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Home My WebLink About2013-028RESOLUTION N0.2013- 028 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE TRANSMITTAL OF A PROPOSED INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT TO STATE AND REGIONAL REVIEW AGENCIES. WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan on February 13, 1990, and WHEREAS, the county received comprehensive plan amendment applications during its January 2013_ amendment submittal window, and WHEREAS, the Local Planning Agency held a public hearing on this comprehensive plan amendment request on March 14, 2013, after due public notice, and WHEREAS, the Local Planning Agency made a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners held a Transmittal Public Hearing on April 9, 2013, after due public notice; and WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners announced at the transmittal public hearing its intention to hold and advertise a final public hearing at the adoption stage of the plan amendment process. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS O.F INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT: 1. The above recitals are ratified in their entirety. 2. The following proposed amendment is approved for transmittal to State and Regional Review Agencies (Appendix A, proposed policy 5.6 of the Future Land Use Element): F:1Community Development\Comprehensive Plan Text AmendmentsUanuary 2013 FLU element policy 5.6\Ordinances and Resolutions\Transmittal Resolution.doc 1 of 2 RESOLUTION N0.20I3- 028 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE POLICY 5.6 OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The forgoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Davis and seconded by Commissioner >a lescher and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows: Joseph E. Flescher, Chairman AYe Wesley S. Davis, Vice Chairman Aye Peter D. O'Bryan, Commissioner Aye Timothy Zorc, Commissioner Aye Bob Solari, Commissioner Aye The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and adopted at a public hearing held this 9th day of April 2013. ,,,..,,•k...,,,, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA BY:� eph E. Flescher, Chairman J��Gp�JIMISS, =U: aA._. �A�YMM AIR gMO�p ATTEST: Les Ps+v Jeffrey R. Smith, Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller SUFFICIENCY William K. AS TO PLANNING MATTERS Robert M. Keating; Community Devela F:\Community Development\Comprehensive Plan Text AmendmentsUanuary 2013 FLU element policy 5.6\Ordinances and Resolutions\Transmittal Resolution.doc 2 of 2 Appendix "A" Vero Estate LLC's Proposed Text Amendment Future Land Use Element Policy 5.6: By 2011, Indian River County shall adopt development regulations allowing mixed use PDs, in residentially -designated areas. All mixed use PDs in residentially designated areas shall meet all of the following criteria. Development Parameters 1. The maximum project area for a mixed use PD in a residential area shall be 40 acres. Mixed use projects exceeding 40 acres shall be designed as Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) developments and shall comply with Future Land Use Element Policies 18.1, 18.2, and 18.3. 2. Mixed use PDs shall be limited to areas designated L-1, L-2, M-1, and M-2 and shall be located along SR 60, US 1, Indian River Blvd., 58`" Avenue, CR 510 (west of the Indian River Lagoon), CR 512, or Oslo Road. Alternatively, mixed use PDs in M-1 and M-2 designated areas may be located on sites that are adjacent to C/I nodes. Mix of Uses commercial uses, commercial uses shall be allowed to constitute no more than 01 4. The vertical mixing of uses is allowed and strongly .encouraged. Where residential and/or office uses are designed and located above commercial uses, the amount of commercial area may constitute up to 2330% of the project's land area in °prmejeet's land. 5. For purposes of these mixed use regulations, commercial area shall include buildings, parking areas, and adjacent improvements that serve commercial uses. Open space areas and common areas/improvements that are shared with residential uses, however, shall not be treated as commercial area. 6. Commercial uses allowed in mixed-use PDs shall be limited to lodging, institutional, office, retail (including fuel sales), personal service, and restauran t uses. 7. Within mixed use PDs, the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for commercial uses shall be applied to the commercial area. For the commercial area, the maximum FAR shall be 0.35. Appendix "A" 8. Within mixed use PDs, the maximum number of allowable residential units shall be derived by applying the applicable comprehensive plan land use designation density allowance to the entire area of the project and, in addition, may include any applicable density bonuses. 9. .Within mixed use PDs, commercial areas may be internal to the project or may be located along a project's boundary, where such boundary abuts a .thoroughfare road or is adjacent to C/I-designated property. Where such commercial uses would face residential uses located outside the project, buffering and compatibility improvements shall be required to mitigate any adverse impacts. l0.On-street parking shall be allowed within mixed use projects. 11. All mixed use PDs shall be designed to include a transit stop within the project. Buildin Design and Setbacks 12. Within mixed use PDs, common architectural themes, common hardscape and signage themes, and multiple pedestrian connections shall be required to integrate nonresidential uses with residential uses. Common architectural themes shall apply to both commercial and residential areas of the project. 13. Within mixed use PDs, no individual commercial building shall exceed 25,000 sq. ft. in commercial floor area. Lodging uses shall be exempt from this limitation. 14. Where a nonresidential building in a mixed use PD is adjacent to residential buildings located outside the project, the nonresidential buildings shall be compatible with nearby residential buildings. The scale of such nonresidential buildings may be minimized by articulating the building's mass, using sloped roofs instead flat roofs screened by parapets, and/or by planting canopy trees around the building's foundation. For residential buildings adjacent to a mixed. use PD, an existing buffer may be used to satisfy the compatibility requirement. Street Network 15. Each mixed use PD shall offer alternative routes and connections between destinations within the project and to appropriate uses on adjacent sites by designing and constructing a street network that consists of a grid or modified grid pattern that accommodates connections to appropriate uses on adjacent sites. Appendix "A" 16. The project shall contain a network of interconnected streets, sidewalks, and pathways. Streets shall be designed to balance pedestrian and automobile needs, to discourage high automobile speeds, to effectively and efficiently accommodate transit systems, and to distribute and diffuse traffic rather than concentrate it. 17. Street trees shall be provided so as to shade sidewalk areas and buffer sidewalk areas from automobile traffic. Timing_of Construction 18. In each mixed use PD, ��eial ee�rs� no more than 3 acres or 50% of the total commercial area allowed. whichever is ereater. shall be • 1' • • • • • .. ' PI