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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Policy Document: Goals, Objectives, & Policies
Comprehensive Plan Elements Page Number
0. Introduction, Definitions, and Acronyms 1-25
1. Future Land Use 1-31
2. Housing and Neighborhoods 1-20
3. Transportation 1-22
4. Infrastructure 1-18
Sanitary Sewer, Solid Waste, Drainage, Potable Water, Natural Groundwater Aquifer Recharge
5. Coastal Management 1-16
6. Conservation 1-09
7. Parks and Recreation 1-03
8. Intergovernmental Coordination 1-07
9. Capital Improvements 1-08
10. Public Schools 1-02
11. Property Rights 1-13
Map Series
1. Future Land Use
2. Vacant Land Map
3. Category 1 Storm Surge-Dania Beach
4. Category 2 Storm Surge-Dania Beach
5. Category 3 Storm Surge-Dania Beach
6. Category 4 Storm Surge-Dania Beach
7. Category 5 Storm Surge-Dania Beach
8. Coastal High Hazard Area-Dania Beach
9. Flood Zones-Dania Beach
10. Evacuation Routes & Shelters
11. Soils
12. Wellfield Zones and Estuaries
13. Fixed Bus Routes
14. Bus Stop Inventory
15. Number of Lanes
16. Road Classification
17. Roadway LOS
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CITY OF DANIA BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
INTRODUCTION
GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES (GOPS)
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
Florida State Statutes and Plan Organization
The City of Dania Beach Comprehensive Plan (the Plan) has been
developed and amended pursuant to the requirements of Chapter
163, Florida Statutes (F.S.), the "Community Planning Act,” and the
requirements of Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.).
The State of Florida Legislature made significant changes in 2011 to
the Growth Management Act of 1985. Sections 9J-5 and 9J-11.023, of
the Florida Administrative Code were repealed, with portions of both
rules incorporated into the Community Planning Act. The new
legislation shifts oversight of development from the State to local
governments, while retaining the state final determination over those
development plans that affect regions or sensitive land considered
"areas of critical state concern." Therefore, giving more control to the
local jurisdictions in overseeing and directing their future growth.
The Plan is also required to be consistent with the State
Comprehensive Plan (Chapter 187, Florida Statutes), Broward County
and other state and federal requirements. It provides the City with
long-term direction through goal statements as well as short -term
objectives and policies to guide implementation efforts.
In addition to the guidelines set forth in Chapter 163, F.S., community
specific concerns have been targeted within the Goals, Objectives, and
Policies section of each of the Comprehensive Plan elements. Many of
these objectives and policies go beyond the legislative requirements
and are indicative of the City’s evolution and needs since the
comprehensive plan was adopted by the City of Dania Beach. This
chapter requires that all local governments throughout Florida
maintain a long-range comprehensive plan, and that comprehensive
planning should be a continuous and ongoing process.
Definitions for goals, policies, and objectives are provided in the
Definitions section of this document. It is important to recognize that
goals, objectives and policies of the Plan should be applied within the
context of the overall intent of the Plan. Hence, no policy should be
applied in isolation.
As a part of this process, municipalities are required to monitor
numerous community characteristics relating to development,
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provision of services, environmental protection, and governmental
activities. To comply with that process, the City of Dania Beach
Comprehensive Plan is comprised of the following sections or
elements:
Future Land Use
Housing and Neighborhoods
Transportation
Infrastructure (includes Sanitary Sewer, Solid Waste, Drainage,
Potable Water, Natural Groundwater Aquifer Recharge)
Coastal Management
Conservation
Parks and Recreation
Intergovernmental Coordination
Capital Improvement
Public School Facilities
Private Property Rights
Sustainability
The goal of the City’s Plan is to create a sustainable community to
ensure that adequate resources are available for future generations.
The City seeks to support its business community and enhance the
quality of life for all residents by limiting waste, preventing pollution,
encouraging affordable housing, promoting revitalization,
redevelopment and neighborhood stabilization, maximizing
conservation, pursuing historic preservation, promoting efficiency, and
developing local resources.
Sustainability also requires that development and redevelopment in
the City be coordinated with public investments in alternative
transportation modes, which will enable the City to accommodate the
projected population, allow for expanded economic and cultural
activity and strive to create a community where live, work, play and
learn become part of the daily life of residents and visitors.
Climate Adaptation and Resiliency
As one of several coastal cities and counties in Southeast Florida, Dania
Beach is determined to address potential impacts of climate change,
including sea level rise. The City has been active in the Southeast
Florida Regional Climate Change Compact and other coastal
organizations, with which it collaborates to increase regional climate
change resiliency by sharing technical expertise, assessing regional
vulnerabilities, and advancing agreed upon mitigation and adaptation
strategies, policies and programs. The Comprehensive Plan reflects
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these concerns and actions in several of its elements, particularly in the
Coastal Management element.
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
Implementation of the Plan
This section includes the different aspects related to the
implementation of the Plan, including rules of interpretation,
definitions and acronyms, and the process to amend the Plan,
including the Evaluation and Appraisal Review. Chapter 163, F.S. sets
forth General Requirements for local government comprehensive
plans. Among these, a planning time frame requirement dictates that
the Plan include a minimum of two planning periods: one of at least ten
years and another of at least a twenty year period. The City of Dania
Beach Comprehensive Plan includes 10 and 20 year planning periods.
Procedural Requirements established by the Florida Statutes include
adoption, submission and transmittal criteria for the adoption and
amendment of Comprehensive Plans. Specific procedures are
established by the Department of Commerce, consistent with the
procedural requirements in the Florida Statutes.
Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan
The process for amending the Comprehensive Plan shall be guided by
the provisions of Florida Statutes Chapter 163, the Administrative Rules
implementing it and in accordance with the provisions herein.
Proposed amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Plan are also
subject to the following requirements as established in Sec 700 -30 of
the City Code of Ordinances.
All local governments within Broward County are required to be
consistent with the Broward County Land Use Plan (BCLUP). The
Broward County Planning Council (BCPC) completes a review of the
amended Comprehensive Plan to ensure compatibility with the
County’s Land Use Plan. Each local government within Broward
County may prepare, in conformance with the requirements of the
Broward County Land Use Plan and the Florida Local Government
Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, a
local land use plan for submitt al to the Broward County Planning
Council. The local land use plan shall be certified by the Broward
County Planning Council prior to its final adoption by a local
government.
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Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use Map
The Comprehensive Plan and Future Land Use map "FLUM" of the City
of Dania Beach are the official statements of policy of the City with
regard to the use and development of land within the City. All use or
development of land undertaken pursuant to these regulations shall be
consistent with the comprehensive plan, the future land use map, and
the Broward County Land Use Map.
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Procedure for the Comprehensive Plan Evaluation and Appraisal
Prior to 2011, statutory requirements called for an Evaluation and
Appraisal Report to analyze and assess Comprehensive Plans, and to
provide recommendations that would result in corrective
amendments to the adopted Comprehensive Plans.
Current requirements pursuant to Chapter 163, F.S., provide that each
local government in Florida periodically prepare, adopt and submit an
Evaluation and Appraisal Review of its comprehensive plan.
The procedures and requirements for the new Evaluation and
Appraisal Review process are detailed in Chapter 163, F.S. In
preparing the periodic evaluation and appraisal of the Comprehensive
Plan, the City shall, at minimum, evaluate the Plan to determine if
amendments are necessary to reflect changes in State requirements
since the last update of the Plan. The City shall also notify the State as
to its determination, and shall, within one year of the evaluation and
appraisal of the Plan, prepare and transmit any identified amendments
to the State for review.
The state continues to encourage local governments to conduct
periodic comprehensive assessments of comprehensive plans to
respond to changes in local circumstances. Local governments are
encouraged to comprehensively evaluate and as necessary update
plans to reflect changes in local conditions. The City of Dania Beach
decided to conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of its
current Comprehensive Plan, together with updates reflecting changes
in state requirements.
Guidelines for Plan Interpretation
In the interpretation of the provisions of this Comprehensive Plan, the
following guidelines shall apply unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
In the interpretation and application of the Comprehensive Plan, its
goals, objectives and policies shall be held to be the minimum
requirements necessary to accomplish the stated purpose and intent
of this Comprehensive Plan.
The Comprehensive Plan shall be construed broadly to accomplish the
purpose and intent of the Plan.
Tense and Number: Unless the obvious construction of the wording
indicates otherwise: words used in the present tense can include the
future; words in the masculine gender can include the feminine and
neuter; words in the singular number can include the plural; and, words
in the plural can include the singular.
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Meaning of Shall, Must, Should, May, Includes: The words “shall”
and “must” are mandatory; the word "should" is discretionary and not
mandatory; the word "may" is permissive; the word "includes" shall not
limit a term to the specific examples, but is intended to extend its
meaning to all other instances or circumstances of like kind or
character.
State, County, City: The word "State" means the State of Florida, and
its authorized agents; the word "County" means the County of
Broward, Florida, and its authorized agents; and, the word "City"
means the City of Dania Beach, Florida, and its authorized agents.
Interpretation of Undefined Terms: Unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, terms not defined herein shall be interpreted in
the following manner:
1) By reference to the relevant provisions of the Community
Planning Act, if specifically defined therein, or in other relevant
and appropriate State statutes or rules;
2) According to the relevant provisions of the City Code, the rules
for interpretation of this Comprehensive Plan, or in other
relevant City ordinances relating to land development
regulations;
3) By reference to generally accepted engineering, planning,
BCLUP, or otherwise professional terminology if technical; and
4) Otherwise according to common usage.
Headings: All descriptive headings of goals, objectives, or other
sections in the Comprehensive Plan are inserted for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation
thereof.
In the case of conflict, definitions in this document take precedent within
the application of the Comprehensive Plan. Set forth below is a brief
definition of important terms used in the Plan.
Definitions:
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT: A dwelling unit located on the same
parcel of land as a principal single family dwelling. An accessory
dwelling is a complete, independent living facility equipped with a
kitchen and bathroom.
ACCESSORY SOLAR FACILITY: A solar energy system which utilizes
roof space or other space on the parcel of land to provide electricity or
heat for use on the parcel of land. Export of electricity to the electrical
grid is incidental and subordinate to the purpose of supplying
electricity to the primary use of the parcel of land.
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ACCESSORY USE: A use incidental and subordinate to the principal
use, including accessory dwelling units and accessory solar facilities.
ACRE: For the purpose of calculating dwelling units, an area or parcel
of land containing forty-three thousand five hundred sixty (43,560)
square feet.
ADAPTATION: An adjustment to how we prepare for the effects of
climate impacts, thereby reducing the vulnerability of communities and
ecosystems. By adapting, communities, enterprises and institutions can
build up their climate change resilience.
ARTERIAL ROAD: A road providing service that is relatively continuous
and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, and high
operating speed. In addition, every United States numbered highway
is an arterial road.
AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (ADT): The total traffic volume during a
given 24-hour time period for all allowable directions on a given road.
BERM: A landscaped earthen mound in excess of two feet in vertical
height designed to provide visual interest, or serve as a buffer.
BUFFER: The use of vegetation, walls, fences, berms, setbacks, less
intense development, and/or less dense development to mitigate the
impacts of unsightly views, lights, noises, odors, and/or dust.
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT: The effect of climate change or hazardous
events on built, natural, and human systems. Potential impacts include
those that may occur from a projected change without considering
adaptation. Residual impacts are those impacts that would occur after
adaptation.
CLIMATE MITIGATION: Deals with the causes of and takes action
towards reducing the man-made activities creating the impacts. For
example, taking measures to reduce carbon emissions of Green House
Gas (GHG) or to reduce them from the atmosphere through forest
plantings can mitigate climate impacts.
COLLECTOR ROAD: A road providing service that is of relatively
moderate average traffic volume, moderately average trip length, and
moderately average operating speed. Such a road also collects and
distributes traffic between local roads and arterial roads.
COMMERCIAL USES: Activities within land areas that are
predominantly connected with the sale, rental and distribution of
products or the performance of services, including offices and medical
facilities.
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COMMUNITY PARK: A park located near collector or arterial roads
designed to serve the needs of more than one neighborhood. It is
designed to serve community residents within a radius of up to 3.5
miles. The term “community park” includes any related recreational
facilities, and can be publicly or privately owned.
COMPLETE STREETS: Roads including adjacent sidewalks and shared
use paths that are designed and operated to enable safe access and
travel for all users, which may include pedestrians, bicyclists, transit
riders, and motorists. Complete Streets incorporate different elements
based on the different role, function, and characteristic of the facility.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: A Comprehensive Plan is a forward -
thinking guidance document that acts as a framework for the growth
and development of the City. A Comprehensive Plan will lay out goals,
objectives and policies for the future of the City and has a typical
horizon of 10-20 years.
CONTINUING CARE FACILITIES: A variety of housing options and
services designed to meet the changing needs of its residents who
require varying levels of care. Housing options typically include
independent living units, assisted living facilities, and/or nursing
homes.
DENSITY: The number of dwelling units per acre on a building site in
the residential and commercial zoning categories. Where the
computation of density results in a whole number plus a fraction of
dwelling units per acre, the fraction shall be disregarded, i.e. four and
nine tenths (4.9) shall mean four (4) dwelling units per acre.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Definitions of any other terms related
to development standards shall be as described in “Definition” of the
City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs.)
DWELLING UNIT: A house, apartment, condominium unit, mobile or
manufactured home, group of rooms, or a single room intended for
occupancy as a separate living quarter with complete kitchen and
bathroom facilities, and with direct access from the outside of the
building or through a common hall for use by its occupants.
EDUCATIONAL USES: Activities and facilities for public or private
primary or secondary schools; vocational and technical schools; and
colleges and universities including all campus buildings, residence
halls and dormitories, fraternity and sorority housing, and recreational
facilities.
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FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR): A regulatory technique which relates to
total developable site area and the size (square feet) of development
permitted on a specific site. A numeric rating assigned to each
commercial and industrial land use category that determines the total
gross square feet of a structure as measured from the structure’s
exterior walls based upon the actual land area of the parcel upon which
the structure is to be located. Total gross square feet calculated using
the assigned floor area ratio shall not include such features as parking
lots or structures, aerial pedestrian crossovers, open or partially
enclosed plazas, or exterior pedestrian and vehicular circulation areas.
GOAL: A goal is an end-state toward which effort is directed. An end-
state in this context is a set of economic, social and land use conditions
which seem desirable for Dania Beach. Goals are long range and
defined in qualitative rather than quantitative terms. In general, they
espouse very high ideals about the end-state to be achieved. In effect,
goals set the parameters of the study to be made. Goals have scale,
scope and substantive dimensions. Goals vary in their substantive,
scope and scale characteristics.
GREEN GLOBES: Is an online and on-site green building rating and
certification tool that is used primarily in the USA and Canada. Green
Globes is licensed for use by the Green Building Initiative (GBI) in the
USA for new and existing buildings. There are Green Globes modules
for:
• New Construction/Significant Renovations
• Commercial Interiors (i.e. Office Fit-ups)
• Existing Buildings (offices, multi-residential, retail, health care,
light industrial)
The Green Globes New Construction assessment can be used for a
wide range of commercial, institutional and multi-residential building
types including offices, school, hospitals, hotels, academic and
industrial facilities, warehouses, laboratories, sports facilities and multi-
residential buildings.
GROSS ACRE: Full area of a parcel inclusive of any public -rights
of way and public property. Means the total number of acres in an
area, including acreage used or proposed for streets, lakes, and/or
waterways, not including the rivers and canals of the primary drainage
system as identified within the BCLUP.
