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Ordinance No. 2023-001CITY OF CLERMONT C�E'S„1 ORDINANCE NO.2023-001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT PERTAINING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT, CHAPTER 163, PART II, FLORIDA STATUTES BY ADOPTING THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT; SETTING FORTH THE AUTHORITY FOR ADOPTION OF THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT; SETTING FORTH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT; ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION OF SCRIVENERS ERROR, PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Clermont was adopted by the City of Clermont on August 13, 1991, in accordance with the Local Government Planning and Land Development Regulations Act of 1985, Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Clermont may be amended pursuant to Florida Statutes 163.3191; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission, acting as the Local Planning Agency, held a public hearing and made recommendations to the City Council for amendments to the plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Clermont held public hearings on the proposed amendments to the plan in light of written comments, proposals and objections from the general public; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED and enacted by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Florida that: SECTION 1. After public hearings held by the City of Clermont Local Planning Agency and the Clermont City Council, to amend the text of the Comprehensive Plan based upon an evaluation, Evaluation and Appraisal Review, completed by the City to reflect changes in state requirements pursuant to Section 163.3191, Florida Statutes, as amended, by amending to the text of the Future Land Use Element, Housing element, Transportation Element, and Capital Improvements Elements is hereby amended as shown in Exhibit A. SECTION 2: CONFLICT All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. S CLEO)NT CITY OF CLERMONT ORDINANCE NO.2023-001 SECTION 3: SEVERABILITY Should any Section or part of this Section be declared invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply to or affect any other provision of this Ordinance, except to the extent that the entire Section or part of the Section may be inseparable in meaning and effect from the Section to which such holding shall apply. SECTION 4: ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION This Ordinance may be re -numbered or re -lettered and the correction of typographical and/or scrivener's errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City Manager or designee, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or re -codified copy of same with the City Clerk. SECTION 5: PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law and it shall become law and shall take effect immediately upon its Second Reading and Final Passage. CITY OF CLERMONT 7- ONT ORDINANCE NO.2023-001 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida on this 28t' day of February 2023. CITY OF CLERMONT x r My, �r b A''t TEST: _ Tracy Ackroyd Howe, MMC City Clerk Approvedjasrto-fogn and legality: Daniel F. Tim Murry, Mayor d' CITY OF CLERMONT C�E1 ORDINANCE NO.2023-001 Attachment A: ADOPTED EVALUATION AMENDMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.3191 FLORIDA STATUTES, AS AMENDED to the Text of the Future Land Use Element, Housing element, Transportation Element, and Capital Improvements Elements of the Comprehensive Plan Submitted on December 13, 2022 Attachment A ALE --meow T %,..I lUBq= Ul %,..I ICU I 1plul iz, CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTER I FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT Adopted June 23, 2009 Amended February 28, 2017 Amended August 28, zo18 Amended August 25, zozo Amended March 22, 2022 Amended September 23, zozz Amended February 28, 2023 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE CHAPTER I FUTURE LAND USE GOAL 1: Ensure that the character, magnitude and location of all land uses provide a system for orderly growth and development that achieves a balanced natural, physical and economic environment and enhances the quality of life of all residents. Objective 1.1: Discourage Urban Sprawl. The City shall discourage and/or reduce urban sprawl through a future land use pattern that promotes orderly, compact development and the provision of public facilities and services that minimize costs and environmental impacts and maximize efficiency. Policy 1.1.1: Urban services such as water and sewer shall not be extended outside the Lake County/Clermont Joint Planning Area UPA) without a companion land use plan amendment modifying the boundary and amending the land uses. An exception may be considered where public health, safety and welfare require a community water system or the extension of water service to ensure safe potable water. Policy 1.1.2: The City shall prioritize its capital improvements funding by assigning first priority to the renewal, reuse and/or rehabilitation of existing facilities or to the replacement of existing obsolete or worn out facilities. Policy 1.1.3: The City shall encourage infill through the use of higher density and intensity land use designations and mixed -use designations in appropriate locations. Objective 1.2: Future Land Use Map Series. The City shall ensure that future development and redevelopment activities are located in appropriate areas of the City by adopting a Future Land Use Map Series included as Appendix A of this element that contains the Future Land Use Map (FLUM), Future Transportation Map and Natural Resources Map, which together form the basis for consideration of future land use plan amendments. The Future Land Use Map Series, along with the City's land development regulations, shall reduce or eliminate existing land uses that are inconsistent with the community's character. Policy 1.2.1: The City shall consider the compatibility of adjacent future land use categories during the land use plan amendment process. The City shall consider potential maximum densities and intensities and the appropriate transition of uses, densities and intensities. Policy 1.2.2: The land development regulations shall include provisions to reduce or eliminate land uses that are inconsistent with the City's character and future land use, including those uses that are inconsistent with hazard mitigation recommendations in the Lake County emergency management plan. Policy 1.2.3: The City shall discourage the continuation of nonconforming uses to the extent established in the land development regulations. Redevelopment of the property will be allowed only if it is consistent with the FLUM and the zoning district. Policy 1.2.4: The adopted FLUM contains and identifies appropriate locations for the following land use categories which were established to prevent urban sprawl, provide for the protection of natural and historic resources and maximize economic development: Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-1 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Maximum Future Land Use Density/ I ntens ity Categories (per gross acre) Conservation Not Dcvclo ablc Parks N/A Public Facilities Institutional 0.25 FAR Residential Low -Density 3 units per acre Medium -Density 8 to 12 units per acre High -Density 12 units per acre Office 1.0 FAR Mixed -Use Residential/Office 12 units per acre/0.25 FAR Master Planned Development 12 — 25 units per acre/0.25 FAR Downtown Mixed -Use 12-40 units per acre/3-0 FAR Commercial 12 -25 units per acre/0.25 FAR Industrial 1.0 FAR Objective 1.3: Conservation Land Use Category. The conservation category is established for the long-term protection and preservation of publicly or privately owned lands that contain valuable and threatened natural resources, such as wetlands, floodplains and unique ecological communities. Policy 1.3.1: Only passive open space and passive recreational activities shall be allowed in the conservation category, limited to resource -enhancing facilities such as multi -purpose trails, bike paths and natural land restoration projects. Interactive areas/facilities may be allowed as long as they are provided and managed consistent with goals, objectives and policies of this element as well as the goals, objectives, policies, standards and criteria set forth in the Conservation Element. Policy 1.3.2: Lands designated as conservation on the FLUM may be counted toward meeting the adopted level of service standards for recreation and open space for the City. Policy 1.3.3: If it is impractical to designate the area containing conservation resources as conservation land use due to size, location or other factors, the City shall have the option of obtaining a conservation easement from the property owners to protect the area. Areas covered by a conservation easement shall be treated the same as areas designated as conservation land use on the FLUM. Policy 1.3.4: No development is permitted within the conservation category, except where state and/or federal agencies having jurisdiction already allow development rights. The applicant shall bear the burden of proof in determining that development shall not adversely impact conservation resources. Site alteration, where allowed, shall be limited to 10 percent of the entire site. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-2 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Objective 1.4: Parks Land Use Category. The parks category is established to provide sufficient space for public and private parks that are open to the public for active and passive recreation use. Policy 1.4.1: The parks land use category is intended to accommodate existing public parks and recreation areas as well as committed public and semi-public open spaces. The maximum intensity of buildings on site shall be 0.25 Floor -Area -Ratio (FAR). Policy 1.4.2: Not all parks and recreational facilities are required to be shown as parks on the FLUM. Park and recreation uses shall be allowed in other categories as support uses. Objective 1.5: Public Facilities/Institutional Land Use Category. The public facilities/ institutional category is established for publicly -owned institutional parcels and privately- owned, non- profit institutional parcels meeting threshold sizes established herein. Policy 1.5.1: The public/institutional land use designation is intended to accommodate public and semi-public services including government administration buildings; public schools and not- for - profit educational institutions; hospital facilities and supportive health care units; arts, cultural or civic facilities; essential public services and facilities; cemeteries; fire and emergency operation facilities; utilities; public and semi-public open spaces and other similar activities. The maximum intensity of institutional activity shall be 0.25 FAR Policy 1.5.2: Churches and religious institutions on parcels greater than two acres shall be designated as public facilities/institutional future land use category on the FLUM, except those within the master planned development and the downtown mixed -use land use categories. Policy L5.3: Public and private schools on parcels greater than five acres shall be designated as public facilities/institutional future land use category on the FLUM, except those within the master planned development and the downtown mixed -use land use categories. Policy MA: The City shall monitor the need for increased land area for public/institutional uses and shall ensure that this land use designation on the FLUM is expanded to accommodate the development of public and semi-public facilities such as government administration buildings; fire, police and rescue services; educational institutions and similar public uses. Objective 1.6: Residential Land Use Categories. The residential categories are established to provide for the preservation of existing, predominantly residential neighborhoods. These categories allow a range of housing types of low, medium and high residential densities at a maximum density of up to 12 units per acre; however, densities higher than eight units per acre shall require a conditional use permit or a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning. Other uses allowed include supportive accessory uses, churches and schools as conditional uses, minor public utilities (i.e., telephone switching stations, lift stations, drainage infrastructure and similar facilities), parks and open space, municipal facilities and other civic and cultural uses subject to standards and performance criteria set forth in this plan and in the land development regulations. Based on current land use trends, the City estimates that the mix of uses in the residential categories will be about 85 percent residential and 15 percent public facilities/institutional and recreation uses. Policy 1.6.1 Low -Density Residential. Areas delineated on the FLUM for low -density residential development shall accommodate a maximum density of up to three dwelling units per acre and shall be comprised primarily of single-family detached homes on individuallots. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-3 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Policy 1.6.2: Medium -Density Residential. areas delineated on the l-Ll ,\l for mcdium- density residential development shall accommodate a maximum density of up to eight units per acre. To encourage higher density adjacent to Downtown and provide enhanced walkability between housing and the Central Business District, land designated as Medium -Density Residential Future Land Use adjacent to the Downtown Mixed Use Future Land Use may have a density of up to 12 units per acre. However, densities higher than eight units per acres shall require a Conditional Use Permit. The Medium -Density Residential Future Land Use area eligible for density up to 12 units per acre is north of SR 50, South of Lake Minneola, West of 5`h Street and East of 12t' Street. Permitted housing types include single-family detached homes, including zero - lot -line and cluster developments, duplexes, townhomes, condominiums, accessory dwelling units, and apartments. Policy 1.6.3: High -Density Residential. Areas delineated on the FLUM for high -density residential development shall accommodate a maximum density of 12 units per acre; however, densities higher than eight units per acre shall require a conditional use permit or a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning. Permitted housing types include single-family detached homes, including zero -lot -line and cluster developments, duplexes, townhomes, condominiums and apartments. Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and independent living facilities shall be permitted in the high -density residential land use as a planned unit development (PUD) consistent with land development regulations and may have a maximum intensity of 3.0 FAR. Policy 1.6.4: Performance standards for residential uses shall include, but are not limited to, the following. • The land development regulations shall include performance standards for high - density and multi -family residential uses that control the location of proposed buildings in relation to the overall dimension of the site, provide sufficient on- site/structured parking where applicable, and provide open space and recreation amenities. • The land development regulations shall contain requirements for significant open space, landscaping and buffers to effectively screen multi -family developments from low -density residential zoning districts. • Multi -family residential developments of more than 50 units shall provide recreational facilities to meet the needs of the population of the development. • Grid street networks are highly encouraged to serve residential developments and provide connectivity throughout the City. Cul-de-sacs and gated developments are discouraged. • Themes are encouraged for residential developments to include cohesive streetscape design, signage, landscape architecture and streetscape furniture to create an identity for the neighborhoods in the City. Objective 1.7: Mixed -Use Land Use Categories. The mixed -use categories are established to accommodate a mixture of residential, office and commercial uses as single uses on separate parcels or as a mix of uses within a single development. The maximum density for residential uses shall be 12 units per acre, except in the Downtown Mixed Use Category, which may allow a bonus density of up to 40 units per acre through a Community Benefit Agreement as provided for in the Land Development Code, Section 122, Division 12 CBD/Central Business District. The maximum density Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-4 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE for residential uses shall be 12 units per acre in the Master Planned Dcvelopment Use Category except in the SR 50 and US 27 Overlay District, which may allow a bonus density of up to 25 units per acre through an affordable housing component, as provided for in the Land Development Code, Section 122, Division 12 CBD/Central Business District. Densities higher than eight units per acre in the Residential/Office Category shall require a conditional use permit. Other uses allowed include supportive accessory uses, churches and schools as conditional uses, minor public utilities (i.e., telephone switching stations, lift stations, drainage infrastructure, and similar facilities), parks and open space, municipal facilities and other civic and cultural uses subject to standards and performance criteria set forth in this plan and in the land development regulations. Policy 1.7.1: Residential/Office. The residential/office category is intended to provide for a mixture of predominantly residential uses, while allowing for professional offices that are consistent with the general character of the adjacent residential uses. Based on current land use trends, the City estimates that the mix of uses in the residential/office category will be 65 percent residential and 35 percent non-residential. The maximum intensity for office development shall be 0.25 FAR. The FAR shall not be applied to the residential portion of a mixed -use development. Policy 1.7.2: Planned Development. The master planned development category is intended to provide for two existing approved developments of regional impact (DRI), King's Ridge DRI and Lost Lake Reserve DRI, the Black West proposed mixed -use development subject to a utility and annexation agreement approved by the City and new master planned, mixed -use projects that shall be applied only upon City Council approval of a development agreement that specifies the allowable types and distribution of land uses and the maximum number/density of residential units, and which demonstrates that public facilities and services meet the requirements of the City's Concurrency Management System. The maximum intensity for office and commercial uses shall be 0.25 FAR;1.0 FAR for industrial uses; and 0.25 FAR for institutional uses. The FAR shall not be applied to the residential portion of a mixed -use development. Policy 1.7.3: Downtown Mixed -Use. The downtown mixed -use category is intended to provide for a mixture of residential and business uses, as well as cultural and tourist facilities, recognized as characteristic of the City's established downtown central business district. Based on current land use trends, the City estimates that the mix of uses will be 70 percent office and commercial uses and 30 percent residential, public facilities/institutional and recreation uses. The maximum intensity for office, commercial and institutional uses shall be 3.0 FAR The FAR shall not be applied to the residential portion of a mixed -use development. Policy 1.7A Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and independent living facilities shall be permitted in all mixed -use land use categories as a PUD consistent with land development regulations and may have a maximum intensity of 3.0 FAR. Policy 1.7.5: Performance standards for mixed -use developments shall include, but are not limited to, the following: Mixed -use developments are encouraged to incorporate town or village centers that are sized to serve the needs of residents in the development within a quarter -mile of the center. Unified architectural and streetscape themes are encouraged for all mixed -use developments. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-5 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE • A infixed -use deg elopment may include a mixture of land uses on the same site and i ()t- in the same building. • For a mixed -use building, only retail sales and services and restaurants are permitted on the ground floor. Objective 1.8: Office Land Use Category. The office category is established to provide for office uses in areas that transition to residential neighborhoods. Uses allowed in addition to offices are supportive accessory uses, churches and schools as conditional uses, minor public utilities (i.e., telephone switching stations, lift stations, drainage infrastructure, and similar facilities), parks and open space, municipal facilities and other civic and cultural uses subject to standards and performance criteria set forth in this plan and in the land development regulations. Policy 1.8.1: Residential uses are not allowed in the office category. Policy 1.8.2: Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and independent living facilities shall be permitted in all mixed -use land use categories as a PUD consistent with land development regulations and may have a maximum intensity of 3.0 FAR. Objective 1.9: Commercial Land Use Category. The commercial category is established to assure availability of sufficient office and commercial sites to serve the needs of the existing and projected population. In addition to office and commercial uses, residential uses are allowed, preferably as mixed - use, high -density developments, as well as supportive accessory uses, churches and schools as conditional uses, minor public utilities (i.e., telephone switching stations, lift stations, drainage infrastructure, and similar facilities), parks and open space, municipal facilities and other civic and cultural uses subject to standards and performance criteria set forth in this plan and in the land development regulations. Policy L9.1: The commercial land use category shall accommodate activities such as general retail sales and services, professional and business offices, personal services and limited residential use. Based on current land use trends, the City estimates that the mix of uses will be 90 percent office and commercial uses and 10 percent residential, public facilities/institutional and recreation uses. Policy 1.9.2: The maximum intensity of commercial development shall be limited to 0.25 FAR The maximum density for residential uses shall be 12 units per acre, except in the SR 50 and US 27 Overlay District, which may allow a bonus density of up to 25 units per acre through an affordable housing component as provided for in the Land Development Code, Section 122, Division 12 CBD/Central Business District. Densities higher than eight units per acre shall require a conditional use permit or a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning. Policy 1.9.3: Hotels and hospitals shall be allowed as a conditional use within the commercial land use category and shall be limited to a maximum intensity of 3.0 FAR. Policy 1.9.4: Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and independent living facilities shall be permitted in the commercial land use category as a PUD consistent with land development regulations and may have a maximum intensity of 3.0 FAR. Ordinance No. 2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 I-G CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Objective 1.10: Industrial Land Use Category. l'hc industrial category- is established to prop ide sufficient land for existing and anticipated future industrial needs and requisite support services. Policy 1.10.1: Residential uses are not allowed in the industrial category. Policy 1.10.2: Uses allowed in the industrial category include manufacturing, assembling and distribution activities; warehousing and storage activities; general commercial activities; and other similar land uses which shall be regulated through appropriate land development regulations. Heavy metal fabrication, batch plants, salvage yards, chemical or petroleum manufacturing or refining, rubber or plastics manufacturing or other uses generating potentially harmful environmental or nuisance impacts shall be prohibited. Policy 1.10.3: The maximum intensity of industrial development shall be limited to 1.0 FAR. Objective 1.11: Smart Growth Principles. New development in the City shall comply with "Smart Growth" principles that minimize the emission of greenhouse gases and reduce vehicle miles of travel as opposed to conventional development standards that encourage urban sprawl. The following policies shall be incorporated into the City's land development regulations prior to the next required Evaluation and Appraisal Report. Policy L11.1: Development in the Downtown Mixed -Use land use category, and where appropriate in the Residential/Office and Master Planned Development categories, shall provide pedestrian -friendly street design (buildings close to street; porches, windows and doors; tree -lined streets; hidden parking lots; garages in rear; narrow, slow -speed streets). Policy 1.11.2: New development, as well as infill development where feasible, shall provide interconnected street grid networks to disperse traffic and encourage walkability. Developments may include a hierarchy of narrow streets, boulevards and alleys; high -quality pedestrian networks; designs that encourage a greater use of s, rollerblades, scooters and walking as daily transportation; connectivity to public transit; and a land use mix that demonstrates reduced external trips by encouraging internal trips. Policy 1.1L3: New development in the Downtown Mixed -Use, and where appropriate in the Residential/Office and Master Planned Development categories, shall provide a mix of shops, offices, apartments and homes on site and provide mixed -use within neighborhoods, within blocks and within buildings. Policy L1L4: Developments that require site plan review and approval shall be evaluated on the use of site and building design that emphasizes beauty, aesthetics, human comfort, creating a sense of place, special placement of civic uses and sites and human -scale architecture and amenities, especially at street level. Objective 1.12: Public Facilities and Services. Development, redevelopment, land use plan amendments and changes to the zoning of a site shall be coordinated with the availability of adequate services and facilities, including assurance that land is available for the needed utility facilities and services. Policy 1.12.1: The Lake -Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization's transportation concurrency management system (TCMS) and Traffic Impact Study Methodology Guidelines, Ordinance No. 2023-001 Amended Feb wag 28, 2023 I-7 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Volume 1: hake County Checkbook TCNIS dated Ma) 28, 2008, mid as amended, shall serve as the City's transportation concurrency management system. Policy L12.2: All development orders or permits, including any redevelopment activities, shall be issued only if there are public facilities and services available with sufficient capacities to maintain the level of service standards concurrent with the impacts of the proposed development. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the City shall verify with its utility department that adequate water supplies will be available to serve new development no later than the anticipated date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy. Policy 1.12.3: The City shall encourage requests for voluntary annexation into the City when those lands are logical extensions of the existing City limits, when services can be properly provided and when proposed uses are compatible with the City's comprehensive plan. Policy 1.12.4: The City shall encourage the development of undeveloped pockets and enclaves within developed areas to utilize existing facilities efficiently. Policy 1.12.5: The City shall ensure the availability of suitable land for public services and facilities necessary to support proposed development and shall approve sites for such facilities and services concurrent with the approvals for the development requiring the services and facilities. Policy L12.6: The City shall require new development to provide necessary services and facilities or to pay a fair share of the cost of those services and facilities through impact fees, special assessments, exactions, conveyance of land or easements or pro-rataagreements. Policy L12.7: The City shall continue to require dedication of adequate rights -of -way for use as roadways, stormwater management and by utility companies for new construction, service extensions or facility improvements. Policy 1.12.8: Private or public electric utilities needed to support the future land use categories may be permitted as conditional uses in all land use designations except for residential, conservation or parks categories. Policy 1.12.9: Small-scale, site -specific, or off -grid electrical generation systems serving single users or small clusters of users and which use alternative energy sources shall be allowed in all land use categories without exception. Such alternative systems shall be allowed to connect to an available electrical energy distribution system to sell excess power to an electric utility provider. All substations adjacent to residential neighborhoods or visible from a public roadway shall be required to provide landscaping and buffering to minimize visual and noise impacts. Objective 1.13: Natural Resources. Natural resources shall be protected through identification, classification, coordination with resource planning and management plans prepared pursuant to Chapter 380, F.S., and limitations on use consistent with the degree of protection required. Policy 1.13.1: The protection of natural resources shall be accomplished by one or more of the following techniques, based on the degree of protection required: • Limitations on development density and intensity; Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-8 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE • Limitations on building placement, such as required clustering of allowable development on non -sensitive portions of a site; • Limitations on building coverage or impervious surface coverage; • Requirements for setbacks and landscaped buffers sufficient to mitigate or eliminate impacts; and • Evaluation of proposed plan amendments to ensure that they do not contribute to urban sprawl and fail to protect natural resources. Policy 1.13.2: The City's determination of the degree of natural resource protection required shall be part of the development application and review process and may result in conditions on development approvals. Policy L13.3: The land development regulations shall provide for the protection of potable water wellfields by designating appropriate activities and land uses allowed within wellhead protection areas and environmentally sensitive land to protect these areas from adverse impacts of development. Policy 1.13A The City shall include standards and procedures in its land development regulations that consider topography and soil types in the review of proposed development projects. Policy L13.5: The development approval process shall ensure that new development and redevelopment is consistent with natural drainage patterns. The approval process shall require appropriate stormwater management systems consistent with the adopted drainage level of service, natural drainage patterns and soil conditions. Policy L13.6: Flood plains and floodways in the City shall be identified and development shall be limited, consistent with FEMA requirements. Policy L13.7: The City of Clermont is not located within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern; however, a portion of this resource is located within the Lake County/Clermont JPA. The City shall utilize both formal and informal modes of coordination with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Lake County and other appropriate state and local agencies that have jurisdictional authority or responsibility for regulation and management of the Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern. Policy 1.13.8: The City shall ensure the preservation of natural communities and listed animal species habitat through land acquisition of natural areas and open space. Objective 1.14: Historic Resources. Important historic and archaeological resources of the City of Clermont shall be protected through identification, classification and regulation of development consistent with the degree of protection required for the resource. Policy 1.14.1: The City, through its adopted historic preservation ordinance, will protect significant historic, cultural and archaeological resources. Policv 1.14.2: The (:its shall identifi- and inventor- sites of historical sh: iiificance. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-9 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Policy 1.14.3: The City's land dceclopmcnt regulations shall provide for the protection of significant historic resources from the impacts of development and redevelopment. Policy 1.14.4: Historic resources and their environments shall be considered for inclusion in public acquisition programs for appropriate passive recreation and for open space and conservation. Policy 1.14.5: If City construction activities reveal a suspected historical or pre -historic archaeological site, the City shall determine the extent and nature of the site and report such findings to the state by a master site file application. The City shall mitigate any impacts to the site if the site is determined to be relatively intensive in cultural remains, or significant to the archaeological or historical record. Such determination of site extent, nature and significance shall be made by a professional archaeologist as recognized by the Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, and Bureau of Historic Preservation. Policy 1.14.6: The City shall negotiate with landowners prior to the development review process, to avoid disturbance of known historical and pre -historic sites. Policy 1.14.7: The City shall support private, nonprofit groups that endeavor to preserve historic resources and request the assistance of the Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation, in identifying sources of funding and programs as a means to identify, designate, protect and preserve pre -historic sites and historic resources in Clermont. Objective 1.15: Redevelopment and Renewal of Blighted Areas. The City shall encourage redevelopment of areas that are exhibiting evidence of decline (i.e., disproportionate number of vacant, dilapidated and/or substandard structures) through redevelopment programs and through maintaining land development regulations that contain standards and procedures to encourage redevelopment where desirable. Policy 1.15.1: The City shall continue to implement the recommendations for the Clermont community redevelopment area. Policy 1.15.2: The City shall implement Housing Element directives for renewal and revitalization of substandard housing target areas within time -frames identified in the element. Policy 1.15.3: The City shall utilize available government programs such as, but not limited to, the community development block grant program, for renewal and revitalization of substandard housing sites as identified in the Housing Element. Objective 1.16: Plan Implementation. The City shall maintain land use and development regulations to address issues identified in this and other plan element goals, objectives and policies. Policy 1.16.1: Proposed residential developments shall be required to meet state subdivision requirements and the City's land development regulations with regard to platting and providing improvements such as roads, drainage and other facilities and services. All divisions of land, whether requiring a subdivision plat or not, shall be required to meet concurrency management and access requirements as stated in this comprehensive plan. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-10 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Policy 1.16.2: Zoning districts in the City's land devc1opmcnt rcguliuicnis shall implement the future land use categories adopted in the comprehensive plan, including the types of uses and the densities and intensities of uses. Policy 1.16.3: It is the intent of the City of Clermont to ensure that adequate open space is provided through the following: • active or passive recreation sites; • landscaped buffers; • protected natural resource lands; • protected environmentally sensitive lands; • areas devoted to drainage and stormwater retention; • landscaping requirements; and • minimum open space requirements for master -planned developments. Policy 1.16A The City shall maintain and enhance the safety and efficiency of the arterial and collector road system and minimize transportation conflicts associated with development by coordinating the FDOT driveway permitting process, limiting development access to the transportation system and increasing interconnection between adjacent developments. Policy L16.5: All development shall provide for safe, convenient, and appropriately designed traffic circulation on the site, including provisions for needed parking. Policy 1.16A The City shall maintain in the land development regulations procedures and standards for planned developments to encourage mixed -use projects, to encourage traditional neighborhood development, and to encourage and allow innovative site design and development approaches. Policy 1.16.7: The land development regulations shall determine where buffers shall be required between adjacent land uses. Buffers may be either prescriptive standards or variable and shall be defined in the land development regulations. Buffers may serve one or more of the following purposes: provide functional separations between dissimilar uses; provide landscaping adjacent to parking lots and other vehicle use areas; and provide protection from uses that may have some degree of incompatibility that can be mitigated wholly or partially to protect against light, glare, noise or appearance. Policy L16.8: Public schools are an allowable use in all land use categories except conservation, parks and industrial. Public technical/training schools may be located in the industrial category. The location of schools shall be proximate to existing and planned urban residential areas to the extent possible and shall be located based on siting criteria that includes but is not limited to school size, land area, land use compatibility, environmental impacts, availability of public utilities, transportation impacts and public safety. The following criteria shall apply: • Public elementary schools shall be sited primarily in residential areas that include housing types and densities to meet the school's enrollment capacity with students who are predominately within walking distance of the school. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-11 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE • Public middle and high schools may be sited in areas with a mix of land uses, including commercial. • Access to public school sites should be from a collector road for middle and high schools or a collector or local road for elementary schools. Ingress and egress should not create detrimental impacts on roads adjacent to the site. Approaches to the site should be safe for pedestrians, bicycles, cars and buses. • Public utilities shall be available to the site. Policy 1.16.9: The City shall encourage the co -location of public facilities, such as parks, libraries and community centers, with schools to the maximum extent feasible. Policy 1.16.10: Development regulations shall require street, pedestrian and transit layouts that discourage non-residential through -traffic in residential neighborhoods, but that encourage energy and time -efficient access points and interconnections between residential areas. GOAL 2: To create a long-term master plan for the Wellness Way area which promotes significant economic development while encouraging fiscally efficient and well- balanced development patterns that minimize environmental impacts and leverage existing resources. Objective 2.1: Significant Initiatives of Wellness Way. The City shall pursue the following initiatives: • Job creation and economic development • Regional transportation connectivity • Creation of the wellness corridor/recreation/open space network • Promotion of recreation and healthy living • Water smart approaches • Preservation of scenic resources including topography • Health and wellness community development Policy 2.1.1: To achieve these initiatives, these Goals, Objectives and Policies (GOPs) specifically address the unique conditions of Wellness Way. It is paramount for these GOPs to be flexible for the long-term horizon of development in Wellness Way. Further, to provide predictability, there are six (6) future land use categories (FLUC) as described below: A. Multi Use B. US 27 C. Neighborhood D. Wellness Way North E. Conservation Subdivision F. Water Consery II These six future land use categories are depicted on the Future Land Use Map. The Map will also identify the five proposed arterial roadways that make up the primary roadway network. Final primary roadway alignments may be determined in the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-12 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN process or through an independent alignment study. FUTURE LAND USE Policy 2.1.2: Wellness Way is based upon providing sufficient land area to achieve a target of 1.25 to 1 jobs -to -housing ratio. The plan will also require significant open space set asides within each PUD to ensure internal open space connectivity as well as connectivity to Lake Louisa State Park and Orange County. Objective 2.2: Economic Development Branding Strategy. The City, in collaboration with Lake County, shall develop a comprehensive economic development and branding strategy that achieves a target jobs -to -housing ratio within wellness way by focusing on growth and retention of target industries and the complimentary land uses and infrastructure needed to support them. Policy 2.2.1: Jobs -To -Housing Ratio, Minimum Non -Residential Square Feet & Land Area Set -Asides The City shall seek to achieve a target jobs -to -housing ratio of 1.25 jobs per one (1) dwelling unit (1.25: 1) within Wellness Way. The target jobs -to -housing ratio will be achieved by ensuring a minimum volume of employment generating non-residential uses can be accommodated within the planning area. The City shall analyze each PUD submittal to ensure the PUD reserves an adequate amount of land for employment uses to achieve the desired volume of non- residential square footage that will produce the targeted ratio for the overall wellness way planning area. To ensure that an adequate volume of land is set aside to accommodate the required non- residential square footage, a FLUC specific minimum FAR (as shown in Policy 2.3.2.) is applied to the non- residential square footage requirement. All PUDs are required to set aside enough acreage, as calculated above, to accommodate the required non-residential square footage at the minimum average FAR. Land use types that can be counted towards the non- residential square footage requirements include traditional, job -generating commercial, office and industrial uses (where appropriate), as well as other job -generating land uses, such as secondary education facilities, hotels, technical schools and hospitals/medical. Policy 2.2.2: Target Industries Non-residential employment development within Wellness Way shall target, but are not limited to, a broad base of industry sectors. This will allow for a diverse and dynamic range of economic development and job growth opportunities. Target industries may include: A. Ag-Tech B. Eco-tourism and Agri -tourism C. Education and Health Services D. Human Performance, Sports Medicine and Sports Training E. Leisure and Hospitality F. Manufacturing G. Medical and bio-medical H. Professional and Business Services I. Research Facilities J. Retail Trade Ordinance No. 2023-00 / I-13 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN K. Transportation, Trade and Utilities Policy 2.2.3: Technology Infrastructure FUTURE LAND USE Key to the success of Wellness Way will be the application of an advanced technology infrastructure network. PUDs within Wellness Way shall include an analysis of technology infrastructure to determine if the most current and innovative technologies are being utilized. PUDs shall identify technology infrastructure corridors and shall develop a strategy for ensuring the long-term viability of the technology infrastructure network. Policy 2.2.4: Energy Conservation A primary component of Wellness Way will be the use of alternative energy sources to promote economic development. The use of sustainable energy generation will attract businesses and foster the proliferation of green technology. Alternative energy resources should be encouraged as a power source for residential and non- residential development alike. PUDs should demonstrate how alternative energy sources will be incorporated into the development when economically feasible. Objective 2.3: Land Use, Hierarchy of Place and Wellness Corridors The intent of Wellness Way is to create a fiscally efficient development pattern through a diversity of land uses and locally appropriate urban form. The form shall promote land use densities, intensities and mixed uses that integrate and support alternative transportation modes, decrease trip lengths, and promote internal capture. The Framework Map shall guide the relationships of land use, transportation, Wellness Space and is intended to provide a hierarchy of place within each PUD. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-14 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Figure 1 — Framework Map Wellness Way CommmityDeAglGaidelines 11 Figure 2.1. WeAnas Wzy Lkvelopnent Dristrict FnrricworL Map j 1 Ncghbo.ho d Dais- I ) LIS 27 Di.rricr I (.Maki U� W Dk.., P I �1uIt1 Ur.LDkMn j I Con iw SubdWuion Dimkt [ I Wdmr %Y No. h Dbtdct l [ I CONSEW Dame, lol Waterb„dir, f I Md.& (—I P mary RmA%n Naw k St diary Rand e r Nee.oh H Cl.y Road IPrtav 4 10 Coumv Pak I(_jl Conaptu.l Nelgb6-6-J F.,, 1 Subarea for pu pra ai Program .Ulti i.d",d bF WWN s 2 Location and —.r dwetland+ and --K-d- ah— on tbb map arc approximate and wb"r ..0 trer and t�rdatrry aReay iur I.d�. u�v.J decnmitwti�tw FUTURE LAND USE Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-15 Amended Febm vy 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Policy 2.3.1: Future Land Use Categories The following six future land use categories, as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, are intended to provide for a broad range of compatible and complimentary uses including employment, housing, recreation, agriculture and conservation uses. The general purpose of each category is described below. Specific allowable uses shall be provided for in the implementing development regulations, design guidelines and standards. A. The Multi -Use FLUC is intended to be the primary concentration of employment and non- residential uses in Wellness Way. There are two distinct Multi -Use Districts. The Multi - Use W District is centered on the intersection of Wellness Way and US 27. The Multi -Use L District, supporting increased options for logistics and distribution, occurs at the planned County Road 455 and the Lake- Orange Connector expressway. R The US 27 FLUC is intended to support moderate density residential, commercial, and employment uses that serve the daily needs of the residents and employees from nearby neighborhoods and workplaces. The district is not intended to create a conventional `strip commercial' frontage along US 27. C. The Neighborhood FLUC is intended to support lower density neighborhood development outside the boundaries of Wellness Way's community and employment centers in the US 27 and Multi- Use Districts. This is the largest district and requires flexibility in design to accommodate neighborhood and housing types for many market segments. D. The Conservation Subdivision FLUC is intended to promote a balance between carefully designed residential development while supporting the ecological value of the `mosaic' of wetlands and uplands that characterize the area. Recognition of wildlife corridors is central to the purpose of the district. E The Wellness Way North FLUC is intended to implement the existing Wellness Way Area Plan allocation of low density residential with the required minimum of non- residential/employment square footage. F. The Water Consery II FLUC is intended to recognize the public ownership nature of the land holding and as such, no private urban land uses are permitted. Public facilities, including schools, utilities and other support facilities for public uses are permitted. Public access as an open space amenity is highly encouraged. Policy 2.3.2: Future Land Use Categories Capacity Allocation Development potential within Wellness Way shall be determined utilizing the "Maximum Capacity Allocation Table." The capacity calculations provided in the "Maximum Capacity Allocation Table" determine the maximum number of residential units that can be constructed within a PUD, and the minimum amount of non-residential acreage that must be set aside within the PUD. Regardless of the actual buildable densities and intensities (see Policy 2.3.3 for density and intensity calculations), the MAXIMUM number of residential units within a PUD cannot exceed the capacity calculations provided in the "Maximum Capacity Allocation Table." Similarh•, the set asides for non-residential uses cannot fall below the MINIMUM Ordinance No. 2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 i-I6 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE capacity determined utilizing the "Maximum Capacity Allocation Table." "Capacity" is calculated utilizing "net acres" (gross acres minus wetland acres minus water body acres). All net acreage within Wellness Way shall be allocated to one of three categories according to the table below: 1. Open Space: Lands comprising the Wellness Space and Green Space areas 2. Center: Area for required non-residential uses and associated residential uses 3. Residential: Area of residential uses Future Land Use Category Open Space Minimum Residential Maximum Center Minimum Neighborhood 30% 65% 5% US 27 30% 55% 15% Multi -Use 30% 50% 20% Conservation Subdivision 50% 50% N/A Wellness Way North 1 30% 60% 10% Wellness Way North 2 30% 60% 10% Wellness Way North 3 30% 1 60% 10% Each upland acre regardless of tier designation shall receive an allocation of residential capacity and be required to set aside non-residential acreage according to the figures provided below, with the exception of existing PUDs, which maintain their current entitlements until such time as a PUD is approved. Maximum Capacity Allocation Table Future Land Use Category Maximum Capacity / Net Residential Acre Minimum FAR / Net Non- Residential Acre Neighborhood 3.60 d.0 ' 0.30 US 27 5.75 d.0 0.25 Multi -Use 8.00 d.0 0.20 Conservation Subdivision 2.70 (d.u) 0.00 Wellness Way North 1 3.08 d.0 0.33 Wellness Way North 2 2.67 d.0 0.25 Wellness Way North 3 2.25 d.0 0.17 1 This does not include potential right-of-way density bonuses (Policy 2.8.1). * The maximum capacity for the neighborhood district may be enhanced up to 20%, using one or more of the following: 1. An extraordinary upfront capital contribution to off -site public infrastructure within Wellness Way including, but not limited to: A. Public parks Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-17 Amended Febrwg 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN B. Public open space C. Public trail system D. Water Consery II trail system E. Bike/pedestrian bridge over us 27 F. Any other contribution to public infrastructure and/or public facilities FUTURE LAND USE 2. Transfer of density from Conservation Subdivision District or Wellness Way North District via a final PUD. Any proposed enhancement to the maximum capacity of the neighborhood district is not a right granted by this policy but must be proffered at the time of consideration of the pud. The proposed maximum capacity enhancement shall be evaluated based on achieving the goal and objectives of the wellness way area plan. Policy 2.3.3: Example Residential Capacity and Non -Residential Acreage Set -Aside Calculation: A proposed PUD contains 500 net acres (gross acres minus wetland acres minus water body acres) within the Neighborhood District and 250 net acres within the Multi -Use District. The Neighborhood District FLUC allows a Residential land allocation of up to 65% and requires a Center land allocation of at least 5%. The Multi -Use District FLUC allows a Residential land allocation of up to 50% and requires a Center land allocation of at least 20%. The Neighborhood District FLUC allows a density of 3.60 dwelling units per net Residential acre and requires a minimum average FAR of 0.30 per net Center acre. The Multi -Use District FLUC allows a density of 8.00 dwelling