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ORDINANCE NO. 2000-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, SEMINOLE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND
THE CREATION OF THE TOWN CENTER; SETTING FORTH AND
ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT
REFERENCED AS LG-CPA-I-99 WHICH SHALL AMEND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY ADDING GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AN
POLICIES RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS TOWN CENTER; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP BY DESIGNATING CERTAIN REAL
PROPERTY LOCATED GENERALLY AT AND AROUND THE
INTERSECTION OF TUSKAWILLA ROAD AND STATE ROAD 434 AND
LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AS "TOWN CENTER"; PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE PLAN
AMENDMENTS.
WHEREAS, section 163.3161 et. seq., Florida Statutes (1987) established the Local
Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act; and
WHEREAS, section 163.3167, Florida Statutes, requires each municipality in the State of
Florida to prepare and adopt a Comprehensive Plan as scheduled by the Florida Department of
Community Affairs; and
WHEREAS, section 163.3167(11), Florida Statutes, encourages local governments to
articulate a vision of the future physical appearances and qualities of its community; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs previously retained the
services of several planning consultants, consisting of Dover, Kohl & Partners, Gibbs Planning Group,
Inc., and Michael Design Associates, Inc., to study and recommend a master plan for the development
of a Town Center within the City of Winter Springs; and
WHEREAS, the planning consultants developed a written Winter Springs' Town Center
Master Plan, dated March 23, 1998 ("Town Center Master Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs hereby adopts the findings
and conclusions contained in the Town Center Master Plan by this reference for purposes of
supporting and justifying the Town Center Comprehensive Plan goals, objectives, and policies and
future land use amendments adopted pursuant to this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission also finds that the City does not currently have a Town
Center to which the citizens of Winter Springs and Seminole County can congregate for a variety of
family and community oriented activities and recreation; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission further finds that a Town Center will create a stronger
sense of community in the City of Winter Springs and that the Town Center will serve to satisfy an
important and vital City need for creating more public places where people can congregate for
community and family oriented activities and recreation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to, and in furtherance of, section 163.3167(11), Florida Statutes, the
City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, through a collaborative planning process with
meaningful public participation, desires to create a Town Center by adopting the comprehensive plan
policies, goals, and objectives and future land use map amendments stated herein (LG-CP A-1-99)
which are intended to create a blue print by which the City of Winter Springs and private land owners
and developers will create a Town Center; and
WHEREAS, the Local Planning Agency of the City of Winter Springs held a duly noticed
public hearing, in accordance with the procedures in chapter 163, part II, Florida Statutes, on the
proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments and considered findings and advice of staff, citizens, and
all interested parties submitting written and oral comments and has recommended adoption to the
City Commission; and
WHEREAS, on January 4,2000, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs held a
duly noticed public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment and considered findings
and advice of staff, citizens, and all interested parties submitting written and oral comments, and after
complete deliberation, approved the amendment for transmittal to the Florida Department of
Community Affairs; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2000, the Florida Department of Community Affairs issued its
Objections, Recommendations, and Comments Report ("ORC Report") to the City and made
recommendations to bring the subject Comprehensive Plan amendments in compliance with Rule 9J-
5, Florida Administrative Code, and Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has evaluated the ORC Report and has accepted the
recommendations contained therein by making the necessary modifications to the Comprehensive Plan
amendments originally transmitted to the Florida Department of Community Affairs in order to bring
the amendments in compliance with Rule 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code, and Chapter 163, Part
II, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 9J-l1.006, Florida Administrative Code, this
Comprehensive Plan amendment will not cause the City to exceed its twice yearly submittal allowance
for comprehensive plan amendments; and
WHEREAS, on April 24, 2000, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs held a
duly noticed public adoption hearing on the proposed amendments set forth hereunder and considered
findings and advice of staff, citizens, and all interested parties submitting written and oral comments
and supporting data and analysis, as well as the Objections, Recommendations, and Comments of the
Florida Department of Community Affairs, and after complete deliberation, approved and adopted
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the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments set forth hereunder; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan amendments adopted by this Ordinance comply with
the requirements of the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development
Regulation Act and the amendments are in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare
of the citizens of Winter Springs, Florida and serve a legitimate governmental interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are fully incorporated
herein by this reference.