HAZARD MITIGATION: Reducing or eliminating potential losses by
breaking the cycle of damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL: Business whose activities are predominantly
connected with manufacturing, assembling, processing, or storage,
which business is not included within the definition of Light Industrial
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or Marine Industrial. If a particular operation or use cannot be classified
as a Light Industrial or Marine Industrial, it shall be classified as Heavy
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Industrial. Heavy Industrial Uses can include outdoor operations or
storage, and are not limited to communications, electronics, or
businesses which manufacture or assemble small machine parts. Heavy
industrial uses may also include tractor trailer truck operations and
other heavy traffic generator uses.
HOTEL: A Building or part thereof, in which sleeping rooms are offered
for rent to the public, and where all charges for food, lodging, and
accessory services are paid for by the renter.
Hotels maintain an inner lobby through which all occupants must pass
to gain access. Hotel sleeping rooms are accessed solely through
interior hallways, even when such units are on ground floors. Guests
frequently stay more than one (1) night. Hotels typically include
amenities that cater to longer- term guests, such as exercise rooms,
spas, restaurants, meeting rooms, ballrooms, convention facilities,
reading areas, and limited shopping areas. Hotels cater to transient
occupancy, and may have limited kitchenette facilities (i.e., microwave,
coffee maker, small sink, miniature refrigerator) for use by the
occupants. Two hotel rooms are equivalent to one residential unit.
LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is redefining
the way we think about the places where we live, work and learn. As an
internationally recognized mark of excellence, LEED provides building
owners and operators with a framework for identifying and
implementing practical and measurable green building design,
construction, operations and maintenance solutions. LEED certification
provides independent, third-party verification that a building, home or
community was designed and built using strategies aimed at achieving
high performance in key areas of human and environmental health:
sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency,
materials selection and indoor environmental quality. www.usgbc.org.
LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS): An indicator of the extent or degree of
service provided by, or proposed to be provided by, a facility based on
and related to the operational characteristics of the facility. LOS shall
indicate the capacity per unit of demand for each public facility or
performance measures for road traffic or stormwater facilities.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE: Business activity which is predominantly
connected with assembling or storage of small machine parts,
electronics, and communications equipment where all activities are
carried on within an enclosed building, and deliveries and pickups are
made from enclosed trucks or vans. Light industrial operations are
typically of a size, scale, and character which are virtually
indistinguishable from operations conducted in office buildings,
commercial buildings, and commercial -office parks and complexes.
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The equipment used in the light industrial manufacturing process does
not include the use of large machines, generate significant emissions
of toxic or regulated gases, or use bulk chemical combinations. Light
industrial buildings typically do not have smokestacks and on-site bulk
chemical mixing is not contemplated. Light Industrial business
operations may not produce nuisances such as noise, heavy truck
traffic, fumes, vibration, glare, or other criteria which would be
incompatible with residential or upscale commercial use. Primary
functions in Light Industrial Use relate to an activity other than
manufacturing.
MANUFACTURED HOME: A dwelling unit fabricated in an off -site
manufacturing facility for installation or assembly at the site, bearing a
label certifying that it is built in compliance with the federal
manufactured housing construction and safety standards, or inspected
by an approved inspection agency conforming to the requirements of
HUD, and bearing an insignia of approval.
MARINE INDUSTRIAL: Marine industrial uses are designed to
accommodate recreational marine and marine -related industries
which, when necessary (for example, as a result of the size of the boat
or yacht) and allowed, may take place outside of a building. Included
are light industrial and research uses that are conducted within
completely enclosed buildings and which have limited impact outside
of buildings. Marine Industrial uses include marinas; boat and yacht
dealers and showrooms; boat and yacht brokers; repair and building
of boats, yachts, and marine engines and equipment; sail making and
repair; storage, repair, and building of marine parts and accessories;
boat and yacht cleaning, maintenance, and painting; and
transportation and ticketing facilities.
MOTEL: A building, or series of buildings, being attached, semi -
detached, or detached, in which sleeping rooms are offered for rent to
the public, and where all charges for food, lodging, and accessory
services are paid for by the renter, and where each unit has convenient
exterior access to a parking space for the use of the unit's occupants.
Access to sleeping rooms is from the exterior of the building as
opposed to the interior. Except for a dwelling unit for the manager or
caretaker, the rental sleeping rooms are primarily for the transient use
of motor vehicle travelers who typically stay one night. These units may
have limited kitchenette facilities (i.e., microwave, coffee maker, small
sink, miniature refrigerator) for use by the occupants. Two motel
sleeping rooms are equivalent to one residential unit.
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MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING: multiple separate dwelling units contained
within one building or several buildings excluding single family
attached dwellings.
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: The system which
provides safe and efficient movement of people, goods, and services
by more than one mode of transportation.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK: A park that serves the residents of a
neighborhood and is accessible to bicyclists and/or pedestrians. It is
designed to serve the population of a neighborhood in a radius of up
to one-half mile. Neighborhood parks include any related recreational
facilities, and can be publicly or privately owned.
NET ACRE: “Net acre” means parcel area exclusive of public right-of-
way the entire acreage of the site located inside the parcel boundary.
OBJECTIVES: Objectives, like goals, are end-states toward which effort
is directed. The dictionary definition of the two terms makes them
synonymous. However, for our purpose the term “objective” will be
used to further define the goals. Objectives will be milestones toward
achieving the end-state. Objectives can be defined on a number of
levels, but the most important distinction is between quantitative and
qualitative objectives.
OPEN SPACE: Areas open to the sky that are partly or completely
covered with grass, trees, shrubs, other vegetation or water, or if
partially or completely paved serve to shape or enhance urban form or
provide for public use. Open spaces have little to no vertical structures
and can be publicly or privately owned. Open spaces include parks,
transportation corridor parkways, vegetated buffers, shared use paths,
plazas, courtyards, squares and areas that provide stormwater
management.
PARK: A site that provides opportunities to partake in active or passive
recreational activities, including structures associated with a park’s
recreational activities.
PEAK HOUR PEAK DIRECTION CAPACITY: The maximum number of
vehicles that can pass a given point in one direction on a road under
given traffic and road conditions per the FDOT Quality/Level of Service
Handbook in one hour.
PENAL, CORRECTIONAL, AND RE-ENTRY FACILITIES: Penal,
Correctional, and Re-Entry Facilities, regardless of whether they are
publicly, privately, or charitably owned, operated, or subsidized,
include jails, correctional facilities, detention facilities, prison release
facilities, convict or prisoner rehabi litation or social re-introduction
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facilities (e.g., “halfway houses", supervised or structured living,
working, or educational facilities), or facilities where residents are not
confined or restrained but are free to leave the facility for work or
personal needs subject to operative rules controlling residency on the
premises and where community-based treatment to persons referred
by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a State Department of Corrections,
or like federal or state agency, who need re-entry into the community,
including drug and alcohol counseling and job placement assistance.
The terms "hotel" or "motel,” or "police protective facility," or
"Community Facility" do not apply to this use.
POLICIES: Policies are often confused with goals and objectives.
Indeed, most objectives can be rewritten as policies and most policies
can be rewritten as objectives. It is easy to distinguish the two, if one
considers objectives to be static end-states and always written in the
infinitive verb form: e.g., to be, to do, to provide. On the other hand
policies are guides to action that control present and future decision
making. Policies are almost always written in the present or future -
perfect tense with an auxiliary condition to the verb to express
obligation, propriety, expediency and expected behavior. A policy is
normally implemented by law, rule, procedure or some other formal
guide for action and is not discretionary but mandatory.
PROGRAM: For purposes here, a program is a sequence of efforts to
achieve an objective in a specific substantive area, such as housing,
recreation programs, etc. A program in its broadest definition is a
sequence of efforts to be performed toward any objective or goal.
QUALITATIVE OBJECTIVES: Such objectives have characteristics
similar to those of goals. They are defined in general terms. They have
a long, usually undefined timeframe. They are however, more specific
as to task than goals.
QUANTITATIVE (OPERATIONAL) OBJECTIVES: These objectives
further define the steps to be taken toward the goal and, in addition,
provide measures for determining the effectiveness of the effort.
RECREATIONAL USES: Areas and development used for leisure time
activities and sports in an indoor or outdoor setting, including parks.
RESIDENT: A person who makes his or her home in a particular place
for most of the year or for a portion of the year, including a seasonal
resident.
RESIDENTIAL USES: Land uses consisting of dwelling units, including
mobile and manufactured homes. Residential uses include assisted
living facilities and group homes.
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RESILIENCE: The capacity to cope with hazards and stresses in a
timely and efficient manner by responding, adapting, and transforming
in ways that restore, maintain, and even improve essential functions,
structures, and identity, while retaining the capacity for growth and
change; and the ability of the transportation system to adapt to
changing conditions and prepare for, withstand, and recover from
disruption. The concept of resilience is closely related to the concept
of hazard mitigation.
RIGHT-OF-WAY: Land dedicated or required for a transportation or
utility use that a government entity owns in fee simple or over which it
has an easement.
SENIOR HOUSING: Age-restricted dwelling units for older adults, aged
55+, who are able to care for themselves.
SHARED USE PATH: A paved facility for use by pedestrians, bicyclists,
and/or other users that is separated from vehicular traffic. Golf carts may
be used on shared use paths in certain areas, under certain
circumstances.
SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING: A single dwelling unit
physically attached to other buildings, dwelling units, or structures
through one or more shared walls.
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING: A single dwelling unit not
physically attached to other buildings, dwelling units, or structures.
SOLID WASTE FACILITIES: The term "solid waste facilities" means
structures or systems designed for the storage, collection, processing,
recycling, or disposal of solid waste, including hazardous waste,
industrial waste, construction and demolition waste, and biomedical
waste. The term includes processing plants, recycling plants, disposal
yards, landfills (of any class), compost areas (excluding residential
backyard composting), composting facilities, construction and
demolition debris recycling areas, construction and demolition debris
recycling facilities, materials recovery faci lities, monofils, solid waste
combustors, solid waste disposal facilities, solid waste management
facilities, tire recycling areas or facilities, volume reduction plants,
waste tire collection centers, waste tire collectors, waste tire processing
facilities, and waste tire sites. See Florida Administrative Code section
62-701 for the definitions of the foregoing terms.
STRATEGY: A strategy applied in this context is the marshalling of all
efforts toward achieving all of the end-states embodied in objectives or
policies in a manner where those efforts reinforce and support one
another. A strategy is thus a comprehensive statement of policy and
programs presented in a manner that achieves the desired end-states
most efficiently and effectively.
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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY: An urban area with a long term planning
and management vision that incorporates a multi-modal transportation
network; walkable, mixed use patterns of development; denser
development where infrastructure exists; civic spaces and
interconnected open spaces for recreation; economic vitality and job
choices; choices in housing price and size; a quality educational
system; and a unique identity.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Development that meets present -day
needs without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy
their own requirements. It aims to improve individuals' living conditions
while preserving their environment in the short, medium and – above all
– long term. The objective of sustainable development is threefold:
development that is economically efficient, socially fair and
environmentally sustainable.
UTILITIES: The term "Utilities" means those facilities needed to serve,
or which constitute a public or private utility. The term "Utilities" is
limited to lines, valves, wells, water treatment plants, and injection wells
which comprise a water service utility needed to serve Dania Beach
citizens; gravity mains, force mains, manholes, lift stations, monitoring
stations, needed to serve Dania Beach residents; electrical lines, poles,
substations and transmission facilities which comprise an electric
power utility needed to service Dania Beach residents; lines, valves,
and equipment which comprise a liquid gas utility infrastructure
needed to serve Dania Beach residents; lines, switching facilities,
poles, communications towers, antennas and other appurtenances for
telephone utility infrastructure to service Dania Beach residents; and
lines, hub facilities, and satellite earth station receiving facilities, and
other appurtenances necessary to comprise a cable television utility to
service Dania Beach residents. Unless expressl y indicated within a
Future Land Use Element, the word "utilities" will not include plants for
electric, gas, or telephone service, or solid waste facilities.
The following definitions were relocated from the City’s Transportation
Element.
ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC (AADT): The volume passing a
point or segment of a highway in both directions for one year divided
by the number of days in the year (Level of Service Manual, Florida
DOT, 1995).
BACKLOGGED ROADWAYS: Those roads that are operating at a level
of service below the minimum level of service standards, not
programmed for construction in the first three years of FDOT’s
adopted work program or the five-year schedule of improvements
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contained in a local government’s capital improvement element, and
not constrained (Level of Service Manual, Florida DOT, 1995).
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN WAYS: Any road, path or way which is
open to bicycle travel and traffic afoot and from which motor vehicles
are excluded (Rule 9J5FAC). Bicycle lane. A portion of a roadway that
has been designed by striping, signage, and pavement markings for
the preferential or exclusive use of bicyclists (Transportation
Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
BICYCLE PATH: A bikeway physically separated from motorized
vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and located either within
the highway right-of -way or within an independent right -of-way
(Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
BICYCLE ROUTE: A segment of a system of bikeways designated by
the jurisdiction having authority with appropriate directional and
information markers, with or without a specific bicycle route number
(Broward County Bicycle Facilities Network Plan, 1996).
BLUEWAY: A waterway which has been designated for conservation,
recreation, or both and which may be connected with greenway hubs,
sites, and linkages. (CNPD)
BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFICWAYS PLAN: The plan promulgated by
the Broward County Planning Council pursuant to Chapter 59-1154,
Laws of Florida, as amended, and the Broward County Charter, which
depicts a network of trafficways for Broward County (Land
Development Code). The Broward County Trafficways Plan is a
roadway right-of -way preservation plan. To accommodate the impacts
of new development, right-of-way is required of developing parcels to
provide for an adequate regional roadway network (Documentation of
the Broward County Trafficways Plan, Broward County Planning
Council).
CARPOOL AND VANPOOL: Carpool is an arrangement where two or
more people share the use and cost of privately owned automobiles in
traveling to and from pre-arranged destinations together, and vanpool
is an arrangement in which a group of passengers share the use and
cost of a van in traveling to and from pre-arranged destinations
together (Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
CAPACITY: The maximum rate of flow at which persons or vehicles can
be reasonably expected to traverse a point or uniform segment of a
lane or roadway during a specified period under prevailing roadway,
traffic, and control conditions; usually expressed as vehicles per hour
or persons per hour. (Highway Capacity Manual, Special Report 209,
Transportation Research Board, 1994).
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COMMITTED TRIP: A trip generated within the Traffic Review and
Impact Planning System (TRIPS) model from an approved but not built
development (Land Development Code, Broward County, 1997).
COMPACT DEFERRAL AREA: The geographic area which is a two (2)
mile band having a centerline, which is coincident with the centerline
of the congested link, extends parallel to the congested link for a
distance of one-half (½) mile beyond each end point of the congested
link (Land Development Code, Broward County, 1977).
CONCURRENCY: The provision of insuring that the necessary public
facilities and services to maintain the adopted public transit level of
service standards are available when the impacts of development
occur. Transportation, sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage, potable
water, parks and recreation, and public education are the only public
facilities and services subject to the Broward County concurrency
requirement. The necessary public facilities and services to maintain
the adopted level of service standards are available when the impacts
of development occur.
CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: The procedures or process
that the local government will utilize to assure that development orders
and permits are not issued unless the necessary facilities and services
are available concurrent with the impacts of development (Rule
9J5FAC).
CONSTRAINED ROADWAYS: Roads that cannot be expanded by the
addition of two or more through-lanes because of physical,
environmental or policy constraints (Level of Service Manual, Florida
DOT, 1995).
DEMAND FLOW RATE: The traffic flow rate that now wants or at some
future time is expected to want to travel over a point on or section of a
highway for a 15-minute period, expressed in vehicles per hour (Level
of Service Manual, Florida DOT, 1995).
