Request: This is a publicly initiated text amendment to the Community Design Component section of the Future Land Use Element.

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1 Planning Commission Public Hearing August 13, rd Cycle 2012 Amendment Staff Report CPA Future Land Use Text change. Scenic Corridors Policy Update I. PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT A. Description of Request Request: This is a publicly initiated text amendment to the Community Design Component section of the Future Land Use Element. Background: Scenic Corridors policies and an associated map were adopted in the Future Land Use Element in Regulations to implement Scenic Corridor policies were adopted into the Land Development Code in These regulations are applied to all roads designated on the adopted Scenic Corridors map. In 2010, the Planning Commission formed working and technical committees to review and update the Scenic Corridor policies and map. Staff initiated Comprehensive Plan amendments were filed and presented at a Planning Commission Workshop and Public Hearing (CPA and 11 06). It was noted during the review of the Scenic Corridor program that a goal of the program is to improve the appearance of suburban and urban corridors through landscaping requirements for new development. Both the technical and working committee noted that other communities in Florida including Alachua County and the City of Tallahassee have programs intended to protect scenic vistas. At the Planning Commission Public Hearing on May 9, 2011, Planning Commissioners and Development Services staff recommended staff research the adopted map corridor by corridor to confirm the selection of roadways and their beginning and end points. Due to other work program priorities and the amount of staff time required to prepare a methodology and re verify the adopted corridors, Planning Commission staff withdrew the amendments.

2 Amendment Purpose: A new Scenic Corridor map (CPA 12 21) and this text amendment (CPA 12 20) are concurrently proposed as part of the third cycle of 2012 to extend the update deadline and convert the map to a digital format. This text amendment is intended to: 1. Recognize the proposed scenic corridors map update that is being adopted through a related Comprehensive Plan map amendment (CPA 12 21); 2. Extend the deadline for the scenic corridors program update to 2018; 3. Allow an alternate method of achieving the goals of the scenic corridor program such as a corridor based landscape requirement; and, 4. Encourage the creation of a scenic corridor program that protects roadways with extraordinary manmade or natural vistas. PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT COMMUNITY DESIGN COMPONENT: Policy : Recognize the scenic corridors, as illustrated in the Future Land Use Map series. By 2010, update the map and associated Land Development Code Standards, with input from the Board of County Commissioners, citizen groups, and pertinent agencies. Criteria for selecting specific corridors for further consideration should include the following: Protect and enhance corridors which are predominantly residential. Protect roadways with significant tree cover. Protect roadways with significant environmental sensitivity. Preserve roadways with predominantly rural character. Lessen the impact of roadway construction on existing communities. Unify and connect different communities. By 2018, update the scenic corridor program or alternatively, replace with a corridor based landscaping requirement into the Land Development Code. If a corridor based landscape requirement is adopted, consider developing a new scenic corridor program to recognize and protect public roadways that provide unique and extraordinary vistas of man made or natural features.

3 Figure 1 Scenicc Corridors Map B. Review Agency/Department Responses Copies of agency comments are included as an attachment to this report and weree received by the following Hillsborough County Agencies/Departments: Hillsborough County Development Services Department Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department Hillsborough County Public Works Department Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Section Environmental Protection Commission Hillsborough County Sheriff s Department No objections were received.

4 C. Conformance with the Future of Hillsborough 2025 Comprehensive Plan The proposed amendment is CONSISTENT with the following objectives and policies in the Future of Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan. FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT COMMUNITY DESIGN COMPONENT GOAL 16: Provide aesthetically pleasing landscape treatment along roadways and in the right of way. Support its creation and maintenance within adjacent developments. OBJECTIVE 16 1: Ensure that publicly owned land and right of way is attractively and appropriately landscaped. Policy : Roadside plantings, such as trees lining both sides of roadways provide a traffic calming effect and are encouraged. Policy : Design roadway landscaping to include the following considerations: Planting that follows guidelines for vehicular safety. Landscaping in both the right of way and the medians. Preservation of existing vegetation where feasible. Policy : Policy : Policy : Policy : Provide for a unified and well designed landscape treatment. Where narrow rights of way limit opportunities for landscaping, planting easements should be considered through agreements with adjacent property owners. Provide development incentives to encourage private development to provide enhanced landscaping and retention facilities as amenities. Provide regularly spaced shade trees along the roads and adjacent to sidewalks. D. Staff Analysis Comprehensive Plan policies support the landscaping of corridors and preservation of vegetation. The scenic corridors program, created in the early 1990 s, improves the appearance of roadway corridors through landscaping in suburban and urban areas and protects natural vegetation in rural areas.

5 Extending the scenic corridor program update will provide staff time to explore an alternative corridor based implementation that uniformly enhances the appearance of roadway corridors, as well as, a traditional scenic corridor program that protects scenic vistas. E. Staff Conclusions and Recommendation In conclusion, staff finds the proposed amendment CPA consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. It is recommended that the Planning Commission approve the attached resolution finding the proposed plan amendment CONSISTENT with the Future of Hillsborough Comprehensive Plan and recommend APPROVAL of this Future Land Use Element Text amendment CPA to the Board of County Commissioners. Staff Report by: Marcie Stenmark, AICP Date: August 13, 2012