Section 2. Authority. This Ordinance is adopted in compliance with, and pursuant to, the
Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulations Act, sections
163.184 and 163.187, Florida Statutes.
Section 3. Purpose and Intent. It is hereby declared to be the purpose and intent of this
Ordinance to clarify, expand, correct, update, modify and otherwise further the provisions of the City
of Winter Springs' Comprehensive Plan.
Section 4. Adoption of Text Amendment to Comprehensive Plan. The City of Winter
Springs' Comprehensive Plan, Future land Use Element, shall hereby be amended to include the
following Goal, Objectives, and Policies regarding the Town Center:
GOAL
The City of Winter Springs seeks to create a Town Center, based upon traditional design
standards for development, that will become the identifYing focus of the City's downtown. The
primary and fundamental purpose of the Town Center shall be a place where people can reside in a
mix of single and multiple family dwellings, and also gather to shop, relax, recreate, be entertained,
attend community events, and enjoy the natural beauty of lands located in the Town Center. The
Town Center should be created through public and private investment and development.
OBJECTIVE
A) The Town Center should be located in close proximity to existing public facilities such
as the City Hall, Winter Springs High School, Central Winds Community Park, and
U.S. Post Office. The Town Center should be a compact area centered around the
intersection S.R. 434 and Tuskawilla Road, as depicted on the City's Future Land Use
Map.
POLICIES
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D From time to time, the City Commission may revise the Future land Use Map
to designate land "Town Center" consistent with this Obiective.
2) The City should maintain a leadership position to protect the integrity of the
Town Center and promote public and private investment and growth therein.
(3)From time to time, the City Commission may adopt appropriate transportation
maps to identify future roads and traffic patterns related to the Town Center
that assure best routes through land while attempting to maximize
development potential and opportunities consistent with the Town Center
Goal. The final location of future Town Center roads will be determined by
the City during the development permit procedure.
4). The City Commission may enter into a public/private partnership arrangement
with property owners or a developer to develop the Town Center.
5) To the extent financial resources are available, public money should be spent
as a catalyst to encourage private investment within the Town Center. In
coordination with private development, the City may undertake capital
improvements for public infrastructure (e.g., sewer, water, roads. parks,
stormwater) to enhance or assist private development to achieve the Town
Center Goal.
6) To the extent financially feasible, the City should encourage private
investment in the Town Center by enacting policies to provide economic
incentives to private developers building within the Town Center, provided
such development is consistent with the Town Center Goal. To the extent
allowed by law, incentives may include, but not be limited to waiving permit,
impact, and other City fees; providing impact fee credits; subsidizing loans;
reserving infrastructure capacity; improving right-of-ways; providing public
infrastructure; streamlining permit processing; providing free and pre-
approved designs.
7) All proposed developments within the Town Center shall be subject to review
by the Development Review Committee (DRC). The DRC shall have
authority, within development review criteria established by the City
Commission, to approve all aspects of site planning and exterior architecture
within Town Center, including aesthetic appropriateness, environmental
implications, traffic impacts, and any other site-specific matters related to
development.
OBJECTIVE
B.). Promote and enhance the development of the Town Center by allowing a mixed-use
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higher density/intensity neo-traditional urban pattern.
Policies
1). Create innovative land development regulations to encourage a mixed-use
higher density/intensity neo-traditional Town Center, utilizing, to the extent
practical, the fundamentals and urban design concepts in the Town Center
Master Plan:
. Urbanity and high density.
. Walkable community.
. Predictability in design/flexibility in land uses.
. Visibly different section of State Road 434.
. Important sites for special public places.
. Preserve and connect the natural environment with a "green network"
of parks and open spaces.
. Network of connected streets and blocks.
. Special public spaces of defined character.
. Special sites for civic buildings.
2). Promote and permit a variety of places to gather, shop, relax, recreate and
enjoy the natural beauty of the Town Center. Sites for public spaces will be
chosen because of their uniqueness or existing physical features.
3). Promote and develop a network of public green spaces such as parks, squares,
preserves, and open spaces that form the framework for the Town Center, and
in doing so, promote and develop connectivity of natural features for habitat,
continuity and sustainability, scenic vistas, and trail systems. Parks may
include both passive and active parks.