units per net Residential acre and requires a minimum average FAR of 0.30 per net Center acre. Step 1: Land Allocation Calculation • Neighborhood District ■ Residential Maximum: 500 net acres * 65% Residential = 325 acres ■ Center Minimum: 500 net acres * 5% Center = 25 acres ■ Open Space Minimum: 500 net acres * 30% Open Space = 150 acres • Multi -Use District ■ Residential Maximum: 250 net acres * 50% Residential = 125 acres ■ Center Minimum: 250 net acres * 20% Center = 50 acres ■ Open Space Minimum: 250 net acres * 30% Open Space = 75 acres • Total Land Allocation ■ Residential Maximum: 450 acres ■ Center Minimum: 75 acres ■ Open Space Minimum: 225 acres Step 2: Maximum Density Calculation • Neighborhood District: 500 net acres * 65% Residential * 3.6 du/ac = 1,170 dwelling units • Multi -Use District: 250 net acres * 50% Residential * 8.0 du/ac = 1,000 dwelling units • Total Dwelling Units: 2,170 Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-18 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Step 3: Minimum Non -Residential Calculation • Neighborhood District: 500 net acres * 5% Center * 0.30 FAR = 326,700 sf • Multi -Use District: 250 net acres * 20% Center * 0.30 FAR = 653,400 sf • Total Minimum Non -Residential Program = 980,100 sf FUTURE LAND USE Policy 2.3.4: Future Land Use Categories Density and Intensity Calculations Within Wellness Way, density and intensity calculations provide guidelines for the construction of residential units and non-residential square footage. Density and intensity calculations do not determine the total number of residential units and non-residential square footage allowed; those calculations are referred to as "capacity" and are provided in Policy 2.3.2. Densities and intensities are calculated utilizing "net buildable acres" (Gross acres minus wetland acres minus water body acres minus designated open space, see Policy 2.3.9 for open space guidelines) within the building footprint for that land use type (residential vs. non- residential). The total number of residential units within a PUD cannot exceed the maximum residential capacity calculation as indicated in Policy 2.3.2.2 The minimum and maximum net density and intensity for any development site within a PUD is set by the following table: Future Land Use Category Density/Intensity Tier Summary Table Density/ Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum Intensity Density/ Density/ Average Average Tier Net Net FAR FAR Buildable Buildable Acre Acre Tier A 6.00 25.00 (d.u) 0.25 2.00 d.0 Tier B 3.00 20.00 (d.u) 0.25 2.00 d.0 Tier C 2.50 15.00(d.u) 0.15 2.00 d.0 Tier D 2.00 10.00 (d.u) 0.15 2.00 d.0 Policy 2.3.4.1: Flexibility of Future Land Use Category Boundaries within Single Ownership If a proposed PUD contains more than one Future Land Use category, a developer may propose the relocation of the boundaries of each FLU category within the boundaries of the PUD, to provide flexibility in overall project design. The resulting development program/entitlement shall not exceed the program/entitlement of the original FLU category boundaries. The burden is on the developer is to show how the proposed boundary modification results in a superior project design and how it exceeds the goal and objectives of Wellness Way. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-19 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 22 Section 2 1 Districts Figure 2 — Dcnsity'/Intensity Tiers Figure 2.2.1: DmitylIntcnsimTien CW Ik mnnansitc TktA [ ] IknrityA n:n.iw TWB [ Ne mAntensitq Tia C [ ] NnsitpAnten.ltc TiaD [ ] Nci6h6orhocd D'uaict [ ] US 27 DWrlct [ ] Xlti U.e W Di. da [ ) ,Null U.e L 131—ct [ J Con>avotlon Subdivision Dintict ( ] W81— Wry North Diwict I ( ] CONSERN bi.tdct (� Watcrbodies [—] Nirt-ry R—dt N—,k [--) Serond,q Rood.n Net—& Clay Rmd(P—ervcd) Policy 2.3.5: Location and Timing of Non -Residential Construction. FUTURE LAND USE Land areas set aside for the purposes of non-residential uses will be termed Centers. Non- residential development must occur within a Center. Centers may have a mix of non-residential and residential uses. In these cases, the residential uses must be built concurrently or after the construction of the non- residential uses. All Centers shall be appropriately placed in commercially viable locations located along an arterial or collector road. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-20 Amended Febra 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Land areas set aside for the purposes of non-residential uses will be termed Centers. Non- residential development must occur within a Center. Centers may have a mix of non-residential and residential uses. In these cases, the residential uses must be built concurrently or after the construction of the non- residential uses. All Centers shall be appropriately placed in commercially viable locations located along an arterial or collector road. Policy 2.3.6: Urban Form Guiding Principles Wellness Way is envisioned as a mixed -use area proximate to arterial thoroughfares. Land uses are intended to be flexible allowing employment, residential, institutional, agriculture and Wellness/Green Space. The following are the urban form guiding principle: A. The overall community is intended to include a mix of uses that integrate residential, non- residential and open space networks. The overall Framework Plan and standards were developed to ensure the desired percentage distribution of uses within Wellness Way. B. An interconnected Wellness/Green Corridor network including a trail system to reach destinations within Wellness Way such as Centers, schools, parks as well as neighborhoods. C. Plan for and implement regional roadway connectivity as generally depicted on the Future Land Use Map. D. An emphasis on complete streets and multi -modal facilities (bike trails, on -street parking, enhanced pedestrian environments). E. A green strategy considering a balance of development, preservation, energy, conservation and water conservation. F. School centered development pattern with a co -located neighborhood park and connectivity to the Wellness Corridor network for each school. G. Neighborhood scale development based upon a pedestrian orientation with neighborhood centers/parks as the center of the neighborhood to create neighborhood identity and place. H. Allow interim and/or permanent agricultural uses. I. All development will adhere to dark sky standards. J. All distribution lines for new development in Wellness Way shall be located underground. These guiding principles shall be specifically demonstrated in all PUDs. Policy 2.3.7: Pedestrian Orientation Design decisions must be oriented to the pedestrian scale. The Design Guidelines and Standards that implement this plan must be incorporated in the development standards for each PUD zoning, which culminates at the detailed design level with the specifications for complete street design. Policy 2.3.8: Wellness Corridors Wellness Corridor (WC) networks connect communities, Multi -use Districts, Centers, neighborhoods and destinations together in a series of integrated trail and pedestrian facilities. WC networks may contain the following elements: A. Community farms and gardens B. Wetlands C. Water bodies Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-21 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN D. Preserved uplands E. Trails, pedestrian ways and bikeways F. View sheds and scenic resources G. Cultural and environmental resources H. Parks/recreation facilities for active and passive use I. Stormwater management facilities Policy 2.3.9: Open Space FUTURE LAND USE A significant amount of land area in the form of open space and natural protected areas will be protected in Wellness Way. The natural protected areas include wetlands and water bodies. Open space will be divided into two separate categories, Wellness Space and Green Space, with each type allowing different uses. Wellness Space includes land area that remains minimally developed, such as trails and boardwalks, as part of a natural resource preserve or active/passive recreation area. Wellness Space also includes land area open to public access and gathering places, such as parks, piazzas, plazas and urban squares. Wellness Space may include permeable storm water areas if enhanced as amenities using native vegetation. Open water bodies, completely surrounded by uninterrupted Wellness Space, may also be counted as Wellness Space. Green Space includes land areas for the purpose of protecting natural resources or environmental quality, including areas designated for such purposes as flood control, protection of quality or quantity of groundwater or surface water, or protection of vegetative communities or wildlife habitat and shall include land preserved for conservation purposes. Green Space should be maintained in such a way to encourage the proliferation of native flora and fauna. Active recreation is prohibited in Green Space; passive recreation is allowed in Green Space. Policy 2.3.10: Minimum Wellness and Green Space Allocation All PUDs will identify and reserve 20% of the net acres as Wellness Space and 10% of the net acres as Green Space. Wetlands and water bodies cannot be counted towards a PUD's Wellness Space or Green Space allocation, with the exception of water bodies that are completely surrounded by uninterrupted Wellness Space, in which case, up to 25% of the water body may be counted towards the Open Space requirement. A 50-foot-wide continuous upland buffer is required around all wetlands and waterbodies counted towards Open Space. Policy 2.3.10.1 Trout Lake Wellness Trail All properties having frontage on Trout Lake shall, as part of the Wellness Space requirements, provide at least a 50' wide corridor and multi -use trail adjacent to the lake edge for a publicly accessible trail. Policy 2.3.11: Open Space Design Open Space is meant to I-)n idc an amenity to the c<m1mL111M and should he designed to Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-22 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE promote public access. Open Space tracts are encouraged to be placed in the interior of a PUD. Narrow open space tracts, boarding the perimeter of a PUD, being used solely as a buffer, shall be discouraged. All open space calculations shall be determined during the PUD review process and shall be phased consistent with development. Policy 2.3.12: Conservation Lands The determination of areas most suitable for permanent preservation shall occur during the preparation of a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The permanent preservation of suitable areas through recordation of conservation easements, consistent with s. 704.06 FS, as amended, shall correspond with each development phase or stage. Once an area is placed in permanent preservation, either through easement or acquisition, the Future Land Use Map designation of that area may be amended to Conservation. Objective 2.4: Mobility. Development within Wellness Way shall be managed to reduce vehicle trips, minimize vehicle trip lengths, and reduce vehicle miles travelled through the encouragement of clustered mixed -use development and the internal capture of trips and through the development of an interconnected, transportation network. The proposed arterial roadways as generally depicted on the future land use map make up the primary roadway network. Final primary roadway alignments and additional connections may be determined in the PUD process. Policy 2.4.1: Primary Roadway Network System -wide transportation capacity within Wellness Way shall be achieved through the design and development of an interconnected, multi -modal roadway network with appropriately spaced and properly sized roadway, pedestrian, bicycle, transit and alternative vehicular components. Planned Unit Developments (PUD) shall be generally consistent with the primary roadway network identified on the Framework Map and as listed below. Any deviations from the number and location of primary roadways identified on the Framework Map shall not deteriorate the high level of interconnectivity within the Urban Service Area's network. Deviations to a significant extent a possible to protect environmentally sensitive lands so long as the continuity of the network and each of the multimodal features for that facility are maintained. Primary Roadway Network a. Wellness Way from US 27 to the Orange County Line b. Hancock Road from Wellness Way to Hartwood Marsh Road c. Schofield Road from the intersection of Wellness Way and Hancock Road to the Orange County Line d. CR 455 Extension from Hartwood Marsh Road to Sawgrass Bay Boulevard Each PUD shall be required to assess its proportionate share of roadway impacts to the Primary Roadway Network, as well as impacts to US 27 and Hartwood Marsh Road. The findings of this assessment shall be used as the basis for mitigating transportation impacts in a Roadway/Transportation Impact Fee Credit Agreement with Lake County. Oiinance No. 2023-001 I-23 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE FIGURE 3 — PRIMARY ROADWAY NETWORK Policy 2.4.2 Complete Streets Thoroughfares within Wellness Way shall be designed to accommodate pedestrians, bicycles, transit, freight, and motor vehicles within a circulation network with the allocation of right- of-way provided for in the PUD approval process. To assist with the design of future roadways and ensure that these facilities consider all modes of transportation, typical complete street cross -sections shall be established in the implementing Design Guidelines and Standards, and shall be used to guide the design of proposed facilities during the PUD process. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-24 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Policy 2.4.3: Pedestrian Facilities FUTURE LAND USE Through a complementary relationship between transportation, land use and urban design, development within Wellness Way shall support walking as an important part of daily travel. Design and construction of transportation facilities and land uses shall give highest priority to walking as a basic and efficient mode of transportation and may include the following - A. Appropriately sized and obstruction -free sidewalks connecting residential neighborhoods to employment districts, retail areas, parks and schools; B. Well designed and highly -visible crosswalks which ensure pedestrian safety in areas where conflicts with vehicular traffic may occur; C. The use of streetscapes that offer a safe and inviting environment for pedestrians especiallyby providing shade, amenities and buffering from vehicular traffic; and/or, D. Pedestrian oriented design of buildings adjacent to sidewalks including, minimal front setbacks, entrances that provide direct access from the public sidewalk, maximum first floor opacity standards, and the placement of vehicular use areas to the back or side of buildings. E. Provision of Wellness Corridors with multi -use paths and trails. Policy 2.4.4: Pol Facilities PUDs shall include a safe and continuous bicycle network that encourages cycling as both a means of transportation and a recreational activity. Bicycle networks shall connect residential neighborhoods with the Multi -Use Districts, Centers, neighborhoods, parks and schools. These facilities may include: A. Shared lane markings; B. Designated bike lanes; C. Separated bike facilities or "cycle tracks"; and/or, D. Multi -use paths and trails. Policy 2.4.5: The `Wellness Ridgeway' The Wellness Ridgeway Network is intended to be a system of trails providing non -motorized transportation within and through Wellness Way. The Network is organized to provide both recreational and functional use to origins and destinations such as parks and schools within Residential areas and employment and commercial areas in Centers. The Network is made up of four types of trails: a. Trunk Trail b. Neighborhood Trail c. Clay Road d. Water Consery II Trail The implementing Design Guidelines and Standards shall establish design criteria for each type of trail. The Wellness Ridgeway is a component part of the overall Wellness Corridor Network. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-25 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Policy 2.4.6: Transit FUTURE LAND USE Centers located on arterial and collector roads offer the future opportunity for the Regional Transit Authority to consider providing transit service to and between Multi -use Districts, Centers and other regional destinations. Policy 2.4.7: External Trip Reduction PUDs within shall introduce measures that produce a reduction in net external trips. A variety of options and innovative techniques to meet this goal shall be included in the PUD including Wellness Corridors, complete streets, a pedestrian oriented design emphasis and the possible inclusion of future transit service. Policy 2.4.8: Level of Service The minimum roadway level of service standard within Wellness Way shall be "E," except for US 27 which shall remain at LOS "D." Policy 2.4.9: Multimodal Street Design Standards The City and Lake County shall establish design standards to ensure streets are safe, convenient and appealing for all modes of travel, including automobiles, trucks, bicycles and pedestrians and possible future bus service. Strategies shall include marked crosswalks, wider sidewalks, on -street parking, traffic calming, raised medians, adequate drainage or other appropriate safety enhancements that reduce hazardous conflicts between modes and that are consistent with the planned functions of the roadway. Policy 2.4.10: Connectivity To promote communities that are physically connected to each other and to foster community and connectedness beyond the development, all PUDs shall include sub -arterial streets stubbed to the boundary of the development in all cardinal directions unless physically constrained by natural or other features. Development plans within a PUD shall include streets connecting to all streets stubbed to the boundary of adjacent development plans. Street connections shall be made between adjacent development regardless of the parent development and adjacent land uses in order to continue the interconnected street network. The City and Lake County shall coordinate the interconnection of the roadway network with Orange County roadways to the east. Wellness Way, Schofield Road, Old YMCA Road, and Sawgrass Bay Blvd (to Flemings Road) are critical east -west connections that would benefit the City and both Counties. Policy 2.4.11: Land Use and Transportation Integration to Reduce Vehicular Travel The land use densities, intensities and mixture of land uses within Wellness Way are intended to integrate and support alternative transportation modes, enhance multi -modal transportation, decrease trip lengths, and promote internal capture. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-26 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Objective 2.5: Natural and Scenic Resources FUTURE LAND USE Wellness Way is home to many natural resources; the area consists of xeric uplands, wetlands and surface waters, most notably Trout Lake, Adain Lake, Sawgrass Lake, and the Urban Service Area borders Johns Lake to the north. The Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) shall provide for the conservation of significant natural, scenic and cultural resources through the creation of an interconnected open space known as the Wellness Corridor (WC) network within Wellness Way. These resources and corridors shall be specifically demonstrated in the PUDs. The City shall protect its natural resources in Wellness Way through adoption of PUDs that promote the preservation or conservation of environmentally sensitive lands to include habitats containing listed animal and plant species. Natural resource protection shall be achieved through mechanisms such as buffer requirements, lower allowable densities in environmentally sensitive areas, open space preservation requirements, removal of exotic plan and animal species, maintenance of corridors, preservation of native vegetation, control of hydrological characteristics, and through use of clustering to help minimize the effect of development. The permanent preservation of suitable areas through recordation of conservation easements, consistent with s. 704.06 FS, as amended, shall correspond with each development phase or stage. Policy 2.5.1: Identification of Environmentally Sensitive Areas The Wellness Way Future Land Use Map generally identifies areas of potential environmentally sensitive lands. The Conservation Land Map shall guide the preparation of subsequent PUDs and their respective detailed identification of lands for permanent protection or preservation. Policy 2.5.2: Identification and Preservation of Wetlands and Water Bodies Wetlands and water bodies shall be delineated during the PUD process. The types, values, functions, sizes, conditions and locations of wetlands within the planning area, shall be determined through on -site studies and field verification as the primary data source conducted by qualified professionals in accordance with state and federal regulations, guidelines and procedures. The existing wetland systems have several important functions, including flow of water (lakes are connected by waterways and streams), and habitat for plants and wildlife. Wetland impacts shall be carefully planned so as to avoid inordinate impacts to the wetlands system. A mandatory minimum setback of 50 feet from all jurisdictional wetland lines shall be established in the PUDs, and a minimum 50-foot-wide buffer shall apply to all retained isolated and non -isolated wetlands, and rivers and streams. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-27 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE A Conservation Lands Map of the Wellness Way area is shown in Figure 4: Figure 4 — Conservation Lands Map Wiliness Way Area Plan Conservation Lands Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-28 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Policy 2.5.3: Conservation of Regionally Significant Natural Resources FUTURE LAND USE The Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project (CLIP), and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) databases shall be consulted during the preparation of all PUD. Areas designated as Priority 1 or 2 within the CLIP database and areas within the FFWC database containing known locations of rare and imperiled species of plants and animals shall be given the highest consideration for protection or preservation within a PUD. The following chart lists the State of Florida Listed Animal Species with a possibility of occurrence in Lake County. Common Name Scientific Name Status American Alligator Alligator tnississi iensis Federally -designated Threatened Bald Eagle Hallaeetus leucoce haul Not currently listed Eastern Indigo Snake Drymarchon couperi I Florida Black Bear Ursus americanus floridanus State -designated Threatened (ST) Florida Sandhill Crane Grus Canadensis pratensis ST Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens FT Florida Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia floridana State Species of Special Concern SSC Florida Mouse Podom s floridanus SSC Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyuphermus ST Least Tern Stemula antillarium ST Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea SSC Red -Cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis Federally -designated FIndangered E Sherman's Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger shermani SSC Short -tailed Snake Lam ro eltis extenuate ST Sand Skink Plestiodon re noldsi FT Snowy Egret Ejzretta thula SSC Southeastern American Kestrel Falco sparverlus paulus ST Tricolored Heron Egretta Tricolor SSC White Ibis Eudocimus albus SSC Wood Stork M cteria Americana FE Osprey Pandlon hallaetus SSC Ordinance No. 2023-001 I 29 Amended Febrmag 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE There are no known species that occur in the area that require special management plans or planning considerations other than the gopher tortoise, a state -designated threatened species; the bald eagle, which is not currently listed as a threatened or endangered species; and sand skink, which are listed as federally -designated threatened. The Wildlife Resources Map, shown below, illustrates known wildlife occurrences within the area. Figure 5 - Wildlife Locations Wildlife Eq. M.. E.O. • Yane•w ♦ rrn.. r�.0 ttBOunderm 4...J W W i6Abiary (� :aMM iY.OM I AK! COUNTY WoUriess My Arw Plan e .m WWOM I Xlvs Endangered and threatened species shall be afforded protection based on the regulatory requirements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC), and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Ordinance No. 2023-001 130 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Policy 2.5.4: Lake Wales Ridge FUTURE LAND USE The Lake Wales Ridge follows the east side of US Highway 27 south from Lake Apopka through Polk County and ending in Highlands County. The ridge consists of an ecosystem known as scrub and is currently home to 53 rare, indigenous and endangered plant and animal species including the Florida scrub jay, sand skink, and scrub mint. The planning area is located east of US Highway 27. Endangered and threatened species shall be afforded protection based on the regulatory requirements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC), and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Policy 2.5.5: Wildlife Data An applicant for a PUD shall submit baseline data consistent with the guidelines for any state or federally listed wildlife or plant species, based on Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey methodologies and casual observation of non -listed wildlife and plant species. The purpose of the baseline data is to recognize the cumulative effects that development within Wellness Way is having on species diversity and habitat over a period oftime. Policy 2.5.6: Identification and Preservation of Xeric Uplands During the preparation of PUDs, upland areas containing xeric or scrub habitats should be analyzed closely for permanent preservation. Large habitat patches in close proximity to each other provide for the greatest species diversity and minimizes extinction probabilities; small patches that are isolated are less likely to preserve species. Habitat fragmentation shall be discouraged. If preserved, these areas may serve as relocation sites for gopher tortoises, sand skinks, and other xeric-adapted species that may be present within the Wellness Way and surrounding areas. Policy 2.5.7: Creation of The Natural Components of The Wellness Corridor Network At build -out, Wellness Way shall contain a large, interconnected WC network comprised of water bodies, wetlands, open space, important upland habitats and publicly owned lands. This system shall serve to protect environmentally sensitive lands, allow for the continued and safe movement of wildlife and provide for significant passive recreation areas for the residents, employees and visitors. Native Vegetation within Corridors Non-native landscape species shall be prohibited within these corridors, with the exception of turf grass used as road or yard stabilizer. Vegetation identified on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's List of Invasive Plant Species shall be prohibited. Movement of Wildlife Crossings Collaboration with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Florida Department of Transportation shall be required to establish standards and locations for the movement of wildlife on public roads and other corridors, as well as ensuring the crossings or corridors are of the appropriate size. Each PUD shall be reviewed for consistency with this policv during the approval proccss. Ordinance No. 2023-001 1 1 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Policy 2.5.8: Site Development Standards FUTURE LAND USE Collaboration with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall be required to prepare a site development plan based on standards that promote preservation of wildlife during development and promote the provision of usable habitat post -development. Site development standards shall include, but are not limited to, monitoring, low -voltage lighting, berms, and fencing. Post -development measures may include, but are not limited to, planting of native vegetation, low -voltage lighting, berms, and fencing. The City shall also require that vegetative communities and wildlife habitats be protected from adverse effects associated with development. The PUDs shall include provisions to require that development preserve wetlands and portions of developable uplands containing designated species or rare upland habitats. The permanent preservation of suitable areas through recordation of conservation easements, consistent with s. 704.06 FS, as amended, shall correspond with each development phase or stage. The PUD shall ensure the protection of trees and native vegetation with a target of protecting 50% of trees onsite. As appropriate, a tree replacement ratio may be implemented based on type and caliper. Special consideration shall be given to rare upland habitats and designated species within ecologically significant areas identified herein. The extent to which preservation of vegetative communities and wildlife habitats shall be protected and incorporated into protected open space on a development site, shall be determined during the PUD process. Policy 2.5.9: Water Conservation Based Landscaping A significant amount of water resources are used for irrigation of landscaped spaces in traditional developments. In recognition of the limited water resources available in South Lake County, developers in Wellness Way shall base their landscaping plans on water conservation principles and practices. Lake County may develop, and the City may require the implementation of the recommendations in a landscape design handbook which provides examples of water conserving landscape designs for commercial, residential and institutional developments as well as planted right of way areas. The handbook designs will feature the use of Florida native, drought tolerant species that require no irrigation once they have been established. The handbook will contain several design examples, listing acceptable plants and providing plan view layouts and pictorial representations of each design concept. Developers within Wellness Way shall utilize the handbook designs or shall propose a landscape design that conforms with water conservation principles for review during the permitting process. Exceptions may be granted for designs that receive irrigation solely from retained stormwater. Policy 2.5.10: Regulation for Reclaimed Water Shall Be Enforced to Prevent Adverse Environmental Impacts. The intent of Wellness Way is to require 100% of landscape irrigation be provided by re -use water. Another type of non -potable water supply may be used for landscape irrigation if re- use water is not available to the PUD. In no instance shall potable water be used for landscape irrigation unless authorized by the St. Johns River Water Management District pursuant to part II of Chapter 373, F.S. Ordinance No. 2023-001 1-32 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE Conservation programs, system interconnections and alternative water supply options such as reclaimed water reuse and storage, shall occur when accessible. All development containing irrigated open space shall be required to accept reclaimed water for irrigation when such reclaimed water is available adjacent to the development's boundary. Connection shall be made at the developer's cost consistent with the City of Clermont utility connection policies. Objective 2.6: Public Facilities The City shall require that all development be consistent with the Capital Improvements Element and the approved facility and service plans in order to discourage urban sprawl, meet adopted level of service standards, and thereby minimize associated public costs. Policy 2.6.1: Identification of Water Supplies All new development shall connect to non -potable sources of water, such as reclaimed water, for landscape irrigation, when available. The availability of, and requirement to connect to, Alternative Water Supplies, including reclaimed water, will be determined during the PUD approval process unless the use of water from other water sources is authorized by the St. Johns River Water Management District pursuant to part II of Chapter 373, F.S. Policy 2.6.2: Potable and Re -Use Water Facilities PUDs within Wellness Way shall include an analysis of potable and re -use water demand required to accommodate projected impacts and maintain the City's adopted level of service (LOS) for such facilities. If it is determined that sites and/or right-of-way is needed to accommodate the projected impacts, then those sites shall be conveyed prior to the issuance of building permits for development within the PUD. Policy 2.6.3: Sanitary Sewer Facilities PUDs within Wellness Way shall include an analysis of sanitary sewer demand required to accommodate projected impacts and maintain the City's level of service (LOS) for such facilities. If it is determined that sites and/or right-of-way is needed to accommodate the projected impacts, then those sites shall be conveyed prior to the issuance of building permits for development within the PUD. Policy 2.6.4: Solid Waste Services PUDs within the Wellness Way shall include an analysis of solid waste collection demand required to accommodate projected impacts and maintain the City's level of service (LOS) for such services. Policy 2.6.5 Parks and Trails Facilities PUDs within Wellness Way shall include an analysis of parks and trails required to accommodate projected impacts and maintain the City's adopted level of service (LOS) for such facilities. If it is determined that one or more publicly dedicated park sites within the proposed PUD are needed to accommodate projected impacts, then conditions shall be provided within the PUD approval to ensure that those sites are conveyed with the Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-33 1 mended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE development of the phase of the project. The Framework Map and Design Guidelines and Standards shall be used as a guide to provide parks and trails facilities within the Wellness Way area. Trails within a proposed PUD that serve as a component of the multi -modal mobility system shall be identified as part of the PUD process. Conditions for the conveyance of the right-of- way required for such trails shall be established in the PUD approval. Policy 2.6.6: Provision of Educational Facilities All PUDs within Wellness Way shall include an analysis of impacts to public schools and, when necessary, include mitigation conditions consistent with the policies and procedures identified in the First Amended Interlocal Agreement between Lake County and Lake County School Board and Municipalities for School Facilities Planning and Siting (the ILA). If it is determined that one or more school sites within the proposed PUD are needed to accommodate projected impacts, then those sites shall be consistent with the PSFE's School Facility Siting objective and policies. PUDs shall analyze the impacts of the future residential land uses on public schools and identify the facilities needed. The City shall act in accordance with Objective 1.7 and associated policies of the Intergovernmental Coordination Element of this Comprehensive Plan when coordinating with the Lake County School Board. In addition to the PSFE's school facility siting objective and policies, the public school siting provisions of Sections 333.03 and 1013.36, F.S., and the First Amended Interlocal Agreement between