DEMAND RESPONSE TRANSIT SERVICE: Non-fixed-route service
utilizing vans or buses with passengers boarding and alighting at pre-
arranged times at any location within the systems service area (Transit
Fact Book, American Public Transit Association, 1996).
FACILITY AVAILABILITY: Whether or not a facility is available in a
manner to satisfy the concurrency management system (Rule 9J-5
FAC).
FEEDER ROUTE: A transit route which has the characteristics of
traveling on local streets, utilized for shorter trip lengths and transfer
connections (Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
FIXED-ROUTE SERVICE: Transit service provided on a repetitive, fixed-
scheduled basis along a specific route, with vehicles stopping to pick-
up and deliver passengers to specific locations; each fixed -route trip
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serves the same origins and designations, unlike demand response
and taxicabs (Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
FLORIDA INTRASTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM: A statewide network of
limited-access and controlled-access highways designed with general-
use and exclusive-use lanes to accommodate Florida’s high speed and
high volume highway traffic (Level of Service Manual, Florida DOT,
1995).
FUNCTIONAL AREA COVERAGE: A ½ mile corridor surrounding a bus
route, ¼ mile in each direction.
GREENWAY: A corridor of protected open space established for
conservation, recreation or both which may contain a pedestrian path
or bikeway. (A Community Resource Guide for Greenway Projects,
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Greenways
and Trails).
HEADWAY: The time interval between transit revenue vehicles passing
a specific location (Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (ITS): Use of computer and
communications technology to facilitate the flow of information
between travelers and system operators to improve mobility and
transportation productivity, enhance safety, maximize the use of
existing transportation facilities, conserve energy resources an d
reduce adverse environmental effects; including concepts such as
“freeway management systems,” “automated fare corrections” and
“transit information kiosks” (Atlanta ITS, Georgia DOT, 1997).
INTERMODAL FACILITY: An intermodal facility is a single or closely
related transportation facility used by two or more modes of
transportation. Intermodal system is one providing connections
between different modes, such as adequate highways to ports or bus
feeder services to rail transit; individual modes working together to
provide the user with the best choices of services (Corridor
Management Procedure, FDOT, 1996).
LEVEL OF SERVICE: An indicator of the extent or degree of service
provided by, or proposed to be provided by a facility based on and
related to the operational characteristics of the facility. Level of service
shall indicate the capacity per unit of demand for each public facility
(Rule 9J5FAC).
LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY: A roadway especially designed for
through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of
abutting land or other persons have no greater than a limited right or
easement of access (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
LINKED TRIP: A trip from origin to destination on the transit system.
Even if a passenger must make several transfers during a journey, the
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trip is counted as one linked trip on the system (Transportation
Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
MAJOR PUBLIC TRANSIT TRIP GENERATORS OR ATTRACTORS:
Major trip generators or attractors are concentrated areas of intense
land use or activity that produces or attracts a significant number of
local trip end (Rule 9J5FAC). For public transit, a site which attracts a
substantial number of person trips per day. Defined here as meeting
or exceeding the following thresholds: Office parks - 100,000 sq. ft.
GLA; shopping centers - 500,000 sq. ft.; schools - 1000 students; major
employers - 1000 employees; health facilities - 100 beds (Broward
County Comprehensive Plan 1989).
MODAL SPLIT: The proportion of total person trips that use each of
various specified modes of transportation (Transportation Expressions,
U.S. DOT, 1996).
MULTIMODAL SYSTEM: A transportation system consisting of more
than one mode of travel to serve transportation needs in a given area
(Corridor Management Procedure, FDOT, 1996).
OPERATING REVENUE: For public transit, revenue from various
sources including the farebox, pass sales, contracted service,
advertising revenue, and other revenue generated through the activity
of operating the transit system; and the amount of money which a
carrier receives from transportation operations (Transportation
Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
PARATRANSIT: Transit services which are characterized by their
nonscheduled, non-fixed route nature such as ride sharing, car or van
pools, demand responsive buses, and other public transit services
(Rule 9J-5 FAC).
Planning analysis hour factors (K100). The ratio of a highway section’s
volume in the year’s 100th highest volume hour to its annual average
traffic volume. In developed areas the year’s 100th highest volume
hour represents a typical weekday peak traffic hour during the area’s
peak travel season, i.e., that area’s peak season “rush” hour, usually in
the late afternoon. The K100 factor refers to a demand volume, not
necessarily a measured volume.
PUBLIC TRANSIT: Passenger services provided by public, private or
non-profit entities such as the following surface transit modes:
commuter rail; rail rapid transit; light rail transit; light guideway transit;
express bus; and local fixed route bus (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
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RECREATIONAL TRIP: A trip for leisure, relaxation, or enjoyment
purposes, as opposed to utilitarian purposes. (1989 Broward County
Comprehensive Plan, Broward County Comprehensive and
Neighborhood Planning Division).
REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER: A compact, high intensity, high density
multi-use area designated as appropriate for intensive growth by the
local governments, which may include: retail; office; cultural,
recreational and entertainment facilities; hotels and motels; or
appropriate industrial activities (Strategic Regional Policy Plan For
South Florida, South Florida Regional Planning Council, 1995).
RIGHT-OF-WAY: Land in which the state, a county, or a municipality
own the fee simple title or has an easement dedicated or required for
a transportation or utility use (Rule 9J5FAC).
ROADWAY FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION: The assignment of roads
into categories according to the character of service they provide in
relation to the total road network. Basic functional categories include
limited access facilities, arterial roads, and collector roads, which may
be subcategorized into principal, major or minor levels. Those levels
may be further grouped into urban and rural categories.
ARTERIAL ROAD: A roadway providing service which is relatively
continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long trip length, and
high operating speed. In addition, every United States numbered
highway is an arterial road (Rule 9J-5FAC).
PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL: A roadway which serves the major centers of
activity of urbanized areas, the highest traffic volume corridors. It
carries most of the trips entering and leaving the urban area, as well as
most of the through movements bypassing the central city.
It could be stratified as follows: (1) interstate; (2) other freeways and
expressways; and, (3) other principal arterials (A Policy on Geometric
Design of Highways and Streets, 1990, American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials).
MINOR ARTERIAL: A roadway which interconnects with and augments
the urban principal arterial system (A Policy on Geometric Design of
Highways and Streets, 1990, American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials).
COLLECTOR ROAD: A roadway providing service which is of relatively
moderate traffic volume, moderate trip length, and moderate
operating speed. Collector roads collect and distribute traffic between
local roads or arterial roads (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
LOCAL ROAD: A roadway providing service which is of relatively low
traffic volume, short average trip length or minimal through traffic
movements, and high volume land access for abutting property (Rule
9J-5 FAC).
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STRATEGIC INTERMODEL SYSTEM (SIS): The Florida transportation
system composed of transportation corridors and facilities of statewide
and interregional significance that play an important role in the
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movement of people and goods (The Strategic Intermodal System,
Florida Department of Transportation, 2005).
TERMINAL: Any location where passenger or freight either originates,
terminates, or is handled in the transportation process; or where
commercial motor carriers maintain operating facilities (Transportation
Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
TIMED-TRANSFER: Transit system design whereby buses are
scheduled to meet at designated locations to facilitate transferring
(Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
TRAFFIC REVIEW AND IMPACT PLANNING SYSTEM (TRIPS) MODEL: A
computer model maintained in the Broward County Development
Management Division which accounts for the traffic from approved but
not built development. See Committed Trip (Land Development Code,
Broward County, 1997).
TRANSFER STATION: A fixed location where passengers interchange
from one route or vehicle to another (Transportation Expressions,
1996).
TRANSITWAY: A dedicated right-of-way, most commonly in a mall, that
is used by transit units, usually mixed with pedestrian traffic
(Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996). Transit Oriented
Development (TOD). Development reflecting a design philosophy that
encourages development from the ground up with transit in mind;
emphasizing securing a high density level, combining a mix of uses,
utilizing a hierarchy of streets and designing at a human scale to
maximum the potential for transit use within a community (Strategic
Regional Policy Plan for South Florida, SFRPC, 1995).
TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EXCEPTION AREA (TCEA): A
specific geographic area, or areas, delineated in the local government
comprehensive plan for urban infill development, for urban
redevelopment, and for downtown revitalization within the designated
central business district that could be excepted from the traffic
circulation concurrency requirements (Rule 9J- 5.0055 FAC).
TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT AREA (TCMA): A
compact geographic area with existing or proposed multiple, viable
alternative travel paths or modes for common trips. The purpose of
this optional alternative transportation concurrency approach is to
promote infill development or redevelopment within selected portions
of urban areas in a manner that supports the provision of more efficient
mobility alternatives, including public transit (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
Transportation corridors. Major routes used for moving people and
goods by one or more transportation option (Strategic Regional Policy
Plan for South Florida, SFRPC, 1995).
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TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM): Strategies and
techniques that can be used to increase the efficiency of the
transportation system. TDM focuses on ways of influencing the amount
and demand for transportation by encouraging alternatives to the
single-occupant automobile and by altering local peak hour travel
demand. These strategies and techniques may, among others,
include: ridesharing programs; flexible work hours; telecom muting;
shuttle services; and, parking management (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED: Those individuals who
because of physical or mental disability, income status, or age are
unable to transport themselves to or purchase transportation and are,
therefore, dependent upon others to obtain access to health care,
employment, education, shopping, social activities, or other life-
sustaining activities (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (TSM): A range of
improvement strategies that are non-facility and low-capital oriented to
make the existing transportation system operate more efficiently. TSM
techniques include demand management strategies, incident
management strategies, and other actions that increase the operating
efficiency of the existing system in the short range (Rule 9J-5 FAC).
TRUNK LINE: A transit route which travels longer distances, primarily
along arterial roads, with few deviations (Transportation Expressions,
U.S. DOT, 1996).
UNLINKED TRIP: The number of passengers who board public
transportation vehicles. Transit trip taken by both initial boarding and
transfer passengers (Transportation Expressions, U.S. DOT, 1996).
URBAN INFILL: For roadway concurrency purposes, development of
vacant parcels in otherwise built-up areas where public facilities such
as sewer systems, roads, schools, and recreation areas are already in
place and the average residential density is at least five dwelling units
per acre, the average nonresidential intensity is at least a floor area
ratio of 1.0 and vacant, developable land does not constitute more than
10 percent of the area (Section 163.3164, F.S.).
UTILITARIAN TRIP: A trip for work or errand purposes, as opposed to
recreational purposes. (1989 Broward County Comprehensive Plan,
Broward County Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning
Division).
VOLUME-TO -CAPACITY (V/C) RATIO: The ratio of demand flow to
capacity for a highway (Level of Service Manual, Florida DOT, 1995).
WIDE CURB LANE: The outermost lane of a roadway, for vehicle travel,
which is expanded from the standard 12 feet width to at least 14 feet in
order to accommodate bicycle travel. Wide curb lanes are not
designated by striping or pavement markings. (1989 Broward County
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Comprehensive Plan, Broward County Comprehensive and
Neighborhood Planning Division).110% Maintain. It shall mean that
the number of trips on a road segment shall not exceed 110% of the
number of actual trips in the road segment plus the number of
committed trips in the TRIPS model approved as of October 1, 1996.
ACRONYMS
AAA: Adaption Action Areas
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD: Average Daily Demand
ARA: Annexation Reserve Area
ASR: Aquifer Storage and Recovery
AWWA: American Water Works Association
BAS: Biscayne Aquifer System
CCCL: Coastal Construction Control Line
CDBG: Community Development Block Grant
CIP: Capital Improvement Program
CIS: Capital Improvement Schedule
CO: Certificate of Occupancy
CRA: Community Redevelopment Agency
FAC: Florida Administrative Code
FAR: Floor Area Ratio
FAS: Florida Aquifer System
FAU: Florida Atlantic University
FBC: Florida Building Code
FDEP: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FDOT: Florida Department of Transportation
FEC: Florida East Coast Railroad
FGBC: Florida Green Building Coalition
FLU: Future Land Use
FS: Florida Statutes
GHG: Greenhouse Gas
GIS: Geographic Information System
GOPS: Goals, Objectives, Policies
GPCD: Gallons per capita per day
GPM: Gallons per minute
HUD: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
ISBA: Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement
kWh: Kilowatt-hour
LDR: Land Development Regulations
LEC: Lower East Coast (Florida)
LED: Light-emitting diode
LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
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LMS: Local Mitigation Strategy
LOS: Level of Service
MDD: Maximum Day Demand
NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
PPH : Population per household
PSI: Per square inch
PSIG: Per square inch gauge
SAS: Surficial Aquifer System
SEFTC: Southeast Florida’s Transportation Council
SFWMD: South Florida Water Management District
SHIP: State Housing Initiative Partnership
SIS: State Intermodal System
SLOSH: Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes
SNMREC: Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center
SWA: Solid Waste Authority
ULDC: Unified Land Development Code
USGS: United States Geological Survey
The following acronyms were relocated from the City’s Transportation
element.
AADT: Annual Average Daily Traffic
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
ADT: Average Daily Traffic
ASV: Annual Service Volume
BCLDC: Broward County Land Development Code
BCT: Broward County Transit
CDA: Compact Deferral Area
CMP: Congestion Management Plan
CMS: Concurrency Management System
COE: United States Army Corps of Engineers
COFC: Container-on-flatcar
CPTED: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
CSX: Coastal Seaboard Railroad
DCA: Florida Department of Community Affairs
DMT: Broward County Division of Mass Transit
DPC/CME: Deepwater Port Component of the Coastal
Management Element
DRI: Development of Regional Impact
EIS: Environmental Impact Statement
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FAC: Florida Administrative Code
FAR: Federal Aviation Regulation
FBO: Fixed Base Operator
FCTD: Florida Commission for the Transportation
Disadvantaged
FDOT: Florida Department of Transportation
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FEC: Florida East Coast Railroad
FIHS: Florida Intrastate Highway System
FLL: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
FOX: Florida Overland Express
FRA: Federal Railroad Administration
FS: Florida Statutes
FSUTMS: Florida Standard Urban Transportation Model Structure
FTPK: Florida Turnpike
FXE: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle
ICW: Intracoastal Waterway
ITS: Intelligent Transportation System
LOS: Level of Service
MIS: Major Investment Study
MLW: Mean Low Water
MPH: Miles per hour
MPO: Metropolitan Planning Organization
NFNR: North Fork New River
PAL: Planning Activity Level (airport)
PJA: Port Jurisdictional Area
SFNR: South Fork New River
SFRC: South Florida Rail Corridor
SFRPC: South Florida Regional Planning Council
SIS: Strategic Intermodal System
SSPP: Safety System Program Plan
TAZ: Traffic Analysis Zone
TCC: Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s
Technical Coordinating Committee
TCEA: Transportation Concurrency Exception Area
TCMA: Transportation Concurrency Management Area
TCRA: Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority
TDM: Transportation Demand Management
TE: Transportation Element
TEU: Trailer Equivalency Unit
TIP: Transportation Improvement Programs
TOD: Transit Oriented Development
TOPS: Transportation Options Program
TOFC: Trailer-on-flatcar
TRIPS: Traffic Review and Impact Planning System
TSM: Transportation System Management
USDOT: United States Department of Transportation
V/C: Volume to Capacity ratio
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
POLICY DOCUMENT
1
CITY OF DANIA BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
1. FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT
GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES
Goal: 1.1 The goal of the future land use element of the City
of Dania Beach will be provision of land uses which
will maximize economic benefits for the
community, be sensitive of the natural environment
and minimize any threat to the health, safety and
welfare of the community and its residents. Provide
for the sustainable development and
redevelopment of suitable and compatible land
uses to preserve and promote quality of life while
protecting its natural resources and maximizing
economic benefits.