4) Through the enactment of creative and flexible land development regulations,
permit a variety of mixed-uses consistent, compatible, and in harmony with
the Town Center Goal, including single family residential, multiple family
residential, commercial retail and services, public services and buildings,
parks, and schools.
5) Wetlands will be preserved as conservation preserve areas, parks, squares, and
trails. To the extent feasible, these areas shall be connected to promote the
natural drainage and ecological viability of the Town Center and to further
uphold the City's designation as a IITree City U. S.A. II Jurisdictional wetlands
located within the Town Center shall be designated Conservation on the
Future Land Use Map and shall be subject to the Goals, Objectives, and
Policies of the Conservation Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
6)High residential density shall be permitted in the Town Center through the
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adoption of land development regulations, but such density shall not exceed
thirty-six (36) units per acre.
7) High density and intense commercial development shall be allowed in the
Town Center through the adoption of land development regulations, but such
density and intensity shall not exceed a floor area ratio of three (3.0) without
structured parking and six (6.0) with structured parking and shall not exceed
six (6) stories in height.
8)) The City shall create a minimum mix of land uses in the Town Center as
follows: a) Retail = 30% to 60%; b) Commercial Office = 10% to 30%; and
c) Residential = 30% to 60%.
C) Establish an area wide stormwater master plan for the Town Center
Policies
1 ) The City shall coordinate the development of an area wide stormwater master
plan for the Town Center by FY 2001-2002.
2) The City should design and approve a stormwater master plan for the Town
Center in order to free up land in the Town Center for private development.
The Plan should respond to existing runoff concerns, and improve water
quality through a system-wide approach. The Plan should also shorten the
approval process to save developers time and money, provided the
development is consistent with the Town Center goal. Retention ponds shall
be designed to enhance neighborhood edges and aesthetics and to provide
buffering when appropriate.
3) Any stormwater master plan for the Town Center shall be consistent with and
complementaty to the goals, objectives and policies found in the Stormwater
and Natural Groundwater Aquifer Recharge Sub-element of the Infrastructure
Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
Section 5. Adoption of Amendment to the Future Land Use Map. The City of Winter
Springs' Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Map, is hereby amended by designating the real
property depicted on Exhibit 1 as "Town Center." Exhibit 1 is attached hereto and fully incorporated
herein by this reference. Any real property with a conservation future land use designation depicted
on the City or County Future Land Use Map on the effective date of this Ordinance shall maintain
its "Conservation" designation.
Section 6. Transmittal to the Department of Community Affairs. The City Manager or his
designee is hereby designated to sign a letter transmitting these adopted Comprehensive Plan
Amendments to the Florida Department of Community Affairs, in accordance with section
163.3187(1 )(c)(4), Florida Statutes, and section 9J-11, Florida Administrative Code.
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Section 7. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent
ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of ordinances and resolutions
in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 8. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision
of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall be deemed
a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 9. Incorporation into Comprehensive Plan. Upon the effective date of the
Comprehensive Plan Amendments adopted by this Ordinance, said Amendments shall be incorporated
into the City of Winter Springs' Comprehensive Plan and any section or paragraph number or letter
and any heading may be changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing.
Section 10. Effective Date and Legal Status of the Plan Amendments. The effective date of
the Comprehensive Plan Amendments adopted by this Ordinance shall be the date a final order is
issued by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, or the Administration Commission finding
the Amendments in compliance with section 163.3184, Florida Statutes. No development orders,
development permits, or land use dependent on these Amendments may be issued or commenced
before it has become effective. If a final order of noncompliance is issued by the Administration
Commission, the Amendments may nevertheless be made effective by adoption of a resolution
affirming its effective status. After and from the effective date of these Amendments, the
Comprehensive Plan Amendments set forth herein shall amend the City of Winter Springs'
Comprehensive Plan and become a part of that plan and the Amendments shall have the legal status
of the City of Winter Springs' Comprehensive Plan, as amended.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular
meeting assembled on the 24 day of April, 2000.