Lake County and Lake County School Board and Municipalities for School Facilities Planning and Siting (the ILA) shall be followed when identifying and dedicating public school sites. Future school sites shall be suitable for development as a public school and have the ability to be served with the necessary infrastructure, such as the following: potable and non -potable water, sanitary sewer, electrical power, high-speed internet service and transportation facilities. When it is not possible to avoid soil conditions on a public school site that would require remediation in order to permit vertical construction, such remediation will be included in the applicant's capital improvements plan for mitigation of the impacts on public schools. Policy 2.6.7: Provision of Law Enforcement, Fire Protection and Emergency Services All PUDs within Wellness Way shall include an analysis of law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical services impacts and shall include coordination with Clermont Fire Department and Clermont Police Department to determine if facility sites are required within the PUD to ensure the provision of adequate public facilities and services. If it is determined that land is needed to accommodate the siting of facilities required to address the impacts of the proposed PUD, the provision of these lands shall become a condition of approval of the PUD and be conveyed prior to the issuance of building permits for development within the PUD. Given the current location of existing Fire/EMS facilities of the City to the north and Lake County to the South, the City and Lake County should consider coordinating a joint City - Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-34 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE County Fire/EMS facility in the center of Wellness Way to provide the highest level of response times at the least cost to the community. Policy 2.6.8: Conveyed Land Value In order to ensure that new development adequately pays for growth -related impacts, the Clermont City Council shall have the authority to determine the valuation or date of valuation of property for the purpose of impact fee credits for property deemed as a required adequate public facility beyond the needs of Wellness Way. The value will be agreed upon by both the City and the land owner or established by appraisals by registered appraisers acceptable to both the City and land owner. The terms of this valuation shall be incorporated into a developer's agreement for a specific development. Any Developer that conveys land at no cost to the City or other public entity for any public facility, may have the associated development program/entitlement from that conveyed land transferred to the balance of their PUD for use in the over all project. Policy 2.6.9: Coordinated Development While there is separate property ownership within Wellness Way, planning for development will occur in a coordinated and comprehensive way. The initial extension of potable and non - potable water and sewer service must be sized for the PUD with a Utilities Agreement and built infrastructure and conveyed lands are eligible for reimbursement for excess capacity and land area beyond the need of the proposed development. The Future Land Use Map will establish a general guide for connectivity. Primary Roadway alignments will be set with the PUD process and/or a Roadway Agreement between participating property owners and built infrastructure and conveyed lands are eligible for reimbursement for excess capacity and land area beyond the need of the proposed development. Roadway terminus to terminus alignments are required. Policy 2.6.10: Concurrency Requirements The City shall ensure that public services and facilities are available concurrent with new development. All development orders, permits, and agreements shall be subject to the adopted Concurrency Management System consistent with Objective 1.2 in the Capital Improvement Element of this Comprehensive Plan. Objective 2.7: Intergovernmental Coordination To ensure continued coordination of development plans, infrastructure planning and development approvals, and impacts with affected local governments and public agencies throughout Wellness Way. Policy 2.7.1 Coordinated Review of Planned Unit Developments To provide for intergovernmental coordination, the City shall provide adjacent municipalities, counties, and regional agencies a copy of applications for a Planned Unit Development (PUD). To ensure communication and coordination are used to minimize any potential adverse impacts, the following government agencies shall be notified: A. Lake County Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-35 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN B. Lake County School Board C. Florida Department of Transportation Objective 2.8 Implementation FUTURE LAND USE To develop a straightforward, predictable and efficient process for the preparation, review and approval of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) and subsequent development approvals within Wellness Way. Policy 2.8.1: Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) Development within Wellness Way shall be accomplished utilizing the adoption of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs). Each PUD shall be developed in sufficient detail to allow evaluation of the interrelationship of its parts and establish consistency with principles and criteria contained within the City of Clermont Comprehensive Plan and the Wellness Way Goal, Objectives and Policies. Each PUD shall be evaluated to determine that adequate facilities and services are or will be available at the time of development. Where facilities or services are determined to be deficient, the developer(s) shall have the option of entering into a funding agreement with Lake County, the City of Clermont and/or Lake County School Board to correct any deficiency and allow development to proceed. All development in the PUD will be served by central sewer and water service. Policy 2.8.2: Framework and Hierarchy of Place PUDs within Wellness Way should be organized around a conceptual framework and hierarchy of place, as more particularly defined in the Design Guidelines and Standards. The following represents the most important design principles required in each PUD: A. PUDs must determine the location and size of the Centers based upon the regional roadway network and the FLUC jobs -to -housing ratio and then locate the Wellness/Green Corridors and residential neighborhoods. B. Residential neighborhoods cluster around the Centers. Each neighborhood is adjacent to an interconnected wellness Corridor/open space system. This helps define neighborhoods and provides the opportunity for trail use for the residents to reach other neighborhoods, Centers, other PUDs, and the State Park. C. Along with the Centers neighborhoods and WC networks, there is a required community park. Not only are the school and park a requirement, it is at the PUD level when agreements must be reached to pay for educational facilities roads, utilities and the park. Without such agreements, development may not proceed. Policy 2.8.3: Water Consery II Water Consery II is designated as the Water Consery II Future Land Use Category and is comprised of properties owned and used by Orange County and the City of Orlando for a water reclamation project. Portions of this property may be deemed unnecessary for either existing or future needs of the project. Therefore, the City (as applicable) may request that such properties be included in PUDs. Ordinance No. 2023-001 I-36 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Objective 2.9: Financing FUTURE LAND USE To develop financing mechanisms that support the economic development goals of Wellness Way while ensuring the equitable distribution of infrastructure costs. Policy 2.9.1: Funding Mechanisms for Regional Infrastructure Each PUD shall identify the revenue sources implementable by county or City ordinance (or by resolution of a dependent district created by City ordinance) to provide essential regional infrastructure including transportation, public safety and park improvements required to implement the economic development uses incorporated in the PUD. A density bonus of two (2) dwelling units per acre may be granted to a PUD for right-of-way donated for arterial or collector roads. Given the unique nature of the existing land ownership patterns, much of the Wellness Way Roadway Network will require acquisition of road right-of-way from CONSERV. Any funding provided by a landowner/developer to the County for acquisition of road right-of- way, including ponds, easements, and trails, may also be eligible for a density bonus of two (2) dwelling units per acre in addition to transportation impact fee credits. Policy 2.9.2: Funding Mechanisms for Site Specific Infrastructure Within each PUD, the transportation related infrastructure and other infrastructure necessary to accommodate the economic goals of specific sites or individual development shall be incorporated as a cost requirement of site development either directly or provided as a funding component by any dependent or independent district created to provide on -site or regional infrastructure. Policy 2.9.3: Phasing of Regional Infrastructure The City will rely upon Lake County to enter into Roadway Agreements with all PUDs to ensure that regional infrastructure shall be phased as necessary to support economic development of specific sites or individual developments within each PUD and as required to meet economic expectations of the property bearing the burden of the infrastructure costs. Ordinance No. 2023-001 1-37 Amended February 28, 2023 N ALE whow.4TOO Choice of Champions CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTER II TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Adopted June 23, 2009 Amended September 23, 2022 Amended February 28, 2023 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK CHAPTER II TRANSPORTATION GOAL 1: Provide a safe, efficient and convenient transportation system for motorized and non -motorized users of the Clermont transportation network, while reducing, to the extent possible, greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts. Objective 1.1: Level of Service. The City shall adopt and adhere to level of service standards for arterial and collector streets. Policy 1.1.1: The City shall use the most recent Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Generalized Peak Hour Level of Service criteria as a general basis for the City's level of service standards. Policy 1.1.2: The minimum level of service (LOS) standards for roads/traffic circulation shall be LOS "D". Policy 1.1.3: The Lake -Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) Transportation Systems Performance Evaluation State of the System, and as amended, shall serve as the City's transportation concurrency management system. Policy 1.1.4: Based on the Lake -Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Congestion Management Process (CMP), the City shall, through the development review process, review proposed new developments for their impact on adopted LOS, interior circulation needs and vehicle parking. Policy 1.1.5: The City shall continue to partner with local developers, Lake -Sumter MPO and other government agencies to construct new corridors to relieve arterial and collector road congestion. Objective 1.2: Roadway Network. The City shall undertake measures designed to assist in the free flow of traffic along major roads and strive to maintain and improve the LOS on those roadways if at any time they operate at an LOS lower than the adopted standard. Policy 1.2.1: The City shall coordinate with Lake -Sumter MPO and FDOT on a traffic flow management system (signal synchronization) for all future signalization along SR 50 and US 27. Policy 1.2.2: The City shall coordinate with Lake -Sumter MPO and FDOT on all connections and access points of driveways and roads to county and state roadways, respectively. Policy 1.2.3: The City shall maintain a record of traffic counts and traffic -related accidents for major roadways in the City's network, and update those records on an annual basis. Policy 1.2.4: The City shall continue to monitor any future collector and arterial roadway access for any future deficiencies, and shall devise methods and budget funds to alleviate those deficiencies. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 Policy 1.2.5: The City shall update its disaster preparedness plan by addressing evacuation procedures, the need for signage, and the availability of emergency shelters. Objective 1.3: Future Land Use, Housing and Population. The City shall coordinate the transportation system with the adopted Future Land Use Map series and shall ensure that existing and proposed population densities, housing and employment patterns, and land uses are consistent with the transportation modes and services proposed to serve these areas. Policy 1.3.1: The City shall review roadway improvements, new construction and roadway extensions proposed by other agencies for consistency with the Future Land Use Map series of the comprehensive plan. Policy 1.3.2: Applications for future land use amendments to more intensive designations shall be accompanied by a traffic impact study analyzing the impacts of the development allowed by the new category on the City-wide transportation system. Policy 1.3.3: The City's Site Review Committee shall review all future land use and zoning map amendments to determine the impact of the amendment on the level of service for all roadways directly and indirectly affected by the amendment. Policy 1.3.4: The City shall require that new development be compatible with and further the achievement of Goals, Objectives and Policies of the Transportation Element. Requirements for the compatibility of new development may include, but are not limited to: • Where appropriate, locating parking to the side or behind the development to provide pedestrian accessibility to building entrances and walkways to the street, rather than separating the building from the street by parking. • Providing clearly delineated pedestrian routes through parking lots to safely accommodate pedestrian and bicycle circulation and to minimize potential bicycle/pedestrian and automobile interaction. Policy 1.3.5: Proposed development that is required to follow the site plan review process shall be required to submit a traffic analysis which identifies the development's impact on the City's transportation system. Policy 1.3.6: Annexations and amendments to the Future Land Use Element shall be reviewed for their potential impacts upon the City's transportation network in order to identify any concurrency required improvements. Objective 1.4: Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The City shall develop strategies through transportation decisions and planning to address the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, energy conservation and energy -efficient design. Policy 1.4.1: The City shall coordinate with LYNX to promote car-pooling opportunities for commuters with the same destination. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 11-2 Policy 1.4.2: The City's Land Development Code shall require new and infill development and redevelopment when feasible to provide interconnections and access to existing and planned multi -modal transportation facilities, including sidewalks and bicycling and transit facilities. Policy 1.4.3: The City shall coordinate with Lake County, the Lake -Sumter MPO and adjacent municipalities to: • Initiate a marketing campaign to promote bicycle, pedestrian and other non - motorized transportation options. • Provide additional multi -modal transportation facilities, including sidewalks and bicycle paths/lanes and the expansion of transit service to include a circulator route in the City and vicinity if warranted by ridership and vehicular usage trends. • Upgrade existing and provide new transit facilities as warranted such as park and ride lots, bus stops, bus shelters and signage. Policy 1.4.4: In order to discourage urban sprawl, encourage infill development, reduce greenhouse gases and congestion, the City shall evaluate several strategies for alternatives to transportation concurrency including, but not limited to a Transportation Concurrency Management Area (TCMA), Multi -modal Transportation District (MTD), Transportation Concurrency Exception Area (TCEA) and Long Term Transportation Concurrency Management System (LTCMS). Policy 1.4.5: The City shall include landscaping and streetscaping as roadway design components in order to enhance the aesthetic and safety of roadways for all users. Policy 1.4.6: The City shall continue to pursue grant opportunities for median landscaping and road beautification. Objective 1.5: Intergovernmental Coordination. The City transportation system shall be coordinated with the work plans and programs of Lake County, FDOT, the Florida Transportation Plan, and the Lake -Sumter MPO. Policy 1.5.1: The City shall coordinate its future transportation needs by attending, when necessary, public hearings and workshops on the FDOT's Five -Year Transportation Plan and Adopted Work Program. Policy 1.5.2: The City Planning & Zoning and Engineering departments shall review subsequent versions of the FDOT Five -Year Transportation Plan and Adopted Work Program to update or modify this element, as necessary. Policy 1.5.3: The City shall use county and state numerical indicators for measuring the achievement of City mobility goals. Numerical indicators shall include: • Modal splits; • Annual transit trips per capita; and Ordinance #2023-001 11-3 Amended February 28, 2023 • Automobile occupancy rates. Objective 1.6: Connectivity. The City shall provide for the protection of existing and future right- of-way (R-O-W). Policy 1.6.1: The City shall develop