Objective: I 1.1.1 Maintain land development regulations shall be
maintained which to promote orderly growth,
development, and placement of land uses, which
will to encourage a mix of residential types and
provide good quality of life for the residents of the
City of Dania Beach. Coordinate all future land use
decisions with the appropriate topography and soil
conditions, the availability of facilities and services,
considering flood risk, and land use designations as
per the Future Land Use Map.
Policy: 1.1 1.1.1.1 Provide for a mix of residential communities which will
to promote a diverse population and a healthy
environment. Continue to maintain regulations
(subdivisions, zoning, signage etc.) to guide future land
use configurations so as to preserve topography and
soils; require facilities and services; and, protect against
seasonal and periodic flooding.
Policy: 1.2 1.1.1.2 Provide commercialized activities will be provided to
serve the residents of the community.
Policy: 1.3 1.1.1.3 The City’s Land Development Regulations shall
conform to, and implement, the use, density and
intensity standards as outlined on Table FLU-1 below:
Table FLU-1. Future Land Use Designations, Density and Intensity
Standards (Please note the following FLUE designation and related
information are exiting designation and being relocated in the table
below)
FLU Designations
Uses Zoning Districts
Maximum Density and
Intensity
Estate
Residential
Residential units
1 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (10)
Residential units
10 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (15)
Residential units
15 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (17)
Residential units
17 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (21)
Residential units
21 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (23)
Residential units
23 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (49)
Residential units
49 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (50)
Residential units
50 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (6.0)
Residential units
6.0 unit per acre
Irregular Res
Density (12-
13)
Residential units
(12-13) unit per acre
Low (2)
Density
Residential
Residential units
2 units per acre
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Low (3)
Density
Residential
Residential units
3 units per acre
Low (5)
Density
Residential
Residential units
5 units per acre
Low -
Medium
Density
Residential
Residential units
10 units per acre
Medium
Density
Residential
Residential units
16 units per acre
Medium -
High
Density
Residential
Residential units
25 units per acre
Commercial
Business, office, retail,
service, and other
commercial enterprises
which support the resident
and tourist populations of
Dania Beach.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Office Park Planned office complexes
and corporate headquarters
in Dania Beach. Office Park
areas should ensure a
campus like atmosphere with
substantial buildings and
ample open space.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Commercial
Recreation Use
Accommodate major public
and private commercial
recreation facilities which
offer recreational
opportunities to the residents
and tourists of Broward
County. Although some of
these facilities operate as an
adjunct to or an integral part
of other types of
development, most of these
facilities were conceived as
profit-making enterprises.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Industrial Use
Although other uses are
permitted in areas designated
industrial, at least eighty (80%)
percent of such land area must
be devoted to industrial use,
such as manufacturing,
warehouse distribution,
research and development, or
other substantial employment
based activities.
Maximum Building
Coverage 85%
Employment
Center Use
Employment Center areas are
designated on the Dania
Beach Land Use Map to
encourage non-residential
development, compatible with
residential and other less
intensive land uses, and which
would support the tourist-
oriented segment of Dania
Beach's economy as well as
high technology and service-
based activities.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Recreation
and Open
Space Use
The primary intent of the
recreation and open space
category is to accommodate
recreation and open space
uses to serve public recreation
needs. In general, land uses
within this category are low
intensity in character with a
minimum of impervious
surface coverage and retain as
much natural vegetation and
landscape as possible.
Maximum Building
Coverage 25%
Community
Facilities Use
Community Facilities areas
are designated on the
Future Land Use Plan Map
to provide a full range of
regional and community
uses such as educational,
medical, governmental,
religious, civic, cultural,
judicial, and correctional
facilities.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Transportation
Use Existing airports, Port
Everglades, and existing
and proposed expressways
are designated
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transportation on the Future
Land Use Plan Map.
Communication
Facilities
Communication facilities
such as television and radio
stations and relay structures
and telephone facilities are
not specifically designated
on the Future Land Use Plan
Map as a separate category.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Special
Residential
Facilities
Utilities Use
Special Residential Facilities
development such as group
homes and foster care facilities
are defined by category type on
permitted use section and are
subject when applicable, to the
Special Residential Facilities
provisions and allocation of
flexibility, or bonus sleeping
rooms. Dania Beach may permit
a maximum of one hundred
(100) "bonus" sleeping rooms
consistent with Broward County
Ordinance 85-92, which are
permanently dedicated to
Special Residential use without
allocating density.
Designated on the Future Land
Use Plan Map to ensure the
availability of land necessary to
provide an adequate level of
utility service to meet the current
and future needs of Dania
Beach. Utilities are also allowed
in areas designated residential,
commercial, office park,
industrial, and employment
center.
Maximum Building
Coverage 75%
Conservation
Use
Conservation areas are
designated on the Future Land
Use Plan Map to protect natural
reservations.
Policy: 1.4 1.1.1.4 Clean, light, industrial development will be
encouraged to support the tax base for the
community and to provide a wide range of
employment for residents of the community.
Policy: 1.5 1.1.1.5 Future industrial land uses shall be located with
access to major transportation facilities including
highways, airports, railroads, and seaports. (B.C.P.
#03.01.02)
Policy: 1.6 1.1.1.6 In order to ensure sufficient amounts of industrial
land are available to meet Dania Beach's future
needs, those lands enjoying a future land use
industrial designation on the Future Dania Beach
Land Use Plan Map shall not be utilized for non -
industrial purposes, except where in conformance
with the Industrial Permitted Use subsection of the
Plan Implementation Requirements section of the
Dania Beach Land Use Plan. (B.C.P. #03.01.04).
Policy: 1.7 1.1.1.7 Significant industrial land is currently available. The
City will encourage light/marine oriented industrial
uses as an alternative to traditional industrial uses.
Policy: 1.71 1.1.1.8 Heavy Industrial Uses. The City shall not encourage
additional Heavy Industrial Development. After
January 1, 1999, Heavy Industrial Uses will be
allowed only when they offer significant gains and
opportunities to the City (in terms of employment
opportunity, increased tax base, an enhancement to
the City's growing reputation as a significant
commerce location for the Marine Industry, or the
provision of services and goods deemed necessary
and desirable for Dania Beach's citizenry as
Regional
Activity Center
Use
The intent of the Regional
Activity Center land use
designation is to encourage
attractive and functional mixed
living, working, shopping,
education and recreational
activities in the Dania Beach
Community Redevelopment
Area. The development of the
Regional Activity Center shall be
guided by the Community
Redevelopment Agency’s
Redevelopment Plan and the
policies hereunder.
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distinguished from the citizens of Broward County or
Southeast Florida), and when industrial facilities are
planned, designed, and built to minimize adverse
secondary impacts of noise, outdoor activities,
environmental pollution, vibration, dust, odors,
traffic generation, or other physical activity. In
evaluating heavy Industrial Use development, the
City may require more than the minimum setback,
landscaping, open space, and pervious area
requirements, and less than the otherwise maximum
allowable building height and lot coverage
requirements to minimize or offset negative
secondary impacts.
Policy: 1.72 1.1.1.9 Marine Industrial Uses. The City shall encourage
additional Marine Industrial development. In doing
so, Marine Industrial development shall be planned,
designed, and built to be as fully enclosed in
buildings as is reasonably possible and to minimize
adverse secondary impacts of noise, outdoor
activities, environmental pollution, vibration, dust,
odors, is generation, or other physical activity. In
evaluating Marine Industrial development, the City
may require more than the minimum setback,
landscaping, open space, and pervious area
requirements, and less than the otherwise maximum
allowable building height and lot coverage
requirements to minimize or offset negative
secondary impacts.
Policy: 1.73 1.1.1.10 Landfills and resource recovery facilities shall be
planned to minimize impacts on adjacent existing or
planned land uses. (B.C.P. #08.01.15)
Policy: 1.8 1.1.1.11 Minimum floor elevation standards shall be
consistent with applicable law. for building sites
promulgated and administered by the Federal
Emergency Management Administration shall be
applied citywide for new construction. (B.C.P.
#08.01.18)
Policy: 1.9 1.1.1.12 Areas surrounding existing and proposed
airports/heliports shall be planned to promote
compatible land uses consistent with the affected
elements of the Dania Beach Comprehensive Plan.
(B.C.P. 15.03.01)
Policy: 1.10 1.1.1.13 Within areas surrounding existing or committed
airports/heliports, Dania Beach shall not issue
development orders for land uses or structures that
are incompatible with airport/heliport uses, pursuant
to the Development Review Requirements
subsection of the Plan Implementation Requirements
section of the Dania Beach Land Use Plan. (B.C.P.
#15.03.02)
Policy: 1.11 1.1.1.14 The recommendations of adopted Part 150 Study
Technical Reports shall be taken under consideration
during land use decisions affecting airports/heliports
and their adjacent areas. (B.C.P. #15.03.03)
Policy: 1.12 1.1.1.15 Dania Beach shall protect from obstruction Federal
Aviation Administration approved and locally
adopted aircraft air corridors. (B.C.P. #15.03.05)
Policy: 1.13 The City shall establish development review
procedures to ensure that Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design (CPTED) principles are
addressed during the review process. (B.C.P.
#14.04.00)
Policy: 1.14 1.1.1.17 The City's land development regulations shall
enable a variety of housing types to accommodate
the housing for all income levels in the City of Dania
Beach. The City shall encourage the inclusion of low
and moderate housing opportunities in large-scale
residential developments. (B.C.P. #1.07.03)
Objective: II 1.1.2 Land development regulations will be
maintained to which will insure ensure that future
land amendments will only be permitted
provided that an analysis demonstrates that the
soils, topography, natural resources and
availability of the services are in place.
Policy: 2.1 1.1.2.1 Facilities and services will meet the levels of services
outlined in the Comprehensive Plan Elements.
Policy: 2.2 1.1.2.2 All facilities will be available and consistent with
concurrency requirements as per Section 163.3180
Florida Statutes.
Policy: 2.3 1.1.2.3 The City shall consider the individual and cumulative
impacts of land use plan amendments on the existing
and planned elementary and secondary education
facilities. (B.C.P. # 8.07.01)
Objective: III 1.1.3 Available land suitable for the provision of
community facilities to support the
existing/projected population has been
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identified.
Policy: 3.1 1.1.3.1 New development shall provide for utility and
community facility sites in accordance with the level
of service standards of the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy: 3.2 1.1.3.2 New park and recreational facilities shall be supplied
and tied with new growth in accordance with the
level of service standards of the Comprehensive
Plan.
Policy: 3.3 1.1.3.3 Dania Beach shall provide for a minimum of three (3)
acres of Community level parks for every 1,000
existing and projected permanent residents. The
acreage that may be used to meet this requirement
is listed in the "Community and Regional Parks"
subsection of the Plan Implementation Requirements
and Procedures section of the Broward Next County
Land Use Plan. (B.C.P. #05.02.01).
Policy 3.4 1.1.3.4 Dania Beach shall adopt and implement those
procedures and practices necessary to meet or
exceed the minimum parks and open space
standards contained with the Broward County Land
Use Plan. (B.C.P. #05.02.03)
Policy 3.5 1.1.3.5 Dania Beach shall address, within its development
codes and regulations, the protection of existing and
designated parks, recreation and open space lands
to ensure such lands are protected from future
development. (B.C.P. #05.02.04)
Policy 3.6 1.1.3.6 Dania Beach shall continue to permit public schools
(defined for the purpose of the land use element to
mean public schools K through 12), which are
classified by this Plan as a type of community facility,
in the following land use categories.
a. Residential
b. Community Facilities
Policy 3.7 1.1.3.7 Dania Beach will utilize the following Broward
County School Board land area guidelines for
individual school facilities.
a. Elementary school: 12 acres
b. Middle school: 20 acres
c. High school: 45 acres
Policy 3.8 1.1.3.8 Collocation of public schools with other community
facilities will be considered when:
a. New or replacement schools are funded in
the School Board's Capital Budget and are
adjacent to other existing public facilities.
b. New facilities are funded in the City's
Capital Improvement Element and can be
located adjacent to public schools and/or
c. Joint use projects are created and
implemented.
Policy 3.9 1.1.3.9 Dania Beach will encourage the collocation of public
facilities such as libraries, parks and community
centers with public schools to the extent practical
and financially feasible. The following criteria shall be
considered for collocating public schools and public
facilities.
a. Availability of vacant land of suitable size
and dimensions for the collocated public
uses;
b. Compatibility of the collocated public uses
with the adjacent land uses (ex: noise,
odors, glare, debris, dust, traffic, high
voltage transmission lines, etc.) and the
compatibility of the collocated public uses'
future land use designation(s) with the
future land use designations of adjacent
uses;
c. Availability of infrastructure, public services,
(i.e.: roadways, public transit, potable water,
sanitary sewer, drainage, and aquifer
recharge) and utilities (electricity, gas, etc.);
d. Environmental limitations (i.e.: wetlands,
uplands, soil conditions, contaminated
sites, potential brownfield sites, etc.);
e. Access approaches, including roadways,
public transit, bikeways, recreational trails
and pedestrian ways;
f. Proximity to residential areas, particularly
urban residential areas, and areas of very
low, low and moderate housing; and
g. Demographic base for purposes of
encouraging diversity.
Policy 3.10 1.1.3.10 Dania Beach shall incorporate provisions in the Land
Development Code requiring new nonresidential,
located adjacent to an existing or planned public
school site, to incorporate features such as walls,
solid hedges or increased setbacks where such use
would be incompatible with the public school.
Policy 3.11 1.1.3.11 Dania Beach shall incorporate provisions in the Land
Development Code which provided for safe
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pedestrian and bicycle access to schools.
Policy 3.12 1.1.3.12 Dania Beach shall utilize the Technical Advisory
Committee School Working Group meetings as the
mechanism for coordinating the school collocation
planning process with the Broward County School
Board.
Objective IV 1.1.4 Continue to implement redevelopment and
renewal of blighted areas within the Dania Beach
CDBG.
Policy 4.1 1.1.4.1 On an annual basis provide for a minimum of three
(3) rehabilitations of substandard housing units and
two (2) new constructions.
Policy 4.2 1.1.4.2 Continue to attract employment centers within the
target area region.
Policy 4.3 1.1.4.3 The City shall evaluate the need for a designated
redevelopment area with a reduced level of service
for regional roadways in order to promote
redevelopment and expansion of employment and
housing opportunities for low and moderate-income
households. (B.C.P. #14.03.00)
Policy 4.4 1.1.4.4 Any designated redevelopment areas in the City of
Dania Beach shall be served by mass transit facilities.
(B.C.P. #14.03.04)
Policy 4.5 1.1.4.5 To preserve and stabilize neighborhoods within
designated redevelopment areas, the City shall
evaluate traffic patterns in designated
redevelopment areas and implement improvements
that promote the appropriate interaction or
separation of neighborhood and regional traffic.
(B.C.P. # 14.03.06)
Objective V 1.1.5 Maintain land development regulations, zoning
ordinances and other administrative rules to
implement the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.1 1.1.5.1 Encourage development to enhance the tax base of
the community.
Policy 5.2 1.1.5.2 Develop incentives within the land development
regulations for quality, resilient development.
Policy 5.3 1.1.5.3 Work to streamline the development approval
process where practical.
Policy 5.4 1.1.5.4 Residential land permitted uses and densities will be
in accordance with the Future Land Use Element of
the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.5 1.1.5.5 Commercial, office, employment center and
industrial land uses will be identified in accordance
with the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.6 1.1.5.6 Dania Beach shall employ its local land use plan and
zoning ordinance to establish differing intensities of
commercial development compatible with adjacent
and surrounding land uses. (B.C.P. #02.04.03)
Policy 5.7 1.1.5.7 The commercial policies in the Dania Beach Land
Use Plans shall form the basis for zoning categories
that distinguish between neighborhood, community
and regional commercial developments within their
respective service areas. (B.C.P. #02.04.06)
Policy 5.8 1.1.5.8 Community facilities, public facilities uses and sites
will be in accordance with the Land Use Element of
the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.9 1.1.5.9 Subdivision regulations shall provide for both the
timely completion and regular maintenance of all
required capital improvements and amenities.