Paul P. Partyka, Mayor
ATTEST:
Andrea Lorenzo- Luaces, City Clerk
City of Winter Springs
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND
SUFFICIENCY FOR THE CITY OF
WINT SPRINGS ONLY:
Anthony A. Garganese, City Attorney
Transmittal Hearing: January 4,2000
Adoption Hearing: April 24, 2000
City of Winter Springs
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EXHIBIT 1
"TOWN
CENTER"
TOWN CENTER
A. Town Center District Boundary Map
District Boundary
County Enclaves (not in city)
(diagram of center)
AREA OF REDUCTION IN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT
Per agreement with Schrimsher Partnership
A. Town Center District Boundary Map
District Boundary
County Enclaves (not in city)
Diagram of map
NOTICE OF LAND USE CHANGE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT OF THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT
BOUNDARY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE LOCAL PLANNNG AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED AMEND-
MENT TO ORDINANCE 2000-10, ADOPTED ON APRIL 24, 2000, WHICH ADDED
GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE
TOWN CENTER AND PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND
USE MAP BY DESIGNATING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED GENERALLY
AT AND AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF TUSKA WILLA ROAD AND STATE ROAD
434 AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS THE "TOWN CENTER". THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 2000-10 WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY 29 ACRES
TO THE TOWN CENTER. THE SUBJECT LAND IS PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED
"TOWN CENTER" ON THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
LAND PROPOSED TO BE ADDED
TO TOWN CENTER DISTRICT
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE 2000-10
AMENDING THE TOWN CENTER LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMEND-
MENT WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2000, AT 7:00 P.M.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CITY COMMISSION CHAM-
BERS IN CITY HALL AT 1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434, WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA.
INTERS TED PERSONS MAY ATTEND AND BE HEARD.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THOMAS GRIMMS, AICP AT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPART-
MENT - PLANNING DIVISION, AT CITY HALL, 1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434, WIN-
TER SPRINGS, FLORIDA. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 327-1800 #303.
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE
PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT COORDI-
NATOR 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AT (407) 327-1800 #236.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU DECIDE TO APPEAL ANY qECISION OR RECOM-
MENDATION MADE BY THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ANY MAT-
TER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEED-
INGS, AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, YOU MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM
RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES
CITY CLERK
NOTICE OF LAND USE CHANGE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
The City of Winter Springs proposes to adopt the following ordinances relating to the comprehen-
sive planning and land development:
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND THE CREATION OF THE TOWN CENTER;
SETTING FORTH AND ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT REFER-
ENCED AS LG-CPA-1-99 WHICH SHALl. AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY ADDING
GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE CITY OF WIN-
TER SPRINGS TOWN CENTER; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND
USE MAP BY DESIGNATING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED GENERALLY AT AND
AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF TUSKA WILLA ROAD AND STATE ROAD 434 AND LEGALLY
DESCRIBED HEREIN AS"TOWN CENTER"; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCON-
SISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
ORDINANCE NO. 707
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
ESTABLISHING AND ADOPTING THE "TOWN CENTER" ZONING DISTRICT CODE; PROVID-
ING FOR REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The area covered by Ordinance No. 2000-10 and Ordinance No. 707 is located on the following
Town Center District Boundary Map:
(Diagram of map)
A. Town Center District Boundary Map
___ District Boundary
__ County Enclaves (not in city)
A public hearing on the Ordinances will be held by the City of Winter Springs Land Planning
Agency/Planning & Zoning Board (LPA) and City Commission on the following dates:
The LPA public hearing will be held on April II, 2000 at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible.
The City Commission public and adoption hearing will be held on April 24, 2000 at 6:30 P.M. or as soon
thereafter as possible.
Both public hearings will take place in the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, located at 1126 East
State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florida. Interested parties are encouraged to attend and participate in the public
hearings by submitting written or oral comments to the LPA and City Commission.
Copies of the proposed Ordinances and additional information may be obtained from Thomas Grimms,
AICP at the Community Development Department - Planning Division or by calling (407) 327-1800 #303.
Persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact the
City Clerk, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting at (407) 327-1800 #236.
Persons are advised that if they decide to appeal any decision made at these pubiic hearings/meetings, they
will need a record of the proceedings and for sueh purpose, they may need to insure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based, per Section
286.0105, Florida Statutes.
ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES
CITY CLERK