a priority listing of needed R-O-W for the purpose of orderly and economical land acquisition. Policy 1.6.2: The City Engineering Department shall compile and maintain a listing of existing and projected needs for R-O-W within the urban area. Policy 1.6.3: The City shall require additional building setbacks for new construction on roadway corridors identified as needing additional R-O-W. Policy 1.6.4: The City shall establish standards for donation/dedication of R-O-W by developers. Policy 1.6.5: County roads with inadequate R-O-W shall be inventoried and the City shall coordinate with Lake County for reservation of adequate R-O-W. Policy 1.6.6: Wherever possible, the City shall require that future development reserve R-O- W in a gridded street network that ensures connectivity. Policy 1.6.7: For new development, the use of cul-de-sacs shall be limited and gated communities discouraged, to promote connectivity within the development and allow more access points to arterials and collectors. Policy 1.6.8: The City shall require that roadways be dedicated to the public when there is a compelling public interest for the roadways to connect with existing public roadways. Policy 1.6.9: The City shall require that future subdivisions with 25 units or more, at a minimum, have at least two points of access open to motor vehicle traffic. Policy 1.6.10: New subdivisions shall be required where possible to "stub -out" to internal streets and adjoining undeveloped lands to promote road connectivity, and to connect to existing roadways that are "stubbed -out" at their boundaries. Policy 1.6.11: The City shall establish access management standards in the land development regulations to ensure appropriate access to the City's transportation system. Standards may include the requirement of joint -use driveways and/or cross -access easements to access sites. Policy 1.6.12: The City shall preserve the movement function of the major thoroughfare system by requiring development of parallel roads or cross -access easements to connect developments as they are permitted along major roads. Ordinance #2023-001 11-4 Amended February 28, 2023 Objective 1.7: Multi -modal System. The City shall promote alternative modes of transportation to provide a safe and efficient multi -modal system and to provide for a possible reduction of individual motor vehicle travel. Policy 1.7.1: All major roadways shall be designed as complete transportation corridors incorporating transit, bicycle and pedestrian features, and planning for transit features to start creating a true multi -modal system. Policy 1.7.2: Within the planning timeframe, the City shall prepare a bicycle plan or adopt the Lake -Sumter MPO bicycle plan. Policy 1.7.3: The City should provide adequate R-O-W and construct bicycle ways along corridors to be specified in the bicycle plan. Policy 1.7.4: Bike -paths or dedicated bike lanes shall be established along arterial and collector streets in accordance with the City. Policy 1.7.5: Sidewalks, on both sides of the right-of-way, shall be established on all arterial and collector streets. Policy 1.7.6: Sidewalks, on both sides of the right-of-way, shall be mandatory on all new roadway construction. • Sidewalks shall be constructed, concurrently with new non-residential development, by the developer. • New residential developments with densities of one or more dwelling units per acre shall provide sidewalks on both sides of every street. Policy 1.7.7: A pedestrian improvement plan shall be prepared, adopted and implemented within the planning timeframe. Policy 1.7.8: Capital funding priority will be given to those sidewalks in the downtown CRA, projected heavy recreational use areas, and along roadways between residential areas and schools. Policy 1.7.9: The City will encourage wider sidewalks in high pedestrian/bicycle traffic areas. Policy 1.7.10: Within the planning timeframe, the City shall develop standards in the land development regulations for access to bicycle and pedestrian systems (such standards shall apply to new developments, substantial improvements of existing developments, and to road improvements). Policy 1.7.11: Within the planning timeframe, the City shall review the land development regulations and address the provision of bicycle parking and circulation, pedestrian walkways, and handicap -accessible facilities within new developments and existing developments undergoing substantial improvements. Ordinance #2023-001 11-5 Amended February 28, 2023 Policy 1.7.12: Intersections shall be made pedestrian -friendly by limiting the pedestrian crossing width; use of adequate lighting; adequate timing for traffic signals; and the provision of facilities for the handicapped. Policy 1.7.13: The City shall develop standards, for new non-residential development, to establish a maximum number of parking spaces allowed in excess of the parking space requirements of the City's land development regulations, in order to encourage walking, bicycling, ridesharing, and shared parking, and to minimize the creation of excess impervious surface area. Policy 1.7.14: Adequate pedestrian circulation and safety shall be considered as a required component of roadway system management. Policy 1.7.15: The City shall protect the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIRS) by establishing strategies to facilitate local traffic to use alternate routes or modes. Policy 1.7.16: Within the planning timeframe, in coordination with the Lake -Sumter MPO, the City shall evaluate the need for additional public transit routes in conjunction with the LYNX bus system and major trip generators and attractors. Policy 1.7.17: Within the planning timeframe, the City shall update the land development regulations to include site and building design standards for development in exclusive public transit corridors to assure the accessibility of new development to public transit. Objective 1.8: Wayfinding. The Ciry shall implement mechanisms to give direction and prevent confusion for all types of transportation system users. Policy 1.8.1: Within the planning timeframe, the City shall develop a comprehensive wayfinding system with appropriately scaled information for both vehicular and pedestrian travel routes that also includes the location of major civic uses. GOAL 2: To develop a financially feasible transportation system that meets the accessibility needs of the City residents. Objective 2.1: Capital Improvement Program. Implement a capital improvement plan, methods of funding, and fiscal controls for all major traffic and roadway projects. Policy 2.1.1: The City will maintain and prioritize a project list of major repair and maintenance for existing roadways and include in the Capital Improvements Program (CIP). Policy 2.1.2: Annually, the City shall program needed capital transportation projects and improvements in the City's CIP and send updates of any changes to previously programmed improvements to the Florida Department of Community Affairs. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 11-6 Policy 2.1.3: The City does hereby adopt by reference the Lake -Sumter MPO's five-year list of regionally significant county road needs, for those roads within or having a direct impact on Clermont, as formally adopted by the Lake -Sumter MPO on an annual basis into the City of Clermont's Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements. Objective 2.2: Financing Mechanisms. The City shall investigate new financing alternatives to overcome shortfalls of transportation funding. Policy 2.2.1: The City shall continue to coordinate with Lake County to collect transportation impact fees for new development and to prioritize capital projects needed to serve the demands for transportation services and facilities associated with new development. Policy 2.2.2: The City may require the owner/developer of any site to participate in the requirements of Transportation Proportionate Fair Share, should the required traffic impact study show such participation is warranted. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 11-7 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ALE NT `..I lul;..0 V I %I Will I I plul I, CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTER III HOUSING ELEMENT Adopted June 23, 2009 Amended September 23, 2022 Amended February 28, 2023 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING CHAPTER III HOUSING GOAL 1: To encourage and promote the provision of affordable, safe and sanitary housing to meet the needs of the present and future population of the City. Objective 1.1: Housing Supply. The City shall assist the private sector in providing adequate housing to meet current and future needs. Policy 1.1.1: The City shall continue to provide land use designations and zoning districts on the Future Land Use Map and the official zoning map, respectively, to ensure that adequate amounts of lands to accommodate the projected housing needs for single family and multi -family housing units are met within the City. Policy 1.1.2: The City shall develop local government partnerships with the private sector in order to improve the efficiency and expand the capacity of the housing delivery system. Policy 1.1.3: The City shall continue to provide information, technical assistance and housing data to the private sector to maintain a sufficient housing production capacity. Policy 1.1.4: The City shall continue to endorse federal and state regulations to advance fair housing and elimination of discrimination in housing. Policy 1.1.5: The City's land development regulations shall allow manufactured homes in mobile home parks and subdivisions within certain zoning districts, provided the units comply with all applicable building standards. Mobile home parks/subdivisions may be located adjacent to areas with a comparable density or near small-scale commercial land uses. Policy 1.1.6: The City shall encourage "Crime Prevention through Environmental Design" (CPTED) principles in order to increase the safety of housing developments. Policy 1.1.7: The City shall promote mixed -use developments that include provisions for a wide variety of housing types and prices in close proximity to support facilities. Policy 1.1.8: In order to maintain housing policies responsive to changing conditions, problems, and issues, the City shall undertake special housing studies as needed in order to develop specific local strategies for resolving unanticipated housing problems and issues. Objective 1.2: Affordable Housing. The City shall encourage and assist the private sector in the provision of safe, clean, and affordable housing for special needs populations of the City, including the workforce and low and moderate -income households. Policy 1.2.1: The City shall coordinate with private investors, developers and landlords to ensure that all means of meeting the housing needs of very -low, low and moderate -income households are explored and implemented through involvement in federal, state and local housing programs. Policy 1.2.2: The City shall create local government partnerships with the private sector to improve the efficiency, affordability, availability, and supply of safe and sanitary housing Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 III-1 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING within the City, placing emphasis on the needs of the elderly and very -low, low and moderate -income families. Policy 1.2.3: The City shall participate in East Central Florida Regional Planning Council initiatives directed toward educating local governments of new techniques, especially programs applicable to the region and/or Lake County, for promoting affordable housing. Policy 1.2.4: The City shall add regulations in the Land Development Code to provide incentives for developments that provide affordable housing units. These incentives could include, but are not limited to, increased densities, flexibility in certain development regulations such as lot sizes, street frontage and setbacks and an expedited permitting process. Policy 1.2.5: In drafting updated land development regulations, the City shall ensure that regulatory techniques and review procedures do not create barriers to infill and affordable housing. Policy 1.2.6: The City shall, through the land development regulations, continue to encourage the development/redevelopment of housing in a way that will integrate divergent choices of housing across all neighborhoods such as by allowing and incentivizing mixed -use developments that include provisions for a wide variety of housing types and prices. . Policy 1.2.7: The City shall review and amend, where necessary, its ordinances, codes, land development regulations and the permitting process for the purpose of eliminating barriers to infill and affordable housing in order to increase private sector participation in meeting housing needs. Policy 1.2.8: The City's Land Development Code shall require that sites for affordable housing are located in close proximity to a collector roadway or higher and provide access to the following facilities, services and/or activity centers through an interconnected system of sidewalks, bicycle paths/lanes and transit stops and amenities: • Employment centers; Shopping centers that include stores offering household goods and services needed on a frequent and recurring basis; and • Public parks, recreation areas, and/or open space Objective 1.3: Special Needs Households. The City of Clermont shall ensure that opportunities for group homes and foster care facilities as well as housing for the elderly are provided within the City. Policy 1.3.1: The City shall ensure the availability of sites for special -need residents such as the elderly, handicapped, and institutionalized, which shall consider accessibility, convenience and infrastructure availability. Policy 1.3.2: The City shall include in its land development regulations adequate standards for the location of community residential homes, including group homes, in residential areas in accordance with applicable Florida statutes. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 III-2 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING Policy 1.3.3: The City shall continue to support organizations that assist elderly and handicapped citizens in finding decent, accessible and affordable housing. Such support may include technical assistance and the adoption of alternative code requirements. Policy 1.3.4: In an effort to address problems of housing for lower -income elderly residents and other households with special housing needs, the City shall allow for the placement of retirement communities and elderly care facilities in areas of residential character as long as they are designed in a manner that is compatible with the character of the neighborhood. Objective 1.4: Relocation Housing. The City shall provide uniform and equitable treatment to persons and businesses displaced by state and local government programs, consistent with Section 421.55, F.S. Policy 1.4.1: When residents are displaced by City actions, through public development or redevelopment, the City shall attempt to ensure the residents are able to relocate to standard, affordable housing. Policy 1.4.2: The City shall coordinate with appropriate agencies to prepare plans of action regarding relocation of residents before programs are enacted that will create displaced households. Such plans shall include, but are not limited to, the following. • Timing of the relocation, • Assessment of the need for the program that will displace households, • Costs associated with the displacement of such households, and • An assessment of the household's needs and the impact of the relocation on the household, including: o Location and the effect of a new neighborhood location on the household's distance to job, schools, and social activities, and o The adequacy of public transit, if applicable at the time, to serve the displaced household. GOAL 2: Encourage the preservation of decent, safe and sanitary housing for the present and future residents of the City of Clermont. Objective 2.1: Housing Stock and Neighborhoods. The useful life of the existing housing stock shall be conserved through effective implementation of regulatory action programs directed toward preserving neighborhood quality, including conservation of natural resources, maintenance of community facilities and code enforcement activities. Policy 2.1.1: The City shall promote the rehabilitation of deteriorated substandard housing units to increase the supply of affordable housing. Policy 2.1.2: The City shall continue to enforce the building, housing, plumbing, energy, electrical, and other construction codes to ensure the maintenance of standard housing and to achieve necessary corrective action where non-compliance exists. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 III-3 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING Policy 2.1.3: The City shall minimize potential blighting influences within residential areas by promoting use of best management principles and practices of land use planning, urban design and landscaping in development and site plan review. Policy 2.1.4: The City shall coordinate with the Lake County Housing and Community Development Division, other state and national housing agencies or with local business enterprises to rehabilitate one or two deteriorated substandard housing units a year in the City. Policy 2.1.5: The City shall encourage low-income residents to apply for housing rehabilitation assistance individually or through the programs managed by Lake County. Policy 2.1.6: The City shall condemn and require demolition of those units which are determined to not be suitable for rehabilitation by public or private means. Policy 2.1.7: The City shall require that zoning or structure use changes be evaluated as to their impact on citizens residing in the structure and the area. Objective 2.2: Historically Significant Housing. Housing resources identified as historically significant shall be preserved and, if possible, maintained for residential uses. Policy 2.2.1: The City shall encourage the continued identification, analysis, and preservation of the City's historical resources. Such efforts shall include determination of their significance and vulnerability, as well as implementation of preservation management policies. Policy 2.2.2: The City shall coordinate with the Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, to assist property owners in applying for and utilizing available state and federal assistance programs and in the rehabilitation and adaptive re -use of historically significant housing. Policy 2.2.3: The City shall participate in efforts initiated by the South Lake Chamber of Commerce and other agencies to provide public information, education and technical assistance relating to downtown and historic preservation programs. Policy 2.2.4: The City shall pursue available grants and alternative funding to expand the local knowledge and awareness of existing historic and archaeological sites and structures. Policy 2.2.5: The City shall promote the designation of appropriate areas as historic districts through the development and implementation of a historic preservation ordinance which includes criteria for designating properties and guidelines for controlling standards of homes within these areas. Ordinance #2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 I11-4 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ALE I T %..I lull t: V I `.I 101 1 IIJIVI IJ CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTER XI I CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT Adopted June 23, 2009 Amended Nov. 24, 2009 Amended Jan. 11, 2011 Amended Jan. 24, 2012 Amended Feb. 26, 2013 Amended May 27, 2014 Amended December 8, 2015 Amended May 10, 2022 Amended September 23, 2022 Amended February 28, 2023 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER XIII CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS GOAL 1: Through the use of sound fiscal policies and the adoption of a financially feasible Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements, the City shall ensure the timely and efficient provision of public facilities for all existing and future development. Objective 1.1: Capital Facilities Needs. The Capital Improvements Element shall be updated annually to meet the City's existing and projected needs for the construction of capital facilities necessary to meet existing deficiencies, to accommodate desired future growth and to replace obsolete or worn-out facilities. Policy 1.1.1: The implementation of the Capital Improvements Element shall be monitored annually during the City's budget process. Policy 1.1.2: Capital improvements identified and proposed within each individual element of the comprehensive plan shall be consistent with those proposed in the Five- Year Schedule of Capital Improvements. Sources of revenue identified within the Capital Improvements Element shall provide direction in expenditures for capital improvements. Policy 1.1.3: The City's debt service shall not exceed 20 percent of annually budgeted revenues. Policy 1.1.4: The City shall reserve enterprise fund surpluses, unless otherwise indicated, for major capital expenditures. Policy 1.1.5: Efforts shall be made to secure grants or private funds whenever available to implement the Capital Improvements Element. Policy 1.1.6: The City shall continue to require collection and utilization of a proportion of impact fees under the auspices of Lake County, and to develop, adopt and implement City impact fees for the purpose of subsidizing the costs of public facility improvements. Objective 1.2: Concurrency Management. The City shall implement the Concurrency Management System adopted in the City's Land Development Code, which is consistent with sections 163.3177 and 163.3180, F.S., to manage the land development process so that public facility needs created by previously issued development orders or future development do not exceed the City's ability to fund and provide needed capital improvements. Policy 1.2.1: The concurrency evaluation system shall measure the potential impact of any development proposal on the established minimum acceptable level of service (LOS) standards for sanitary sewer, solid waste, stormwater, potable water, parks and recreation and transportation facilities, unless the development is exempt from the review requirements of the Concurrency Management System. Policy 1.2.2: No development permit or order shall be issued unless adequate public facilities are available to serve the proposed development as determined by the concurrency evaluation in the adopted Concurrency Management System. Ord No. 2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 XIII-1 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Policy 1.2.3: The City shall require all public and private capital facilities to provide service at the LOS standards adopted in this comprehensive plan for previously vested, existing and future permitted development. These capital facilities shall be provided concurrently with the impacts of development based on the minimum requirements in the City's adopted Concurrency Management System. Policy 1.2.4: The City hereby adopts the following minimum level of service (LOS) standards, which must be retained in reviewing the impacts of new development and development on public facilities: • The LOS standard for Roadways shall be "D". • The LOS standard for Sanitary Sewer is 70 gallons per capita per day at peak flow rate. • The LOS standard for Solid Waste is 6.63 pounds per capita per day. • The LOS standard for Potable Water is 220 gallons per capita per day. • The LOS standard for Recreation and Open Space is 10 acres per 1,000 residents. • The LOS standards for Stormwater Management facilities developed within the City are as follows: Policy 1.2.5: The City shall monitor the availability of public facilities and services through: 1) the maintenance of a cumulative record of the LOS allocations permitted by the approval of development orders relative to the operating LOS for the applicable public facilitiesand services for which LOS standards have been established; the maintenance of a record ofall applicable public facility and service capacities that have been reserved as a result of approved capacity reservation; and the preparation of an annual report concerning thestatus of all LOS and capacities. Objective 1.3: New Development. The City shall ensure that new developments share a proportionate share of the costs required to maintain adopted LOS standards through the assessment of impact fees or developer contributions, dedications and/or construction of capital facilities necessary to serve new development as required in other elements of this plan. Policy 1.3.1: New development shall be responsible for installing all internal water and sewer systems, traffic circulation systems and internal recreation/open space facilities within the development. In addition, connections of internal systems to the City's designated water and sewer systems and traffic circulation network shall be the financial responsibility of the developer. Policy 1.3.2: All development order applications shall be evaluated as to the impact of the development on capital facilities and the operation and maintenance of those facilities. The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, the following: • Expected capital costs, including the installation of required new facilities that are related to the development. Ord No. 2023-001 XIII-2 Amended February 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS • Expected operation and maintenance costs associated with the new facilities required by the development. • Anticipated revenues from the development, including impact fees, user fees and future taxes. Policy 1.3.3: The land development regulations shall continue to require land dedication, payment -in -lieu -of -dedication or other forms of impact exaction as a requirement of land development to secure easements for utility and traffic circulation systems. Policy 1.3.4: The City, through adoption and implementation of land development regulations, comprehensive plan goals, objectives and policies, impact fees, other impact exactions, implementation of the annual budget and five-year capital improvements schedule, shall ensure the availability of public facilities and services concurrent with the impacts of development. Development shall not be approved unless the necessary infrastructure items and services are available subsequent to plan adoption. Policy 1.3.5: The City shall continue to participate with Lake County and the Lake -Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization WO) in the transportation impact fee program or shall adopt and implement a schedule of City impact fees to ensure that new development provides a pro rata share of the costs required to finance public facility improvements necessitated by such development. Policy 1.3.6: When applicable, the City may require a developer to execute a development agreement and/or develop a proposed project in phases to ensure the timely and appropriate installation of needed capital facilities to service new development. Such agreements will be executed under the City's constitutional home rule power and will followthe procedures set forth in Chapter 163.3220, Florida Statutes. Objective 1.4: Evaluation of Capital Projects. The City's capital projects shall be evaluated to determine if they meet prioritization criteria and consistency with adopted level of service standards and/or public need. Policy 1.4.1: The City's finance director shall prepare a Five -Year Capital Improvement Program annually along with the City's annual budget, which shall address all capital needs of the City. Policy 1.4.2: As part of the annual budgeting process, the City Council, city manager and department directors shall participate in a capital facilities planning process to evaluate and rank projects proposed for inclusion in the Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements, based on the following criteria: • Whether the project is needed to protect the public health and safety, fulfill the City's legal commitment to provide facilities and services or preserve or achieve full use of existing facilities. • Whether the project increases efficiency or use of existing facilities, prevents or reduces future improvement costs, provides service to developed areas lacking full service or promotes infill development. • Whether the project represents a logical extension of facilities and service from the City to the Lake County/Clermont Joint Planning Area, or is compatible with applicable plans of state agencies or that may provide public facilities within the City's jurisdiction. Ord No. 2023-001 XIII-3 Amended Febrwary 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS • Whether the project is coordinated with major projects of other state agencies and adjacent jurisdictions. • Whether the project implements the policies of the comprehensive plan pertaining to concurrency requirements. • Whether the project is financially feasible. Policy 1.4.3: Requests for capital projects shall be evaluated on their impact on the City budget and the financial feasibility of the project based on the following criteria: • The finance director shall determine if the capital project can be funded from existing cash, future revenues or through borrowing. In addition, the finance director shall assign revenue sources to fund the project. • The finance director shall prepare a report evaluating the funding options, the effect of the improvement on future revenues and the effect of the improvement on operation and maintenance costs. Objective 1.5: Debt Management. The City shall adopt policies and procedures which address the management and utilization of debt for capital project financing. The City will use line -of- credit borrowing or bond anticipation notes for specific construction projects and shall issue revenue - pledged debt at the completion of construction only if current funds are not adequate to pay for construction. Policy 1.5.1: The use of revenue bonds as a debt instrument shall be evaluated based on the following criteria: • Debt will not be issued to finance normal repairs and maintenance. • Debt can be issued to make renovations, updates, modernizations and rehabilitations provided that the expenditures extend the useful life of the capital asset. • The maximum ratio of total debt service (principal and interest) to total revenue shall be that percentage deemed most beneficial to the City as determined by the City's financial advisors and its bond counsel based upon criteria set by the rating agencies and credit enhancement organizations. • The impact of principal and interest revenue bond payments on the operation and maintenance of the affected utility and/or department will not require deferring the current maintenance of existing infrastructure. • The impact of bond covenants and restrictions on the City's method of accounting for depreciation shall be evaluated, as well as the impact of any reserve account restrictions on the operation and maintenance of the affected utility and/or department. • Cash restricted due to bond and grant covenants will be budgeted in accordance with the terms of the covenants. • Capitalized repairs of existing infrastructure will be paid from funds restricted by debt covenants and current revenues. Debt will not be issued to finance capitalized repairs. Policy 1.5.2: The use of tax revenues as a pledge for the repayment of debt shall be evaluated based on the following criteria: • A five-year projection of revenues from all taxes shall be prepared and updated annually as a part of the City's budget process. An analysis of historic and future trends in the tax revenue stream will be a part of the projection process. Ord No. 2023-001 XIII4 Amended FebraarV 28, 2023 CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS • 11t the time of issuance of new debt, a review shall be conducted to ensure that the maximum amount of general government debt shall not exceed 20 percent of the City's annually budgeted revenues. Policy 1.5.3: The City may use long-term capital lease payments on lease purchases for capital projects identified within this element, provided adequate debt service requirements are provided. Objective 1.6: Schedule of Capital Improvements. In order to maintain adopted LOS standards, the City shall coordinate land use decisions and available or projected fiscal resources to correct existing deficiencies identified in the comprehensive plan, accommodate desired future growth and replace worn out or obsolete facilities through the annual adoption of a Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements. Policy 1.6.1: Capital projects included in the Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements shall be defined as those projects identified within the comprehensive plan that are necessary to maintain adopted LOS standards including increasing the capacity or efficiency of existing facilities and/or replacing failing facilities. Policy 1.6.2: The City adopts by reference the Five -Year Capital Plan FY 2022-2026 as formally adopted, and as amended, by the Lake County School Board. Policy 1.6.3: The City hereby adopts the Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements included as Appendix A of this element, which will be updated on an annual basis. Ord No. 2023-001 Amended February 28, 2023 XIII-5 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Appendix A City of Clermont Five -Year Schedule of Capital Improvements, FY 2023-2027 CITY OF CLERMONT, FLORIDA FISCAL YEAR 2022 J tvI: / 4_1:Zo1_1 J 111 /_14 :2 A_1: Comprehensive Plan Element Project Funding Source 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT Replacement vehicles Stormwater Fund - - - - 119,000 Minnehaha Basin stormwater improvements Stormwater Fund 500,000 - - - - POTABLE WATER Replacement vehicles -water Water Fund - 65,000 102,000 62,500 - Alternative water south lake water initiative Water Fund 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 East water system looping des. & const. Water Fund 400,000 100,000 400,000 100,000 400,000 West water system improvements des. & cons Water Fund 400,000 100,000 400,000 100,000 400,000 SANITARY SEWER Lift station wet well lining Sewer Fund 60,000 60,000 50,000 50,000 - Lift station electrical rehab Sewer Fund 80,000 80,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 Replacement vehicles -sewer Sewer Fund - - - 73,000 119,000 Lift station pump replacement Sewer Fund 400,000 200,000 200,000 100,000 50,000 West side gravity main lining Sewer Fund - 500,000 - - - Lateral / manhole lining Sewer Fund 100,000 100,000 - 50,000 50,000 Wastewater Treatment Facility expansion Sewer Impact Fees 15,150,000 - - - - CITY OF CLERMONT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PARKS AND RECREATION Mainstage telescopic seating Infrastructure Fund 630,000 - - - - 4 light poles waterfront park Infrastructure Fund 100,000 - - - - Hancock park soccer field 2 Infrastructure Fund 147,015 - - - - Pool storage building renovation Infrastructure Fund 70,000 - - - - ARC 10 led lighting fixtures & poles north lot Infrastructure Fund 50,000 - - - - ARC dog park Recreation Impact Fees 350,000 - - - - Resod athletic fields Infrastructure Fund 163,350 54,563 109,125 109,125 54,563 ARC multipurpose field Infrastructure Fund 159,015 - - - - ARC aquatics upgrade Infrastructure Fund 1,156,731 - - - - ARC shade structure & outdoor classroom Recreation Impact Fees 120,000 - - - - ARC walking trail recreation area Recreation Impact Fees 60,000 - - - - ARC replace roof Infrastructure Fund - - - - 506,500 TOTALS 20,196,111 1,359,563 1,411,125 794,625 1,849,063