(B.C.P. #01.04.02)
Policy 5.10 1.1.5.10 Dania Beach shall establish a policy
framework/foundation upon which land
development regulations addressing signage may
be based. (B.C.P. #02.06A I)
Policy 5.11 1.1.5.11 To ensure the adequate provision of public services
and facilities, Dania Beach shall take into
consideration Dania Beach's tourist population and
the seasonal demands placed upon Dania Beach's
infrastructure. (B.C.P. # 9.12.02)
Policy 5.12 1.1.5.12 Dania Beach shall implement regulations which
address the potentially adverse impacts of industry,
including noise, vibration, air pollution, glare, heat,
solid wastes, hazardous wastes, fire and explosion.
(B.C.P. #03.04.01)
Policy 5.13 1.1.5.13 Dania Beach shall continue to enforce the
countywide platting requirements of the Broward
County Charter and ensure that land development
within Broward County meets the minimum
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standards of the Broward County Land Development
Code. Dania Beach shall adopt land development
regulations that require platting at least in those
circumstances where Broward County Lan Use Plan
this plan requires platting; and such regulations may
establish additional standards, procedures, and
requirements as may be necessary to regulate and
control the platting of lands within their boundaries.
adopt land development regulations that require
platting at least in those circumstances where the
Plan Implementation Requirements section of the
Broward County Plan requires platting; and such
regulations may establish additional standards,
procedures, and requirements as may be necessary
to regulate and control the platting of lands within
their boundaries. (B.C.P. #08.02.01)
Policy 5.14 1.1.5.14 The City shall establish a pool of "Affordable Housing
Units" 's equal to 10% of the total available flexibility
and reserve units within the City which shall be
deducted from the total available flexibility and/or
reserve units. (B.C.P. #1.07.04)
Objective VI 1.1.6 Natural resources and historic resources shall be
maintained at their present levels at a minimum.
Policy 6.1 1.1.6.1 Identify historically significant properties within the
community on the Future Land Use Map and support
the efforts of the Dania Beach Historical Society to
designate and protect the identified properties.
Policy 6.2 1.1.6.2 Maintain the quality of the existing wildlife habitats
and natural resources within the community.
Policy 6.3 1.1.6.3 Continue to protect and identify environmentally
sensitive lands. Protect any identified future water
wellfields in accordance with the wellfield protection
ordinance.
Policy 6.4 1.1.6.4 Promote restoration of the Dania Beach ecological
systems including its hydrological and ecological
functions as well as any degraded or substantially
disrupted surface waters. (B.C.P. #06.01.01)
Policy 6.5 1.1.6.5 Protect Comply with the adopted the minimum
seasonal flows and levels of surface watercourses, as
established by the South Florida Water Management
District. (B.C.P. #06.01.05)
Policy 6.6 1.1.6.6 Protect and conserve those areas known to contain
plant species listed in the Regulated Plant Index for
protection by the Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services. (B.C.P. #06.01.08)
Policy 6.7 1.1.6.7 Promote the acquisition, retention and management
of unique natural areas in order to preserve their
environmental, recreational and other public
benefits. (B.C.P. #06.02.02)
Policy 6.8 1.1.6.8 Discourage activities in the vicinity of Local Areas of
Particular Concern which would have detrimental
impact upon such areas. (B.C.P. #09.01.05)
Policy 6.9 1.1.6.9 Amendments to the Dania Beach Land Use Plan Map
proposing land use categories which permit
Industrial uses shall be discouraged, to the greatest
extent feasible, for lands within wellfield protection
zones of influence as identified by the Potable Water
Supply Wellfield Protection Ordinance of Broward
County shall be approved only if proposed uses are
consistent with those uses allowed by the Broward
County Wellfield Protection Ordinance. (B.C.P.
#09.02.03)
Policy 6.10 1.1.6.10 Dania Beach shall, when it is determined to be
practical and financially feasible, require land uses
currently on septic systems to be connected to
central wastewater treatment facilities, with priority
given to those land uses in proximity to surface
waters. (B.C.P. #09.02.06)
Policy 6.11 1.1.6.11 Local land development codes and regulations shall
provide for the protection and creation of surface
waters in conformance with State and South Florida
Water Management District Policies. (B.C.P.
#09.04.01)
Policy 6.12 1.1.6.12 Dania Beach shall coordinate its historic resource
protection activities with applicable state and federal
laws through the procedures established in the
Broward County Land Development Code. (B.C.P.
#09.08.04)
Policy 6.13 1.1.6.13 Dania Beach shall consider the impacts of land use
plan amendments on those historic resources
identified in Table XII 3-10 of the Housing Element,
and Section 7 of this element. (B.C.P. #09,08.05)
Policy 6.14 1.1.6.14 All applicants shall be required to analyze the
potential impacts of proposed land use plan
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amendment on the historic resources identified in
Table XII 3-10 of the Housing Element, and Section 7
of this element.
Policy 6.17 1.1.6.15 The City shall not issue development orders, except
as listed below, for development within wetlands,
until an Environmental Resource License has been
issued by the Broward County Department of
Planning and Environmental Protection. However,
the City may issue rezoning, site plan, plat approval
or development orders issued pursuant to Chapter
380, Florida Statutes, in areas containing wetlands
upon issuance of a conceptual review report by the
Broward County Department of Planning and
Environmental Protection. (B.C.P. #9.05.02)
Objective VII 1.1.7 Land development regulations will be
maintained which will ensure the future
residential densities for land uses within the
coastal hazard zone will be limited by the
hurricane evacuation standards identified within
the Broward County Hurricane Evacuation Plan.
Policy 7.1 1.1.7.1 Land use plan amendments to residential categories
east of the Intracoastal Waterway will be limited by
the hurricane evacuation standards identified within
the Broward County Hurricane Evacuation Plan.
Objective VIII 1.1.8 New growth and development will only be
permitted where services are available and meet
the level of service standards of the
Comprehensive Plan thereby eliminating urban
sprawl.
Policy 8.1 1.1.8.1 Adequate drainage and stormwater management
shall be provided for all development.
Policy 8.2 1.1.8.2 Open space shall be provided in accordance with the
Comprehensive Plan and the land development
regulations.
Policy 8.3 1.1.8.3 Safe and convenient on site traffic flow shall be
provided in accordance with the Comprehensive
Plan and the land development regulations.
Policy 8.4 1.1.8.4 Adequate vehicular parking shall be provided for
new development in accordance with the land
development regulations.
Policy 8.5 1.1.8.5 Dania Beach shall implement procedures which
identify the cumulative impacts of proposed
development on public services and facilities. (B.C.P.
#08.01.03)
Policy 8.6 1.1.8.6 Promote infill development through the provision of
potable water and sanitary sewer service to those
developed portions of Dania Beach which are
currently inadequately served. (B.C.P. #08.03.02)
Policy 8.7 1.1.8.7 When extending new services to undeveloped
portions of Dania Beach, priority shall be given to
those areas where other facilities and services are
available or are anticipated to be provided
concurrent with the extension of such new services.
(B.C.P. #08.03.03)
Policy 8.8 1.1.8.8 Except for schools, regional and community facilities
shall be located close to major traffic corridors and
mass transit routes adequate to carry the volume of
traffic generated by such facilities. (B.C.P. 08.03.05)
Policy 8.9 1.1.8.9 Dania Beach shall establish a level of service
standard for each public facility located within the
boundary for which Dania Beach has authority to
issue development orders or development permits
pursuant to 91-5.005(3) Florida Administrative Code.
(B.C.P. #11.01.01)
Policy 8.10 1.1.8.10 Prior to plat approval, Dania Beach shall ensure that
the public facilities and services necessary to meet
the level of service standards established with the
Broward County Comprehensive Plan and the Dania
Beach plan will be available consistent with
concurrency requirements, Chapter 163.03202(9)
Florida Statutes, Chapter 163.3180 Florida Statutes
(1993) and the concurrence management policies
included within Goal 8.00.00 of in the Broward
County Land Use Plan. (B.C.P. #11.01.04)
Objective IX 1.1.9 Land development regulations will be
maintained which will ensure that any uses found
inconsistent with the community's character are
not permitted.
Policy 9.1 1.1.9.1 Any zoning districts in conflict with the adopted
Comprehensive Plan shall be rezoned.
Policy 9.2 1.1.9.2 All proposed development and future land uses shall
be compatible with adjacent land uses.
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Objective X 1.1.10 Land development regulations shall be
maintained which provide for mixed land uses
and other unique development techniques.
Policy 10.1 1.1.10.1 Innovative site design and land planning shall be
permitted within these land development
regulations.
Policy 10.2 1.1.10.2 The permitted uses of the Comprehensive Plan shall
permit the mixing of land uses consistent with land
development regulations.
Objective XI 1.1.11 Coordinate future land uses with
topography and soil conditions to protect Dania
Beach's water supply and minimize flooding
problems. (B.C.O. #09.10.00)
Policy 11.1 1.1.11.1 Regulate development on flood prone soils, as
defined by the United States Soil Conservation
Service, consistent with the criteria and mapping of
the Federal Emergency Management
Administration. and the policies included under
Objectives XIX and XX. (B.C.P. #09.10.02)
Objective XII 1.1.12 Establish land development regulations
that address controlled access to adjacent traffic
circulation facilities, the provision of adequate
on-site traffic circulation and off-street parking
relative to existing and planned commercial
development. (B.C.O. #02.05.00)
Policy 12.1 1.1.12.1 The Dania Beach Plan shall contain a policy that
forms the basis for access control regulations for the
protection of the regional roadway network and
Broward County Trafficways Plan. (B.C.P. #02.05.01)
Objective XIII 1.1.13 Develop and implement land use controls
which promote residential neighborhoods that
are attractive, well maintained and contribute to
the health, safety and welfare of their residents.
(B.C.O. #01.06.00)
Objective XIV 1.1.14 Encourage provision of a system of public
and private open space areas including natural
reservations, parks, beaches, scenic vistas, and
waterways compatible with the tropical and
resort character of Dania Beach. (B.C.O.
#05.04.00)
Policy 14.1 1.1.14.1 Dania Beach shall pursue programs that will ensure
the provision of and access to open space as
consistent with its adopted comprehensive plan and
the Broward County Land Use Plan. (B.C.P.
#05.04.01)
Objective XV 1.1.15 Concurrency management systems shall
be established to effectively monitor and manage
new growth, in conformance with Florida's
Community Planning Act, including Section
163.3180 Florida Statutes
Policy 15.1 1.1.15.1 Dania Beach shall establish concurrency
management systems to effectively manage new
growth and to ascertain whether necessary facilities
identified within their local Capital Improvements
Elements are being constructed in accordance with
the schedules in its local plan and to measure the
development capacity of such facilities in a given
area at a given time. (B.C.P. #08.06.01)
Policy 15.2 1.1.15.2 Those facilities which are subject to the local
concurrency requirements include: traffic circulation,
recreational, drainage and flood protection, potable
water, solid waste and sanitary sewer facilities. (B.C.P.
#08.06.02)
Objective XVI 1.1.16 Encourage the development and
implementation of land use controls to increase
the protection and enhancement of beaches,
rivers and marine resources identified on the
Natural Resources Map Series of the Dania Beach
Land Use Plan Map Series. (B.C.O. #9.03.00)
Policy 16.1 1.1.16.1 Land development codes and regulations shall
require the protection and/or restoration of beaches,
particularly dunes and vegetation, through
techniques such as conservation easements, re-
vegetation, elevated walkways, and clustering of
developments. (B.C.P. #09.03.01)
Policy 16.2 1.1.16.2 Priority shall be given to water-dependent uses such
as marinas and public access to waterways, in
decisions affecting waterfront property. (B.C.P.
#09.03.02)
Policy 16.3 1.1.16.3 In order to protect and enhance sea turtle nesting,
Dania Beach in coordination with the Sea Turtle
Conservation Program of the Broward County
Department of Planning and Environmental
Protection shall prepare and adopt land
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development regulations consistent with state and
federal guidelines. The City shall also, through
ordinance, adopt regulations within one year from
the effective date of this policy, to control beachfront
lighting.
Those regulations shall be consistent with Chapter
62B-55 (FAC) Model Ordinance for Marine Turtle
Protection and they shall additionally be in
compliance with Lighting/Development Categories
as outlined in the Broward County Technical Report
97-06 Broward County Beach Lighting Management
Plan. (B.C.P. #09.03.03)
Policy 16.4 1.1.16.4 In addressing beachfront property, land
development regulations shall establish special
district or standards sufficiently flexible to give
priority to implementation of the coastal construction
control line of the State of Florida. (B.C.P. #09.03.04)
Policy 16.5 1.1.16.5 The Dania Beach Land Use Plan shall give priority to
protection to public beach access sites. (B.C.P.
#09.03.05)
Policy 16.6 1.1.16.6 Marinas which service live aboard boats shall provide
for sewage pumpage facilities and/or other
improvements which promote environmental
compatibility with marine resources consistent with
Florida State Law. (B.C.P. #09.03.06)
Policy 16.7 1.1.16.7 Locate marinas, boat ramps and other water -
dependent uses in a manner which protects
manatees in those areas which they frequent. (B.C.P.
#09.03.10)
Policy 16.8 1.1.16.8 The City and applicable regulatory agencies shall
encourage intergovernmental coordination among
coastal cities to protect beaches, promote beach
restoration, minimize the impacts of structures on
beach systems and increase public access to
beaches and marine resources.
Policy 16.9 1.1.16.9 Local land development regulations should protect
the City’s remnant natural rivers by prohibiting new
construction, not including the repair or replacement
of bulkheads, revetments and seawalls in such areas,
by promoting softened shorelines, riprap and other
natural methods to prevent erosion, by requiring the
restoration of historic vegetative cover to the areas
being restored, and by ensuring that the
construction of new docks is compatible with the
growth of submerged and littoral vegetation and
communities of bottom dwelling organisms.
Policy 16.10 1.1.16.10 The City will ensure that all new marine
facilities comply with the Broward County Manatee
Protection Plan.
Objective XVII 1.1.17 Encourage the development and
implementation of land use controls to increase
the protection and enhancement of beaches,
rivers and marine resources identified on the
Natural Resources Map Series of the Dania Beach
Land Use Plan Map Series. (B.C.O. #9.03.00)
Policy 17.1 1.1.17.1 Land development codes and regulations shall
address mitigation of wetlands when alternative
strategies such as those within Broward County Land
Use Plan Policy 09.01.03 have been unsuccessful.
(B.C.P. #09.05.05)
Objective XVIII 1.1.18 Ensure that mining operations are
compatible with existing surrounding land uses
and consistent with the Broward County Land Use
Plan's policies regarding protection of natural
resources including environmentally sensitive
lands and water resource quality and quantity.
(B.C.O. #09.06.00)
Policy 18.1 1.1.18.1 Comprehensive plans and/or land development
regulations shall address the reclamation of
completed mining excavations and their
compatibility with existing surrounding land uses.
(B.C. P. #09.06.02)
Objective XIX 1.1.19 Protect identified floodplains and areas
subject to seasonal or periodic flooding. (B.C.O.
#09.07.00)
Policy 19.1 1.1.19.1 Dania Beach land development codes shall contain
floodplain protection provisions consistent with all
applicable law. the criteria and mapping of the
Federal Emergency Management Administration.
(B.C.P.