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8 Hassan Halabi From: GONZALEZ, SHARON Sent: Friday, April 20, :35 AM To: Hassan Halabi Subject: FW: Review agency comments request for 3rd Cycle 2012 Attachments: CPA Amendment Summary.pdf; CPA Amendment Summary.pdf; CPA Amendment Summary_Final.pdf; Local Agency Review Request letter 3rd Cycle 2012.rtf Halabi, After review and discussion with Debra McInturff on the attached amendments. I am responding that our agency has no comment to provide on these amendments. Thank you for keeping us in the loop of agency notification. Sharon Sharon A. Gonzalez Organizational Research Section Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Fax: Office: sgonzale@hcso.tampa.fl.us Under Florida law, addresses are public record. If you do not want your address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office via telephone at (813) or US Mail at PO Box 3371, Tampa, FL From: GONZALEZ, SHARON Sent: Thursday, April 19, :02 AM To: MCINTURFF, DEBRA Subject: FW: Review agency comments request for 3rd Cycle 2012 Greetings! Did you get this information from Halabi? Sharon Sharon A. Gonzalez Organizational Research Section Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Fax: Office: sgonzale@hcso.tampa.fl.us Under Florida law, addresses are public record. If you do not want your address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office via telephone at (813) or US Mail at PO Box 3371, Tampa, FL

9 From: Hassan Halabi Sent: Tuesday, April 10, :56 PM To: GONZALEZ, SHARON; 'Debra McInturff Subject: Review agency comments request for 3rd Cycle 2012 Kindly review the attached files and provide your comments no later than April 23, 2012 Many Thanks Hassan Hassan Halabi Senior Planner Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission (813) ext We are committed to maintaining the highest level of service and we value your feedback. Please complete our Customer Service Survey by visiting As a public agency, all incoming and outgoing messages are subject to public records inspection. 2

10 Hassan Halabi From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Moran, Kevin Thursday, April 19, :34 AM Hassan Halabi Hammett, Chuck; McCary, John; Rogers, Kimberly; Alvarado, Eli FW: Plan Amendment 3rd Cycle 2012 for Review CPA Amendment Summary.pdf; CPA Amendment Summary.pdf; CPA Amendment Summary_Final.pdf; Local Agency Review Request letter 3rd Cycle 2012.rtf Mr. Halabi, Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department Water Enterprise's staff has reviewed the 3rd Cycle 2012 Plan amendments. Staff has no comment on CPA and CPA 12 21, which deal with Scenic Corridors. Staff has no objections to CPA dealing with Economic Potential Policies Update. Kevin Moran, P.E. Section Manager Planning, GIS and Records Public Utilities Department Hillsborough County BOCC p: x:43356 f: e: w: Please note: All correspondence to or from this office is subject to Florida's Public Records laws. From: Vanderploog, Paul Sent: Monday, April 09, :49 AM To: Weiss, T. Barton; Cummings, Richard; Hammett, Chuck; Moran, Kevin Subject: FW: Plan Amendment 3rd Cycle 2012 for Review For review and response. Bart, this one is now in your wheelhouse. Press on. Paul J. Vanderploog Director Public Utilities Department Hillsborough County BOCC p: X43222 f: c: e: w: 1

11 Please note: all correspondence to or from this office is subject to Florida's Public Records laws. From: Hassan Halabi Sent: Monday, April 09, :48 AM To: Beth Alden; Campbell, Robert; Bud Whitehead; Kamermayer, Carolyn; Debra McInturff Alvarado, Eli; Moreda, Joe; Joe Zambito; Linda Walker Lorraine Duffy-Suarez Thornton, Mark; Williams, Michael; Vanderploog, Paul; Paula Dye Richard Garrity Richard Garrity (Business Fax); Rogers, Ronald; Sharon A. Gonzalez Sharon A. Gonzalez (Business Fax); T. Barton Weiss Hiznay, Tom Subject: Plan Amendment 3rd Cycle 2012 for Review Please provide comments no later than April 23, Thank you very much, Hassan Halabi Senior Planner Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission (813) ext We are committed to maintaining the highest level of service and we value your feedback. Please complete our Customer Service Survey by visiting As a public agency, all incoming and outgoing messages are subject to public records inspection. 2

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14 Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Memorandum TO: FROM: Mr. Mr. Hassan Halabi Senior Planner Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission Linda Walker, Planner II Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) DATE: April 20, 2012 RE: CPA & CPA Scenic Corridors Update Future Land Use Map Change & Text Change HART has reviewed the referenced proposed plan amendments and concurs with the proposed changes.

15 M E M O R A N D U M DATE: April 26, 2012 TO: FROM: Hassan Halabi, Senior Planner The Planning Commission Eli Alvarado, Project Manager II Public Utilities Department SUBJECT: Review of Plan Amendments CPA through The Public Utilities Department Solid Waste (PUD/SW) staff has reviewed the Comprehensive Plan Amendments cited above, and has the following comments: 1. The adopted level of service for solid waste in Hillsborough County is 2 years of permitted landfill space, with 10 years of raw land under the control of the County available. 2. The County currently has years of permitted landfill space and additional area available to permit. 3. There is no initial capital investment required to maintain an adequate Level of Service with the projected impacts from the changes in the Land Use classifications. 4. Any annual operating costs resulting from the projected impacts will be recovered through the rates established for the Solid Waste Management System. 5. The Public Utilities Department has a CIP program, which includes maintaining and expanding its Solid Waste Management System. Please contact me at extension should you have any questions.

16 L:\TRAN_MPO\COMPREHENSIVE PLANS\HILLSBOROUGH CO\2012\CPA 12-20_BW.doc MEMORANDUM DATE: April 16th, 2012 TO: FROM: RE: Hassan Halabi, Senior Planner Bud Whitehead, Transportation Section CPA Future Land Use Text Change Scenic Corridors Update Staff has reviewed and has no objections to the proposed text amendment to the Future Land Use Element Community Design Component, updating the Comprehensive Plan policies and definitions pertaining to scenic corridors. In order to provide continuity, we encourage adoption of similar scenic corridor regulations in other jurisdictions whenever the scenic corridor crosses jurisdictional boundaries.