MAKING THE MAKING THE VISION A REALITYVISION A REALITY

Leadership Polk III

Polk County Growth ManagementPolk County Growth ManagementNovember 19, 2009November 19, 2009

Special Thanks toJohn Kaliski

Boston

San Francisco

Dallas Philadelphia

Population

Atlanta Buenos Aires

Hong Kong Miami-Ft. Lauderdale

Gross Regional Product

Transit Supportive Development Polk County Growth Management is

proposing land use policies based on the principles of “Transit Supportive Development” to support the community’s existing and planned investment in transit. Transit Supportive Development Area Transit Corridors and Centers Overlay

Existing + Planned Transit ServicesExisting + Planned Transit Services

Transit Supportive Development

“Local” Route within Transit Supportive Development Area

TSDATSDA

Connectivity

Complete Streets

“Regional” Route within Transit Supportive Development Area

TSDATSDADesign Mobility

Transit Corridors and Centers Overlay

¼ mile

1 mile

¼ mile

¼ mile

Fixed Route

Mass Transit Line

Transit Supportive Development Area

(TSDA)

TSDA

TSDA

TSDA

TRANSIT CORRIDOR

TRANSIT C

ENTER

Density

Minimum 3 du/ac

Maximum 7 du/acDensity

Minimum 6 du/ac

Maximum 12 du/ac

Density

Minimum 4 du/ac

Maximum 10 du/ac10/ac min

25/ac max

TRANSIT CORE

Density

Minimum 8 du/ac

Maximum 15 du/ac

DRAFT

The Polk BoCC has endorsed the Central Florida Regional Growth Vision and its “4C’s”:

●Centers -- Promote Vibrant City Centers

●Corridors -- Connect our Centers with Multi-Modal Corridors

●Conservation -- Protect our Precious Natural Resources

●Countryside -- Preserve our Heritage and Sense of Place

The Polk BoCC has endorsed the Central Florida Regional Growth Vision and its “4C’s”:

●Centers -- Promote Vibrant City Centers

●Corridors -- Connect our Centers with Multi-Modal Corridors

●Conservation -- Protect our Precious Natural Resources

●Countryside -- Preserve our Heritage and Sense of Place

Conservation & Countryside

Green Infrastructure

“Green Infrastructure” means open spaces, natural areas, greenways, wetlands, parks, forests, treed roadway corridors, and similar areas that naturally sequester carbon dioxide and reduce the heat island effect in urban areas

PolkGreen

Interconnected Network of Open Spaces, Natural Areas and Agricultural Land

“The overlay will provide a framework for land use policies and community investments that provide:

a. protection of natural resources and wildlife habitat;b. habitat corridors through linked open spaces;c. protection of historic and cultural resources;d. recreational opportunities;e. community health benefits;f. economic development opportunities; andg. multi-use trails connecting population centers to natural

areas.”

Multi-Use Trail Component