Policy 19.2 1.1.19.2 Dania Beach shall require redevelopment within
identified floodplains to address existing and future
flooding problems and risks. (B.C.P. # 09.07.01)
Policy 19.3 1.1.19.3 Through provisions in Dania Beach development
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regulations, public roads and parking lots shall be
designed consistent with the criteria of the South
Florida Water Management District. (B.C.P. #
09.07.03)
Policy 19.4 1.1.19.4 Dania Beach Land Development regulations shall
include the requirement that the minimum floor
elevations standards for building sites consistent
with all applicable law promulgated and
administered by the Federal Emergency
Management Administration shall apply to all new
construction and substantial improvement or repair
of substantial damage. (B.C.P. #8.01.18)
Objective XX 1.1.20 Estimate flooding problems while
preserving groundwater quality through planned
growth, the provision of drainage and
stormwater management systems and the
adoption of appropriate development codes and
regulations. (B.C.P. # 09.09.00)
Policy 20.1 1.1.20.1 New development shall provide water storage
capacity equal to that which existed under
predevelopment conditions consistent with the
water management regulations and plans of the
South Florida Water Management District, Broward
County Department of Planning and Environmental
Protection, Broward County and independent
drainage districts. (B.C. P. # 09.09.01) and standards
adopted within the City’s Code of Ordinances.
Objective XXI 1.1.21 Coordinate transportation and land use
planning activities of Broward County and Dania
Beach to ensure that the regional roadway
network levels of service standards established
within the Broward County Comprehensive Plan
are met. (B.C.O. #12.01.00)
Policy 21.1 1.1.21.1 Dania Beach shall utilize the highway capacity
methodology endorsed by the Broward County
Metropolitan Planning Organization and approved
by the Broward County Board of County
Commissioners to determine the capacity and levels
of service on the regional roadway network. (B.C. P.
# 12.01.02)
Policy 21.2 1.1.21.2 Dania Beach shall consider the individual and
cumulative impacts of land use plan amendments on
the existing and planned transportation facilities
within Dania Beach. (B.C. P. # 12.01.04)
Objective XXII 1.1.22 Ensure adequate rights-of-way are
available to meet Broward County's future
transportation needs. (B.C.O. #12.02.00)
Policy 22.1 1.1.22.1 In order to protect the transportation corridors
identified on the Broward County Trafficways Plan,
Dania Beach shall require that development
setbacks from identified rights-of-way when issuing
development orders while providing an
administrative relief process to ensure such setback
does not deny all beneficial use of the property
proposed for development. (B.C. P. # 12.02.05)
Objective XXIII 1.1.23 Continue to implement those
requirements and procedures which ensure
consistency between the Broward County Land
Use Plan and the Dania Beach Land Use Plan.
(B.C.O. #13.01.00)
Policy 23.1 1.1.23.1 The land use plans and plan amendments of Dania
Beach shall successfully complete the Chapter 163,
Florida Statutes local comprehensive plan review
process prior to their certification or recertification by
the Broward County Planning Council. (B.C.P.
#13.01.06)
Objective XXIV 1.1.24 Develop and implement land use
programs to encourage the elimination or
reduction of existing incompatible land uses and
prevent future incompatible land uses. (B.C.O.
#14.02.00)
Policy 24.1 1.1.24.1 Dania Beach shall minimize the impacts of existing
incompatible land uses through requirements within
their land development codes and regulations, such
as buffering and setbacks. (B.C. P. # 14.02.04)
Policy 25.1 Objective 1.1.25 Dania Beach shall support home
ownership by encouraging and supporting
residential development that contemplates the
sale of dwelling units in fee simple or as
condominiums.
Policy 1.1.25.1 The City shall continue coordinating with developers
on housing developments compatible with land uses
and transportation policies.
Objective XXVI 1.1.26 The City through planning, land use
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regulation, or land acquisition, shall maintain the
lands adjacent to SE 5th between Sheridan Street
and Dania Beach Boulevard for parks,
conservation, and storm water retention
purposes.
Policy 26.1 1.1.26.1 The City shall maintain SE 5th Avenue as a local
street, utilizing abutting vacant properties to meet
the recreation and drainage needs of adjoining
residential communities, including the acquisition of
excess right-of -way as a passive linear park and storm
water retention area. The City shall continue to
investigate the availability of t funds (to acquire
properties) or the use of zoning and land use
regulations to implement this policy.
Policy 26.2 1.1.26.2 The City shall work with the South Florida Water
Management District, the Broward County
Department of Planning and Environmental
Protection, and the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection to preserve and protect
vacant lands on SE 5th Avenue and the adjacent
West Park Ecosystem.
Objective XXVII 1.1.27 Encourage compact development
reflecting characteristics which include a mixture
of community-serving uses such as commercial,
office, employment, civic, and institutional,
recreation and open space and residential,
characterized by an efficient infrastructure, close-
knit neighborhoods and sense of community,
preservation of natural systems, promotion of
pedestrian circulation and convenient access to
mass transit facilities through the establishment
of a Regional Activity Center land use category.
Encourage attractive and functional mixed living,
employment, shopping, education and recreational
activities in the City of Dania Beach Community
Redevelopment Area (CRA) by establishing within
the Dania Beach Land Use Plan a Regional Activity
Center.
Policy 27.1 1.1.27.1 The development of the Regional Activity Center
shall be guided by the Community Redevelopment
Agency's Redevelopment Master Plan and
consistent with all elements of this plan.
Policy 27.2 1.1.27.2 The Dania Beach Regional Activity Center shall
support the location of uses and internal circulation
such that pedestrian mobility is a priority. All land
uses in the Dania Beach Regional Activity Center
shall be directly accessed via pedestrian ways, and
accessible to existing or future alternate public
transportation modes, including bicycle and transit.
Policy 27.3 1.1.27.3 Non-motorized transportation as well as mass transit
shall be encouraged to serve the Dania Beach
Regional Activity Center to reduce reliance upon
automobile travel.
Policy 27.4 1.1.27.4 Park land and/or open space that is accessible to the
public shall be included as a functional component
within the Dania Beach Regional Activity Center.
Policy 27.5 1.1.27.5 To facilitate public transit access, integrated
transportation systems shall be encouraged to serve
the Dania Beach Regional Activity Center.
Policy 27.6 1.1.27.6 Quality, Affordable Housing opportunities shall be
included as a functional component within the Dania
Beach Regional Activity Center.
Policy 27.7 1.1.27.7 To enhance pedestrian movement and safety, the
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic shall be
encouraged within the Dania Beach Regional Activity
Center.
Policy 27.8 1.1.27.8 Encourage affordable housing opportunities within
the Dania Beach Regional Activity Center . through
various mechanisms such as the utilization of
"affordable housing units." The direction of public
housing program funds into the Regional Activity
Center, reduced lot size for dwelling units,
construction of zero lot line and cluster housing,
vertical integration of residential units with non -
residential uses, the allowance of accessory dwelling
units, or through other mechanisms proven effective
in increasing the affordable housing stock.
Policy 27.9 1.1.27.9 The Regional Activity Center shall be governed by
land development regulations that provide for an
interconnected street network, a safe and attractive
pedestrian environment, multi-modal transit
connections, and transit-supportive densities and
intensities along transit corridors.
Policy 27.10 1.1.27.10 The city shall adopt local design guidelines
that require transit shelters in the Regional Activity
Center to provide safe and comfortable service and
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to encourage transit usage.
Policy 27.11 1.1.27.11 The City shall adopt design standards within
the land development regulations ensuring
compatibility between existing and planned land
uses within and adjacent to the Regional Activity
Center.
Policy 27.12 1.1.27.12 To enhance pedestrian/non-motorized
activities and transportation connectivity, the
Regional Activity Center shall integrate open space
that is accessible to the public in the form of wide,
continuous sidewalks with shade and pedestrian
amenities, mid- block pedestrian crossings, and
public plazas.
Policy 27.13 1.1.27.13 Pursuant to an interlocal agreement between
the City and Broward County, the City is responsible
for monitoring development activity and enforcing
the permitted land use densities and intensities.
Policy 27.14 1.1.27.14 The City shall not allocate additional
residential units within the area of the Regional
Activity Center that has a Day-Night Average Sound
Level (DNL) of 60 decibels or greater.
Policy 27.15 1.1.27.15 In order to ensure that all properties can be
developed within the overall density and intensity
limitations of the Regional Activity Center, the City
shall establish and implement a development
tracking system.
Policy 27.16 1.1.27.16 The maximum intensity standards for
nonresidential development in the Regional Activity
Center are as follows:
1. All properties located within one-quarter mile of
both the FEC Rail Corridor (proposed for
commuter rail) and US-1 are permitted a
maximum Floor-to-Area Ratio (FAR) of 8.0.
2. All properties not located pursuant to 1., above,
but located within 750 feet of the US-1 or East
Dania Beach Boulevard transit corridors are
permitted a maximum FAR of 5.0.
3. All other locations are permitted a maximum FAR
of 0.75.
4. Twenty (20) acres of Employment Center use
shall be limited to a FAR of 0.29 regardless of
location, pursuant to DCA Amendment No. 10-1
AR.
5. Thirty (30) acres of Commercial shall be limited to
a FAR of 0.52 regardless of location, pursuant to
DCA Amendment No. 10- 1AR.
Policy 27.17 1.1.27.17 Acreage for non-residential land uses will be
assigned on a gross acreage basis to all lands
included within the development parcel needed to
comply with on-site land development requirements,
such as, but not limited to, building footprint,
setbacks, parking, outdoor pedestrian circulation,
landscaping, drainage, etc. Within mixed use
projects, acreage shall be assigned according to the
proportion of floor area associated with each use
(e.g. if 50 percent of the floor area is used for A, then
50 percent of the gross acreage of the development
parcel will be assigned to A).
Policy 27.18 1.1.27.18 Floor to Area Ratios shall be calculated using
the total gross acreage (on -site and off -site) used to
comply with any combination of parking, drainage,
or open space requirements for a development
project.
Policy 27.19 1.1.27.19 The residential density east of US1 shall not
exceed a maximum of 5,367 dwelling units.The
residential density within Traffic Evacuation Zone 16
(east of US1) east of US1 shall not exceed a maximum
of 1,500 dwellings units above the residential density
previously allowed within Traffic Evacuation Zone 16
before the adoption of the RAC land use category.
The boundaries of Traffic Evacuation Zone 16 are
shown in Broward County’s Hurricane Evacuation
Study, 2001.
Policy 27.20 1.1.27.20 In the event of discovery of any
archaeological artifacts during the construction of
the RAC, construction shall stop within a thirty-foot
radius of the find and immediate notification shall be
provided to the Broward County Historical
Commission: the Division of Historical Resources,
Florida Department of State; and the City/Town.
Construction may resume within the affected area
after the City/town, and the Broward County
Historical Commission, pursuant to 92-38 of the
Broward County Code of Ordinances; and the
Division of Historical Resources, pursuant to Rule 9J-
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2.043, FAC, have determined the appropriate
mitigation, if any are warranted, and such measures
have been implemented by Developer.
Policy 27.21 Policy 27.21 Prior to issuance of any building permit
of development, the City will consult with the
appropriate water supplier to ensure that adequate
water supplies to serve the new development will be
available no later than the anticipa ted date of the
certificate of occupancy. Any determination that
adequate water supplies will be available will require
the demonstration that a consumptive use permit has
been issued to the City with sufficient allocation
available to serve the new development, given all
other existing commitments for that allocation. The
"sufficient allocation" in the CUP shall be defined
consistent with the permit's limiting conditions as
they exist at the time of building permit issuance.
Permitted projects may be issued a Certificate of
Occupancy only upon demonstration by the City that
adequate water supply exists within the City's current
legal allocation.
Policy 1.1.27.21 The City shall consider community needs for
affordable housing when proposing an Activity
Center and include within their local land use
element policies, methods and programs to achieve
and/or maintain a sufficient supply of affordable
housing opportunities, through various mechanisms
such as the direction of public housing program
funds into the Activity Center, reduced lot size for
dwelling units, construction of zero lot line and
cluster housing, vertical integration of residential
units with non-residential uses, the allowance of
accessory dwelling units, or through other
mechanisms proven effective in increasing the
affordable housing stock.
Policy 1.1.27.22 The City shall protect archaeological and
paleontological resources and promote the
preservation, rehabilitation, and use of historic
structures within the RAC.
Policy 1.1.27.23 The City shall seek to accomplish fully connected
routes to all destinations within the RAC by ensuring
convenient access to high use mass transit stops or
multi-modal facilities, encouraging internal transit
systems (e.g. trolley, community transit services) and
incorporating pedestrian and bicycle paths, as well
as greenways.
Policy 1.1.27.24 The City shall integrate the public realm, through
park land, public plazas, urban open space or green
space/pocket park uses that are accessible to the
public and must be provided as an integrated
component within an Activity Center. Public spaces
should incorporate amenities such as benches,
lighting, landscaping, clocks, fountains, art, drinking
fountains, banners, flags and food and beverage
vendor areas.)
Policy 1.1.27.25 The City shall include within their land use element
policies to ensure Regional Activity Centers contain
design features that promote and enhance
pedestrian mobility and safety, based on the
following characteristics:
• Integrated transit stops or stations (within the area)
to encourage transit usage/multi-modalism and
provide safe and comfortable service including
amenities such as seating on benches or planter
ledges, shade, lighting, trash receptacles,
information kiosks and bicycle parking.
• Wide (5 feet shall be the minimum consistent with
ADA requirements) pedestrian and bicycle paths
that minimize conflicts with motorized traffic and
discourage high speed
traffic. The paths should be spatially defined by
buildings, adequately landscaped and lighted, and
provide ample opportunities for shade and shelter
from the elements.
• Buildings should front the street (zero or minimal
setbacks are encouraged).
• Vehicle parking strategies that encourage and
support transit usage (such as parking that does not
front the street, shared parking, parking structures,
and/or reduced parking ratios).
• Streets (internal and adjacent to the area) should be
designed to discourage isolation and provide
connectivity (such as streets in the grid pattern).
Policy 1.1.27.26 The City shall continue supporting the Regional
Activity Center designation that shall include policies
within their land use element which establish design
guidelines for mixed use within their land
development codes. Policies should promote an
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urban form which creates well integrated land use
combinations, balances intensity and density,
promotes the safe, interconnectivity of vehicular,
pedestrian, and other non-motorized movement and
is compatible with adjacent land uses.
Policy 1.1.27.27 The City shall continue supporting the interlocal
agreement with Broward County monitoring of
development activity and enforcement of permitted
land use densities and intensities. Continue
providing to Broward County a written record
reflecting the current status of allocated or assigned
dwelling units and floor area square footage for non-
residential development for the Activity Center
within the City’s boundary, and continue transmitting
to the Planning Council twice per year, during the
months of January and July. The referenced written
record shall include a tally sheet reflecting the
current total dwelling units and floor area square
footage for non-residential development as follows:
1. Dwelling units and floor area square footage for
non-residential development included per valid
plats which have been approved by the City and
which have restrictive notes reflecting the level of
development; and
2. Dwelling units and floor area square footage for
non-residential development included per valid site
plans which have been approved by the City and
which are not included per plats as described in 1.
above; and
3. Dwelling units and floor area square footage for
non-residential development of existing uses which
are not included per plats or site plans as described
in 1. and 2. above.
Objective XXVII 1.1.28 Coordinate future Land Uses with the
availability of Public Elementary and Secondary
Education Facilities.
Policy 28.1 1.1.28.1 The City shall determine the consistency of land use
plan amendments with their Public School Facilities
Elements. The consistency finding shall address
whether sufficient capacity is available, or anticipated
within the short or long range planning horizon of
their Elements, to accommodate the projected
student impact of proposed amendments. As
provided for within the Amended Interlocal
Agreement for Public School Facilities Planning (ILA),
the School Board of Broward County shall advise the
City regarding the projected student impact of
amendments and the availability of capacity at
impacted schools.
