Smart Growth Workshop
Development Pressure and Sprawl
Houses Per Square Mile
What do we want?
Map A
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NRMA
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Endorse the re-naming of “Map A” as the Environmental Core Overlay (ECO)?
Ordinances
ComprehensivePlan
Volusia CountyCharter
J PAs
Comprehensive Plan
Goal: To ensure that Volusia County retains an interconnected core network of environmentally important lands to help preserve the County's ecosystems into the future.*
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*2005 Smart Growth Implementation Committee Final Report
Incorporate “Map A”/ECO into the Volusia County Comprehensive Plan.
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Ensure “Map A”/ECO lands remain density neutral.
• Provide incentives for innovative land planning and/or preservation.
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• Enable the use of Conservation Development in Map A.
• Allow flexible application of the LDC and ZC on a case-by-case basis where willing developers are committed to innovative smart growth principles such as conservation and green building design.
Incorporate language into the Comp Plan to create a framework for a
“Transfer of Development Rights” program.
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Develop Heightened Environmental Standards for environmentally sensitive
areas. (VC Charter, Sec. 202.4)
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• Review and develop heightened standards for Map A?
• Review and develop heightened standards for NRMA? • Explore short term ways
to close loopholes using heightened environmental standards.
• Explore options for water quality and quantity improvements.
Subdivision of Land (changes to the Land Development and Zoning Codes)
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Ensure that every lot has a buildable area and access.
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Find ways to reduce impervious parking areas associated with new development.
Long term options for the County and local government partners:
• Create a common methodology for projecting growth trends (population projections)?
• Utilize an assessment of risk when reviewing growth issues (i.e. growth in storm-prone
areas)?
Comp Plan Decision Points:• Endorse the re-naming of “Map A” as the
Environmental Core Overlay (ECO) ?
• Incorporate “Map A”/ECO into the Volusia County Comprehensive Plan?
• Ensure “Map A”/ECO lands (as a whole) remain density neutral with regard to zoning?
• Provide incentives for innovative land planning and/or preservation?
Comp Plan Decision Points:
• Enable the use of “Conservation Development” in “Map A”/ECO ?
• Allow flexible application of the LDC and ZC on a case-by-case basis where willing developers are committed to innovative smart growth principles such as conservation and green building design?
• Create a framework for TDRs?
• Review and develop heightened standards for Map A/ECO?
• Review and develop heightened standards for NRMA?
Heightened Environmental Standards
Decision Points:
Heightened Environmental Standards
Decision Points:• Explore short term ways to close loopholes
using heightened environmental standards?
• Explore options for water quality and quantity improvements?
Code of Ordinances Decision Points:
• Ensure that every lot has a buildable area and access?
Find ways to reduce impervious parking areas associated with new development?
Long Term Options for the County
and Local Government Partners:
• Create a common methodology for projecting growth trends?
• Utilize an assessment of risk when reviewing growth issues?
Where do we go
next?
Where do we go
next?Where do we go next?