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TO The Honorable Members the DATE:August 10, 1988 FILE: the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: Robert M. Kea ng ICP SUBJECT: Community Development Director REQUEST TO AMEND SECTION 10(e) OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND SECTION 23.3(e)(5) OF THE SITE PLAN ORDINANCE REVISING SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW FOR EXEMPTIONS ALONG LOCAL ROADS IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS FROM: Stan Boling . 4-13. REFERENCES: sidewalk req Chief. Current Development STAN3 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of August 23, 1988. BACKGROUND AND CONDITIONS: Current County regulations require sidewalks along all Thorough- fare Plan roadways, subdivision collector or feeder roads, and along some local roads. Exemptions are granted for local roads in low density residential projects and for short local cul-de-sac roads. Existing regulations require sidewalks along all local roads within non-residential subdivisions and adjacent to sites zoned for commercial or industrial use. Recently, the Board of County Commissioners waived some of the sidewalk requirements as applied to two projects: the Glendale Industrial Park subdivision and the Moorings Center shopping center. In both cases the Board waived requirements that the developer provide sidewalks along a local road segment. In the Glendale Industrial Park case, the Board found that the uses anticipated to occur within the subdivision would not generate significant pedestrian traffic; also; they found that nearby planned sidewalks could accommodate pedestrian traffic to and around the subdivision. In the Moorings case, the Board found that a sidewalk along Bowline Drive would not benefit pedestrian movement since sidewalks would be provided nearby and because no internal Moorings sidewalk system existed to which a Bowline Drive sidewalk could be connected. The Board directed staff to revise the existing sidewalk require- ments to allow exemptions in situations such as the Glendale Industrial Park and the Mooring Center cases, as well as in situations where sites or subdivisions are isolated from existing or planned sidewalk systems. Staff now proposes ordinance amend- ments (see attachment #2) that implement the direction given by the Board. . Planning and Zoning Commission Action At its regular meeting of July 28, 1988, the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed ordinance amendments (see attachment #1). ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: . Research: Other Counties In researching possible ordinance revisions, staff received information from seven Florida counties experiencing significant growth (see attachment #3). Most responding counties indicated 63 AUG 2 8 1988 Rno