Policy 28.2 1.1.28.2 The City shall not accept a building permit
application, nor issue a building permit, for new or
additional residential units, unless the applicant
presents evidence from Broward County that the
impact of the proposed development on public
educational sites and facilities has been mitigated by
payment of school impact fees, based on the fee
schedule and accompanying provisions of the
Broward County Land Development Code.
Alternative methods of mitigation for school impacts
may only be approved via a recorded agreement
among the property owner(s), Broward County,
and/or the City and the School Board of Broward
County.
Policy 28.3 1.1.28.3 The City, Broward County and the School Board of
Broward County shall coordinate through the
processes and procedures identified in the ILA to
ensure collaborative planning and decision making
on population projections and public school siting
and to accomplish coordination between the
adopted local comprehensive plans and the School
Board’s District Educational Facilities Plan.
Policy 28.4 1.1.28.4 The City, Broward County and the School Board of
Broward County shall explore and evaluate
opportunities for collocation and shared use of
school facilities and civic and recreation facilities
during their capital improvement planning
processes and other processes as provided for in the
ILA.
Policy 28.5 1.1.28.5 The City, Broward County, and the School Board of
Broward County will coordinate through the
procedures established in the ILA and the Broward
County and local land use planning process to
ensure that proposed public school facility sites are
consistent and compatible with the land use
categories and policies of their comprehensive plans
and enable a close integration between existing and
planned schools and surrounding land uses.
Objective XXIX 1.1.29 The City establishes intensity standards
for non-residential and local Regional Activity
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Center land uses within the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 29.1 1.1.29.1 The following non-residential and local Regional
Activity Center uses within the Comprehensive Plan
shall not exceed the following:
Land Use Maximum Building Coverage
(%) / Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Per
Category
Commercial 75% / .5
Industrial 85% / .5
Utility 75% / .5
Community Facilities 75% / .5
Parks & Recreation 25% / .25
Office Park 75% / .5
Local Regional Activity Center
Residential
Hotel
Commercial
Industrial
Employment Center
Community Facilities
Parks & Recreation
Transportation
Conservation
Utilities
2,500 high-rise
200 garden apartment
100 town homes
2,348 single family homes
286 duplexes
2,047 townhomes
972 garden apartments
2,165 mid- or high-rise
apartments
317 single family
homes/duplexes
3,683 multi-family units
640 rooms
264 acres plus an additional
500,000 s.f.
247.5 acres
74.5 acres
36.2 acres (or as needed)
40.5 acres (minimum)
6.5 acres
2.6 acres (minimum)
2.5 acres (or as needed)
GOAL 1.2: Encourage preservation and rehabilitation of
natural, historic and archaeological resources and
where appropriate restrict development that
would damage or destroy these resources.
Objective 1.2.1: The City’s LDRs will continue to protect, conserve
or enhance living marine resources, wildlife
habitats, water resources, and wetlands, and
support stormwater requirements.
Policy 1.2.1.1: Development should be designed to accommodate
stormwater on-site in accordance with applicable
regulations.
Policy 1.2.1.2: The City’s Stormwater Master Plan shall be
implemented and updated as improvements are
made in the system.
Policy 1.2.1.3: In order to reduce non-point source pollutant
loadings, and improve the City’s drainage system,
dumping of debris of any kind into stormwater
control structures is prohibited.
Policy 1.2.1.4: The City shall encourage green infrastructure
projects within the stormwater planning process to
use nature-based solutions to protect water quality,
resources and marine habitats.
Objective 1.2.2: To provide for the protection, preservation or
sensitive reuse of historic resources.
Policy 1.2.2.1: The City shall refine and maintain regulations to
provide for protection, preservation or sensitive
reuse of designated historic neighborhoods and
historic sites listed on the National Register, Local
Designation and/or Florida Site File.
Policy 1.2.2.2: The redevelopment of the designated
redevelopment area shall be planned and
undertaken so as to protect, preserve or sensitively
reuse any designated historic site(s) within its
boundaries.
Policy 1.2.2.3: The City shall enact regulations to provide as far as
possible for preservation intact, mitigation or
excavation of archaeological resources discovered
during ground-disturbing activities undertaken by
private or public entities.
Policy 1.2.2.4: The City shall consider designation as an historic or
archaeological site as an important factor when
considering the required findings for variances and
waivers for non-safety related site development
regulations in order to accommodate the
preservation of historic or archaeological sites within
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proposed developments. Such features or sites
should be incorporated into required setbacks,
buffers or open spaces to the maximum extent of
requirements.
Policy 1.2.2.5: If new archeological sites are discovered within the
City limits, the City shall take necessary steps to
protect these resources and coordinate with the
county regularly and work with them as needed.
Objective 1.2.3: The City shall protect and enhance its tree
population for the purpose of maintaining the
natural environment and the character of the City.
Policy 1.2.3.1: The City shall support the creation of an Urban
Forestry Plan.
Policy 1.2.3.2: Appropriate locations and tree species shall be
chosen for replanting in right of way areas.
Guidelines such as those provided by the Florida
Division of Forestry and National Arborist
Association will be used to determine appropriate
locations. At minimum, locations for tree plantings
and tree species planted shall consider impacts of
traffic, intersection visibility, soil type, power lines,
adjacent trees and the preference of adjacent
property owners.
Policy 1.2.3.3: The City shall adopt and implement programs that
utilize xeriscape principles in conjunction with native
plants and trees in public rights-of-way and other
public lands, whenever practical, thereby conserving
water, improving habitat for ur ban wildlife,
conserving South Florida flora, and improving the
City’s aesthetic appeal and environmental quality.
Policy 1.2.3.4 Consider its street trees as infrastructure to preserve
and protect them as community assets.
Policy 1.2.3.5: Encourage additional planting of trees to strengthen
the character and aesthetic of its residential
neighborhoods and commercial areas.
Policy 1.2.3.6: The City shall encourage the public to plant and
maintain trees and plants native to this region
through a public education program identifying soil
types and native plants suitable to each.
Policy 1.2.3.7: Protect existing trees by creating mitigation
provisions on its land development regulations for its
residential and commercial land use districts.
Policy 1.2.3.8: All development and major renovations shall be
encouraged to provide shade trees along sidewalks
to encourage pedestrian activity and create scenic
corridors in neighborhoods and commercial
districts.
Policy 1.2.3.9: Consider providing incentives to developers to
preserve trees and natural resources and to
encourage additional tree plantings and green
areas.
Policy 1.2.3.10: Construction of tree wells shall be required following
the guidelines in the Florida Division of Forestry's
"Tree Protection Manual for Builders and
Developers,", as directed by the planning
department where development will change
grading around trees required to be saved.
Policy 1.2.3.11: Continue to promote and enhance the City’s Tree
and Landscape Regulations as a key element in
retention and provision of private plant materials to
support sustainable development principles of tree
preservation, and minimal impact to the existing site
resources.
Objective 1.2.4: To achieve a sustainable, climate resilient
community by adopting and implementing
strategies which promote energy efficiency and
greenhouse gas reduction, and protect public
infrastructure and services, natural systems and
resources, and human life from the impacts of
climate change.
Policy 1.2.4.1: The City shall participate in the Southeast Florida
Regional Climate Change Compact and collaborate
to increase regional climate change resiliency by
sharing technical expertise, assessing regional
vulnerabilities, and advancing agreed upon
mitigation and adaptation strategies, policies and
programs.
Policy 1.2.4.2: The City shall continue the use of mitigation
strategies to increase energy efficiency and
conservation, and to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. These could include, but are not limited
to, land use and transportation strategies such as
providing incentives for mixed use and
redevelopment that maximize internal trip capture,
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clustering residential densities along transit routes,
improving access to transit, improving non-
motorized movement, requiring interconnectivity
among adjoining parcels, and providing incentives
for green building methods.
Policy 1.2.4.3: The City shall coordinate with County and regional
agencies, neighboring local governments, and the
private sector to develop and implement initiatives
and goals to address climate change.
Policy 1.2.4.4: In consideration of sea level rise, flooding and
climate change impacts, the City shall, in
coordination with its local municipalities, designate
Adaptation Action Areas (AAA), as provided by
Section 163.3177(6)(g)(10), Florida Statute, in order
to:
a) Identify areas that are vulnerable to the impacts of
rising sea level;
b) Identify and implement adaptation policies to
increase community resilience; and
c) Enhance the funding potential of infrastructure
adaptation projects
GOAL 1.3: To support and coordinate with the City’s
Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) infill
and redevelopment initiatives and programs and
to provide incentives for the continued
redevelopment of the historic commercial core of
the City.
Policy 1.3.1.1: The City shall support redevelopment with
recommended regulations pertaining to height,
density, design, mixed use, neighborhood
compatibility and protection of historic resources.
Policy 1.3.1.2 The City shall encourage new development, infill and
redevelopment in conjunction with existing or
planned transit improvements where possible.
Objective 1.3.2: To continue to provide administrative leadership
and support for redevelopment efforts.
Policy 1.3.2.1: The City and CRA shall provide opportunities for
public involvement in redevelopment.
Policy 1.3.2.2: The City and CRA shall continue to facilitate
necessary studies and citizen surveys to determine
the optimum approaches for redevelopment.
Policy 1.3.2.3: The City and CRA shall continue to implement the
Redevelopment Plan, and review and update the
plan as necessary.
Policy 1.3.2.4: The City and CRA shall work together to prioritize
transit improvements and transit-supportive land use
patterns as appropriate.
Policy 1.3.2.5: With administrative support from the City, the CRA
shall develop appropriate transit-supportive
programs for inclusion in the Redevelopment Plan to
further successful redevelopment.
Objective 1.3.3: To continue to improve the quality of public
infrastructure in Downtown Dania Beach.
Policy 1.3.3.1: The City and CRA shall adopt and implement
programs to improve the safety and appearance of
the streets and sidewalks in Downtown Dania Beach.
Policy 1.3.3.2: The City and CRA shall continue to study and make
modifications to improve the traffic flow on
downtown streets, to accommodate existing
development and redevelopment.
Policy 1.3.3.3: The City continue to maintain the seat of government
in Downtown, and shall encourage other agencies to
establish downtown offices.
Policy 1.3.3.4: The City shall provide trees and landscaping
downtown to enhance the quality of the urban
environment.
Objective 1.3.4: To support redevelopment plans which recognize
and respect the historic urban character of
Downtown Dania Beach and other historic
districts and structures in the City and the
surrounding neighborhoods.
Policy 1.3.4.1: The City shall consider the historic designation of a
property as an important factor when considering
the required findings for variances, waivers and
conditional use requests, to the maximum extent
feasible consistent with health and safety.
Policy 1.3.4.2: Neighborhood plans shall be prepared to support
preservation of neighborhoods.
Policy 1.3.4.3 Architectural standards for redevelopment shall be
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maintained.
Policy 1.3.4.4: The City shall support a full range of services to
enhance the attractiveness of living and working in
the Downtown area.
Objective 1.3.5: The City will increase its role as an ombudsman
for downtown redevelopment, and become an
active participant in business development.
Policy 1.3.5.1: The City will take an active role in assisting private
redevelopment projects, by assisting with feasibility
studies, guiding their implementation, and
advocating approval of acceptable plans.
Policy 1.3.5.2: The City and CRA will support the attraction of new
retail businesses in the downtown by bringing
together land owners and representatives of
potential new businesses.
Policy 1.3.5.3: The City will seek grants and promote improvements
by other agencies which will benefit Downtown
Dania Beach.
Policy 1.3.5.4: The City will support creation of a marketable
identity for Downtown.
Policy 1.3.5.5 The City will encourage and assist new businesses
that will contribute to maximize economic benefits,
quality of life for residents, and respect of natural
resources.
Objective 1.3.6: Where appropriate, the City will support
redevelopment of obsolete properties and
structures.
Policy 1.3.6.1: The City will continue to support operation of the
CRA in assembly of lots for redevelopment.
Objective 1.3.7 To encourage sustainable infill development,
redevelopment and renewal of blighted areas
and to promote the rehabilitation and restoration
of older structures.
Policy 1.3.7.1: Infill and Redevelopment opportunities shall be
maximized through activities of the Community
Redevelopment Agency to operate within the
Redevelopment Area as shown on the Future Land
Use Plan.
Policy 1.3.7.2: Infill and Redevelopment opportunities will be
maximized through programs to achieve the
consolidation of small lots into larger redevelopment
parcels, where feasible.
Policy 1.3.7.3: Redevelopment of the City’s major Thoroughfares,
Transit Oriented Mixed-Use areas and along the
F.E.C. railway with more intensive uses shall be
encouraged.
Policy 1.3.7.4: Redevelopment opportunities will be maximized
through use of mixed land use designations that
permit a flexible mix of multi - family residential and
compatible non-residential uses.
Policy 1.3.7.5: Redevelopment with commercial or office uses in
locations that are presently devoted to residential
uses but would be more suitable for commercial or
office uses, will be encouraged through use of mixed
land use designations.
GOAL 1.4: To continue coordination and consistency with
the Broward County Land Use Plan policies,
initiatives, and programs.
Objective 1.4.1: The City of Dania Beach shall comply with the
Broward County Land Use Plan (BCLUP).
Policy 1.4.1.1: The City may rearrange the residential densities
shown on the Broward County Land Use Plan Map
utilizing “flexibility units” and/or “redevelopment
units” in accordance with the BCLUP and the rules
established within the “Administrative Rules
Document: BrowardNext County Land Use Plan.”
Policy 1.4.1.2: Within areas east of the Intracoastal Waterway, land
designated for residential uses which is utilized for
office and/or neighborhood retail purposes through
the five percent (5%) residential-to-commercial
flexibility rule as per BCLUP Policy 2.3.3 shall n ot be
counted in calculations to determine allowable
residential density. This Policy shall not apply to an
application of the five percent (5%) residential-to-
commercial flexibility rule which has been applied by
the local government through (re)zoning or other
official action prior to November 5, 2004.
Policy 1.4.1.3: Within areas east of the Intracoastal Waterway, land
designated for residential uses which has been
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utilized in calculations to determine allowable
residential density shall not be eligible for use as
office and/or neighborhood retail purposes through
the five percent (5%) residential-to-commercial
flexibility rule as per BCLUP Policy 2.3.3. This Policy
shall not apply to an application of the five percent
(5%) residential-to-commercial flexibility rule which
has been applied by the local government through
(re)zoning or other official action prior to November
5, 2004.
Policy 1.4.1.4: The City shall employ its local land use plans, zoning
ordinances and land development codes to establish
differing intensities of commerce development
compatible with adjacent and surrounding land uses,
including but not limited to lands designated
“Commercial,” “Industrial” or similar designations by
the city land use plan.
Policy 1.4.1.5: The City shall employ its land use plans and
development regulations to establish appropriate
intensity standards for non-residential future land
use categories compatible with adjacent existing and
future land uses.
Policy 1.4.1.6: To allow both the public and private sectors to
respond to changing conditions and permit the
appropriate location of neighborhood commercial
uses within or adjacent to established residential
neighborhoods, the City shall permit up to 5% of the
area designated residential within a local
government to be used for neighborhood
commercial uses in accordance with the BCLUP and
the rules established within the “Administrative Rules
Document: Broward Next County Land Use Plan.”
Policy 1.4.1.7: The City certified land use plan may decrease by 20
percent the lands designated “Commerce” on the
Broward County Land Use Plan Map for residential
use in accordance with the rules established within
the “Administrative Rules Document: Broward
County Land Use Plan” and the Chapter 163, Florida
Statutes plan adoption and amendment process.
