Okaloosa County Aviation Committee to determine compatibility with aviation facilities. The Okaloosa County Planning Commission shall recommend and the BCC shall grant final approval. Consistency: _ X YES NO N/A Analysis: The tower was approved by the Okaloosa County Aviation Advisory Board on May 30, 2013. Objective 2.3 Reduce energy consumption by promoting measures to facilitate pedestrian and bicycle facilities into the design of transportation projects not on the Interstate System. Policy 2.3.1 Where feasible, all new road construction projects within the urban development area boundary will be required to accommodate non-motorized transportation facilities, including, but not limited to, the installation of signage, striping of roadways, widening of roadways, installation of sidewalks, and wheelchair ramps at intersections. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Objective 3.1 Minimize adverse impacts on the environment, natural and scenic views, and existing developments by balancing the location, design, construction and operation of the transportation system with environmental and existing development features. Policy 3.1.1 Design and build transportation facilities to reflect the scale and character of the surrounding natural and developmental features using: a. Varying street widths and traffic calming measures to allow views of any scenic or historic resources; b. Appropriate paving materials, including intersection treatments; c. Appropriate styles of traffic control facilities; and d. Landscape materials that complement the character of the resources. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Policy 3.1.2 Provide or require the provision of non-motorized transportation facilities to link residential areas with recreational areas with recreational and commercial areas in a safe manner, in part requiring the construction of sidewalks, bike lanes, installation of signage, and striping of roadways so as to accommodate non-motorized transportation facilities. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Objective 3.3 Enhance the urban area economic vitality by providing a transportation system that takes into consideration the needs of the business community and economic development strategies. Policy 3.3.1 All developments, including, but not limited to, planned unit developments, shopping centers, multi-family residential projects and other projects with internal circulation and parking needs shall be required to provide safe and convenient on-site traffic flow, non-motorized transportation facilities and sufficient vehicular parking to accommodate the needs of the development. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Objective 4.2 Maintain and enhance the safety and efficiency of the arterial road system and minimize transportation conflicts associated with development by coordinating FDOT driveway permitting process, limiting development access to the transportation system and increasing interconnection between adjacent developments. Policy 4.2.1 Any time a development project requires installation of access ways at distances closer together than the number of feet approved by FDOT for the roadway, a system of service roads will be required to be installed by developers for new development along arterial roads and designated limited access highways within the County, consistent with FDOT access management policy. Consistency: YES NO X N/A Analysis: Policy 4.2.2 The County shall limit new access points to arterial and collector roads by requiring minimum distances for separation of driveways and median cuts, consistent with FDOT and County access management policy. Consistency: YES NO X N/A 13 Analysis: The tower shall be accessed via Bay Drive and an existing driveway. Policy 4.2.3 Whenever possible require developments to provide direct vehicular and pedestrian connections to adjacent residential developments and/or service commercial or institutional land uses to reduce the need for additional access onto collector and arterial streets. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Objective 5.2 Equitably distribute transportation costs by requiring applicable development projects to construct appropriate transportation improvements on the public road system based on the proportional impacts of the development. Policy 5.2.1 The LDC shall require that development projects install applicable ingress/egress lanes and any traffic control measures deemed appropriate to ensure efficiency and safety of connections to the public roadway system commensurate with the project’s impact. Consistency: YES NO _X NA Analysis: The tower shall generate little to no traffic as it is unmanned. Objective 5.3 Protect existing and future rights-of-way from building encroachment. Policy 5.3.1 It is hereby declared that the protection and preservation of certain roadway rights-of-way from building encroachment furthers a legitimate governmental interest in the form of ensuring adequate right-of-way for future widening or improvement projects, protecting the public safety by ensuring that buildings do not become a hazard to either motorists or building occupants due to proximity to the roadway, and providing a means to accommodate future growth and development by ensuring adequate roadway and transportation corridors. Policy 5.3.2 No portion of any building shall be constructed within an existing public roadway except for those buildings or structures which functionally must be located within a right-of-way (i.e. toll booth, weigh station, pedestrian overpass, etc.). 16 Policy 5.3.3 The following criteria shall be used when evaluating which roadways may be subject to right-of-way protection and preservation: 1) apply only to existing roadways and rights-of-ways; 2) the roadway must be identified for widening or improvement in the Okaloosa-Walton TPO 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP); 3) insufficient right-of-way exists to accommodate the work program described in the LRTP, and; 4) the road segment must be relatively free of buildings already located within the right-of-way protection/preservation area. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Objective 6.2. Ensure that the transportation