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• Comprehensive Pian ATTACHMENT A Future Land Use Element All new town projects shall be approved as Florida Quality Developments pursuant to Chapter 380, F.S., and such designation shall require submittal and approval of a PD project having the following characteristics: a. The project shall have the following mixture of land uses: 1. Residential areas; these are areas that provide for single-family low density, single- family medium density, and/or multiple -family medium density residential development. 2. Shopping areas; these are areas that provide for the sale of goods and services to accommodate the residents of the project. Allowed uses are retail commercial and personal services. 3. Work areas; these are areas that provide work opportunities for the residents of the project. Allowed uses are office uses and light industrial uses. 4. Public facilities and institutional uses; these are areas which provide for public facilities, cultural facilities, and religious facilities as needed by the residents of the project. 5. Recreational uses; these are areas which provide for active and passive recreational facilities as needed by the residents of the project. 6. Natural open spaces and agricultural areas; these are areas which will be preserved due to their environmental importance or will be used for active agricultural production. b. All residential and commercial/office uses shall be clustered. C. The gross residential density of the project may exceed the underlying agricultural maximum densities: however, the project density shall not exceed one unit/acre of gross project area. d. Uses within a new town PD shall be identified in the new town project application. The land use mix shall be supported by data and analysis submitted by the applicant which shows that the proposed project will capture one hundred (100) percent of neighborhood, convenience, and community shopping trips and a minimum of fifty (50) percent of employment trips. The following standards serve as a minimum criteria for the land use distribution of a new town project. Commercial, personal services, office and light industrial use areas shall constitute at least five (5%) percent but not more than ten (10) percent of the entire PD area. The floor area ratio of areas designated as shopping and working areas should be at least 0.10. 2. Public facilities, including but not limited to water plants, sewer plants, schools, fire stations, and police stations, and public institutional use areas, should not exceed five (5) percent of the entire PD area. Residential use areas shall constitute at least fifteen (15) percent but not more than thirty-five (35) percent of the entire PD area. OCTOBER 26, 1999 • -61- BOOK iii PAGE 177