Ord. 16-06, Adopted on Nov. 15, 2016 & Ord. 16-07
Background
Since the late 1990s, new development has been generally focused east
of Interstate 75 and Southwest County has been in a slow, but steady
decline in terms of indicators such as property values, average
household income levels and other factors in comparison to the overall
county. The age of infrastructure, housing, code enforcement cases,
crime, and numbers of rental properties in established neighborhoods
have been increasing over the years.
These trends have been recognized in various plans, studies and by the public for over a decade.
It is the hope that the the Urban Corridor amendment will improve
opportunities for infill, redevelopment and development, along the major
corridors in the district. These major corridors include portions of
the Tamiami Trail, 15th Street East, 53rd Ave/SR 70, Cortez Road,
Manatee Avenue, and 1st Street within the Urban Service Area of the
County.
The amendments generally provide greater flexibility in the
regulations, allows for moderate increases in density and intensity of
development, and allows residential and mixed-use development patterns
to occur along the corridors.
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Countywide Amendments
Background: In addition to the changes for the Urban
Corridors, the Board approved amendments to both the Comprehensive Plan
and LDC that are applicable countywide. These changes include moving
some language internally, between the two documents, reconciling
language, and some various clean-up amendments.