Re-visioning the City Future Land Use Map
Greater Arlington/Beaches Community Forum Pablo Creek Regional Library, March 5, 2008
City of Jacksonville Planning and Development Department Zyscovich, Inc. MAJOR Planning LLC
FLUM
City Future Land Use Map, 2007
Zoning
City Zoning Map, 2007
The Problem
22 Future Land Categories • A dozen more special use overlays or designations (i.e militaryinfluenced, airports, industrial preservation, TCEAs, TMAs, urban villages, DRIs and RACs) 36 Zoning Districts • A half dozen more types of more special zoning overlays (i.e. downtown, historic districts, port authority, Cecil Commerce Center, etc.)
The City FLUM effectively operates as the City’s Zoning Map. A key reason for so many FLUM amendments is if you want to rezone a property, more often than not you have to amend the FLUM because of long-standing inconsistencies inherent in the map.
The Problem
• • • 600 requested FLUM amendments in the last 8 years; 1,200 requested FLUM amendments in a single year preceding this time period; Remarkable consensus amongst all parties; – Citizens (Florida Hometown Democracy) – Developers – Planning Department – City Council – Department of Community Affairs The effectiveness of the City FLUM as a tool for managing urban growth has deteriorated to the point of being practically useless.
Strategy
• Re-visioning the FLUM as part of the EAR-Based Amendments (Evaluation and Appraisal Report found in compliance, December 2007);
Build on the foundation of: • • • • 2030 Horizon Growth Management Task Force Report Adopted Visions Plans for North, Northwest and Southwest Planning Districts In progress Visions Plans for Urban Core, Arlington/Beaches and Southeast Planning Districts Adopted Neighborhood Action Plans and Special Zoning Overlays
Concept
• Simplify the Future Land Use Map to become an effective long-term planning tool 7 Land Use Categories • • • • • • • Preservation (supportive uses) Rural (supplemental uses) Neighborhood (mixed-use) Business (mixed-use) Commerce (mixed-use) Multi-Use (mixed-use) Urban Core (mixed-use) Public Facilities (subject to compatibility and intensity restrictions) allowed in all categories.
Conservation, Recreation and Open Space, and
Concept
Growth Management Boundaries Provide planning mechanism to target redevelopment, urban infill, and land use incentives to establish a foundation in land use for future public transit system. (“Land use-oriented transit development”)
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Urban Core Inner Urban Development Boundary Outer Urban Growth Boundary
Why?
The City of Jacksonville needs a Future Land Use Map that: • • • • • Establishes planning foundations in land use that are far-reaching beyond the 10-year planning frame required by the State of Florida; Is mixed-use friendly; Is criteria-based; Emphasizes land use-oriented transit development over the next 20-50 years in preparation for a citywide public transit system; and, Provides flexibility to implement (and extend) land use incentives within existing comprehensive plan policy for urban infill, redevelopment and neighborhood regeneration.
What’s Sustainable?
Energy efficiency and savings • Shorten commuting times. - save 30 minutes a day driving = 10,680 minutes a year or 7.5 days • Reduce consumption of gasoline. - save 1 gallon a day = $21 per week (7 gallons); $91 a month (30.3 gallons); or $1,092 a year (364 gallons); Social good • More time to spend with our friends, wives, sweethearts and children, or even exercising (improving our health) and less time with our automobile.
National Security and the Economy • Reduce dependence on foreign oil. - American workforce = 150 million, if 50% reduce their energy consumption by just 1 gallon of gas a day, that equals 75 million gallons a day, 2.27 billon gallons a week, 1.9 trillion gallons of gas a year • Reduce money sent overseas because of our oil consumption. - 861 million barrels of oil a year @ $90 per barrel = $775 million dollars a year sent overseas What did I not even mention?
But Why?
Accommodate future population growth in a sustainable manner. migrants (Baby Boomers) Immigrants
But Why?
Build 75% of the City over in the next 25 years in a more sustainable manner.
Re-visioning the City Future Land Use Map
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
City of Jacksonville Planning and Development Department Zyscovich, Inc. MAJOR Planning LLC