Policy 1.4.1.8: The City shall provide for a minimum of three (3)
acres of Community level parks for every 1,000
existing and projected permanent residents.
Policy 1.4.1.9: The City shall strongly encourage the preservation of
open space areas. Amendments to the City’s Land
Use Plan which would result in the loss of open space
shall be strongly discouraged and be required to
address how open space and recreation needs of the
existing and projected residents of the community
will be met, including how the negative impacts of
the loss of open space on surrounding
neighborhoods will be minimized or mitigated.
Policy 1.4.1.10: The City shall coordinate with the Port Everglades
Department, the Broward County Environmental
Protection and Growth Management Department
and the Cities of Fort Lauderdale, and Hollywood to
ensure compatibility between the Port Everglades
Master/Vision Plan, the Broward County Land Use
Plan, and the City land use plans.
Policy 1.4.1.11: The City shall require protective measures such as
restrictions regarding blasting, noise, and air quality
as well as fencing during excavation and shall
provide that slopes be maintained after excavation of
mining pits to provide for shallow water aquatic
habitat, in order to protect the health, safety and
welfare of the City’s residents.
Policy 1.4.1.12: The City’s utilization of the Broward County Land Use
Plan “Flexibility Rules” shall be subject to a
determination by the Broward County Commission
that such allocation is compatible with adjacent land
uses, and that impacts on public school facilities have
been adequately considered, in the following
instances:
a. Allocations to sites east of the Intracoastal
Waterway which impact access to public beaches.
b. Allocations to sites which are contiguous to a
municipality upon request of the contiguous
municipality.
c. Allocations to sites which are adjacent to an
Environmentally Sensitive Land, as defined within the
Broward County Comprehensive Plan, or a Broward
County or regional park, including sites which are
attached, located within 500 feet, or separated only
by streets and highways, canals and rivers or
easements, upon request of the Broward County
Commission.
Allocations of “Flexibility Units” and “Redevelopment
Units” shall be subject to the following restriction:
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Within areas east of the Intracoastal Waterway, in no
instance shall allocations of “Flexibility Units” or
“Redevelopment Units” result in a residential density
greater than twenty-five (25) dwelling units per gross
acre for the residentially designated parcel or
portion of a non-residentially designated parcel to
be developed with residential use, or exceed one
hundred percent (100%) of the maximum number of
dwelling units indicated for the parcel by the local
land use plan map, whichever resulting residen tial
density is less.
Policy 1.4.1.13: The compatibility of existing and future land uses
shall be a primary consideration in the review and
approval of amendments to the City’s land use plan.
It is recognized that approved redevelopment plans
aimed at eliminating or reducing blighted and
deteriorating areas may appropriately promote the
introduction of land use patterns in variance from
existing land use patterns.
Policy 1.4.1.14: In order to prevent future incompatible land uses,
the established character of predominately
developed areas shall be a primary consideration
when amendments to the City’s Land Use Plan are
proposed.
Policy 1.4.1.15: The City shall pursue the establishment of mandatory
reuse zones in order to require the use of reclaimed
water for irrigation, when source water is available,
with the goal of reducing demands on the Biscayne
Aquifer.
Policy 1.4.1.16: The availability of sanitary sewer service, or plans to
extend or provide such service, shall be a primary
consideration when amendments to the City’s Land
Use Plan for increased densities and intensities are
proposed.
Policy 1.4.1.17: The City shall, when it is determined to be practical
and financially feasible, require land uses currently
on septic systems to be connected to central
wastewater treatment facilities, with priority given to
those land uses in proximity to surface waters.
Policy 1.4.1.18: The City shall require facilities which service live-
aboard boats to provide for sewage pumpage
facilities and/or other improvements which promote
environmental compatibility with marine resources
consistent with local, state and federal law.
Policy 1.4.1.19: The City shall require landfills and resource recovery
facilities to be planned to minimize impacts on
adjacent existing or planned uses.
Policy 1.4.1.20: The City shall continue coordinating with Broward
County a long-term recovery and redevelopment
strategy which focuses on immediate recovery needs
and establishes an orderly process for reviewing
private and public redevelopment proposals to
restore the economic and social viability of the
community in a timely fashion.
Policy 1.4.1.21: The City shall discourage land use plan amendments
which negatively impact hurricane evacuation
clearance times and/or emergency shelter
capacities.
Policy 1.4.1.22: Development permits granted by Dania Beach shall
be consistent with the Broward County Land Use
Plan.
Policy 1.4.1.23: Prior to plat approval, the City shall ensure that the
public facilities and services necessary to meet the
level of service standards established within the
Dania Beach Comprehensive Plan will be available to
serve new development.
Policy 1.4.1.24: The City shall adopt levels of service and
concurrency management systems consistent with
the Broward County Transportation Element for the
regional roadway network within the City
boundaries.
Policy 1.4.1.25: The City shall utilize the highway capacity
methodology endorsed by the Broward
Metropolitan Planning Organization and approved
by the Broward County Board of County
Commissioners to determine the capacities and
levels of service on the regional roadway network.
Policy 1.4.1.26: The City shall consider the individual and cumulative
impacts of land use plan amendments on the existing
and planned transportation facilities.
Policy 1.4.1.27: The City shall not accept a building permit
application, nor issue a building permit, unless the
applicant presents evidence from Broward County
either that the impact of the proposed development
on the regional transportation network has been
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mitigated by payment of road impact fees or transit
impact fees, based on the appropriate provisions of
the Broward County Land Development Code, or
that no such payment is due.
Policy 1.4.1.28: The City shall implement development review
procedures to assure that facilities and services meet
established level of service standards and are
available consistent with concurrency requirements
and Section 163.3180 Florida Statutes (1993).
Policy 1.4.1.29: The City shall determine the consistency of land use
plan amendments with the Public School Facilities
Elements. The consistency finding shall address
whether sufficient capacity is available, or anticipated
within the short or long range planning horizon of
their Elements, to accommodate the projected
student impact of proposed amendments. As
provided for within the Amended Interlocal
Agreement for Public School Facilities Planning (ILA),
the School Board of Broward County shall advise the
City regarding the projected student impact of
amendments and the availability of capacity at
impacted schools.
Policy 1.4.1.30: For amendments which propose to add 100 or more
residential dwelling units to the existing densities
approved by the BCLUP and the Dania Beach land
use plan, the City shall implement policies, methods
and programs to achieve and/or maintai n a sufficient
supply of affordable housing. In addressing
amendments which proposed to add 100 or more
residential dwelling units to the existing densities,
Dania Beach may include consideration and
implementation of the following affordable housing
strategies:
a. programs and policies involving mechanisms such
as, but not limited to, impact fees, in-lieu fees, and/or
public funds, in which the City, and/or Broward
County, and/or other appropriate agencies/entities
(including, but not limited to, major employers),
provide for the construction or supply of affordable
housing;
b. programs and policies involving mechanisms such
as, but not limited to, impact fees, in-lieu fees, and/or
public funds, in which the City, and/or Broward
County, and/or other appropriate agencies/entities
(including, but not limited to, major employers),
provide funding to facilitate the affordable purchase
or renting of housing;
c. programs and policies in which the City, and/or
Broward County, and/or other appropriate agencies,
facilitate the maintenance of the existing supply of
affordable housing stock, if any;
d. property tax abatement programs aimed at
preserving or creating affordable housing;
e. streamlined and reduced-cost permitting
procedures for affordable housing;
f. specific minimum set-aside requirements for new
affordable housing construction;
g. use of appropriate existing public lands, or public
land-banking, to facilitate an affordable housing
supply;
h. programs and policies to facilitate the
development and use of City and/or Broward County
affordable housing density bonus provisions;
i. land development regulations which promote the
availability of affordable housing such as reduced lot
size and floor area for dwelling units, construction of
zero lot line and cluster housing, vertical integration
of residential units with non-residential uses, and the
allowance of accessory dwelling units;
j. the existing supply of affordable housing.
The City shall demonstrate compliance with this
Policy at the time of the County’s consideration of the
applicable land use plan amendment, by
establishing that the City has implemented or
ensured adoption of appropriate policy and
program measures to implement the City’s chosen
policies, methods and programs to achieve and/or
maintain a sufficient supply of affordable housing for
each of the following affordable housing income
categories defined by the Broward County Land Use
Plan: very-low, low, and moderate. The City shall
estimate its supply of affordable housing utilizing the
data and methodology referenced within the latest
version of the “Broward County Affordable Housing
Needs Assessment,” prepared by The Metropolitan
Center Florida International University. For the
purposes of this Policy, the term “affordable
housing” shall include the meaning as defined by the
BCLUP. The median annual income estimate should
be updated at least yearly.
Policy 1.4.1.31: The City shall adopt and implement land
development regulations to provide for the
reservation and acquisition of rights-of-way sufficient
to meet the requirements of the Broward County
Trafficways Plan.
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Policy 1.4.1.32: The City shall require that development is set back
from identified rights-of-way when issuing
development orders while providing an
administrative relief process to ensure such set back
does not deny all beneficial use of the property
proposed for development.
Policy 1.4.1.33: The City shall ensure coordination, consistency and
maximum effectiveness of improvements necessary
to mitigate high tide flooding associated with
realized and additional sea level rise through the
year 2070. The City shall adopt within 24-months of
the effective date of this Policy (February 13, 2020),
regionally consistent top elevations for seawalls,
banks and berms, and other appurtenant
infrastructure (e.g., boat ramps) consistent with the
findings and recommendations of the United Sta tes
Army Corps of Engineers/Broward County Flood
Risk Management Study for Tidally Influenced
Coastal Areas. These standards shall be consistent
with Chapter 39, Article XXV – Resiliency Standards
for Flood Protection - of the Broward County Code of
Ordinances, which shall serve as the model
ordinance, and shall not be applicable to oceanfront
beaches or shorelines seaward of the Coastal
Construction Control Line.
Policy 1.4.1.34: The City shall consider the impacts of land use plan
amendments on wetland resources and minimize
those impacts to the maximum extent practicable.
Policy 1.4.1.35: The City shall provide for the protection and creation
of surface waters in conformance with State and
South Florida Water Management District policies.
Policy 1.4.1.36: New development adjacent to or in the vicinity of
surface waters shall be designed so as to minimize
the direct discharge of stormwater runoff into such
bodies of water.
Policy 1.4.1.37: The City shall minimize soil erosion on new
construction sites, the land development codes and
regulations of all local government entities shall
require treatments and other measures consistent
with Chapter 27 of the Broward County Code.
Policy 1.4.1.38: The City shall require the protection and/or
restoration of beaches, particularly dunes and
vegetation, including dune construction, through
techniques such as conservation easements,
vegetation, elevated walkways, and clustering of
development.
Policy 1.4.1.39: Priority shall be given to water-dependent uses such
as marinas and public access to waterways, in
decisions affecting waterfront property.
Policy 1.4.1.40: The City land use plan shall give priority to protecting
public beach access sites.
Policy 1.4.1.41: The City shall provide for the protection of marine
habitat and water quality of Broward County’s coastal
waters, including the protection of natural and
artificial reefs.
Policy 1.4.1.42: The City shall map and maintain a current list of
historically, architecturally, and archaeologically
significant properties and address the protection of
these historic resources.
Policy 1.4.1.43: The City shall consider the impacts of land use plan
amendments on historic, archaeological, and
paleontological resources.
Policy 1.4.1.44: The City shall only permit new septic tank systems
when the Florida Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services determines they are
consistent with Broward County’s Water, Sanitary
Sewer and Septic Tank Ordinance and with the
requirements of the Florida Statutes and the Florida
Administrative Code.
Policy 1.4.1.45: At the time of plat recordation rights-of-way shall be
conveyed to the public by deed or easement
sufficient to address the impact of development on
transportation needs and to meet the requirements
of the Broward County Trafficways Plan.
Policy 1.4.1.46: The City shall review all proposed development with
respect to the potential for related impacts to the
regional air quality, negative impacts eliminated or
effectively mitigated.
Policy 1.4.1.47: The Amendments to the Dania Beach Land Use Plan
containing golf courses, including closed golf
courses, shall address the following:
a. The impact of the loss of open space on the
surrounding residential areas. The loss of
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open space must be mitigated through provision of
parks and open space to serve the
surrounding neighborhood.
b. Management of storm water retention taking into
account the extent to which the golf
course provided storm water retention for the
surrounding development and how this
will be mitigated, along with any additional storm
water impacts created by the new
development.
c. Minimization of the impact on natural resources
including wetlands, lakes, aquifer
recharge areas and the tree canopy, including any
historic trees on the site.
d. Mitigation of environmental contamination. The
level of environmental contamination
must be determined by conducting a Phase 1
environmental assessment. A Phase 2
environmental assessment may be required based
upon the findings of the Phase 1
assessment.
e. Integration of the proposed development with the
surrounding areas including how the development
will tie into the existing neighborhoods through
roads, sidewalks, parks/open space and greenways.
SECTION 1. PERMITTED USES IN FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES AND ACREAGES BY LAND
USES CATEGORIES AND NUMBER OF PERMITED DWELLING UNITS
FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION DENSITY
TOTAL
NUMBER
OF ACRES
POSSIBLE UNITS
Irregular Res Density (10) 10 unit per acre 43.85 438.5 units
Irregular Res Density (15) 15 unit per acre 4.89 73.35 units
Irregular Res Density (17) 17 unit per acre 4.82 81.94 units
Irregular Res Density (21) 21 unit per acre 2.06 43.26 units
Irregular Res Density (23) 23 unit per acre 11.4 262.2 units
Irregular Res Density (49) 49 unit per acre 4.93 241.57 units
Irregular Res Density (50) 50 unit per acre 5.64 282 units
Irregular Res Density (6.0) 6.0 unit per acre 177.63 1,065.78 units
Irregular Res Density (12-13) (12-13) unit per acre 6.36 82.68 units
Estate Residential 1 unit per acre 32.55 32.5 units
Low (3) Residential 3 units per acre 8.99 26.97 units
Low (5) Residential 5 units per acre 580.72 2,903.6 units
Low-Medium (10) Residential 10 units per acre 395.14 3,952.4 units
Medium (16) Residential 16 units per acre 202.4 3,238.4 units
Medium-High (25)
Residential 25 units per acre 87.53 2,188.25 units
Regional Activity Center 1059.75 11,818 units
Commercial 286.62
Community Facilities 32.86
Conservation 169.33
Commercial Recreation 9.04
Employment Center 71.98
Electrical Generation
Facilities 380.33
Industrial 512.43
Transportation 189.93
Utilities 51.96
Water 31.79
TOTAL ACREAGE 4479.88
This section identifies those uses permitted in the future land use categories established within
the Future Land Use Element of the Dania Beach Comprehensive Plan. These uses are in
compliance with the permitted uses and densities established within Broward County Land Use
Plan, as amended.
The City’s land development regulations will establish those uses which will be permitted,
permitted only under certain conditions, or not permitted from those uses listed below.
In addition to the permitted uses stated below, land use activities involving utilities,
transportation, communications, parks, golf courses and other outdoor recreational facilities,
public schools, (with the utilization of appropriate buffering mechanisms in cases where a
school may be located adjacent to an incompatible industrial, or other use of land), and other
community facilities deemed necessary and appropriate by the Dania Beach City Commission
are permitted in all land use categories.
RESIDENTIAL USE
The areas designated for residential land use on the Future Land Use Map are intended primarily for
dwellings, and for uses related to a residential environment, including neighborhood shopping
centers, neighborhood parks, schools, etc.
Permitted Uses: the following uses are permitted in areas designated residential:
• Dwelling units, subject to the density limits for a parcel as designated on the Future Land
Use Map and as explained in the following subsection entitled "Density Calculations."
• Home occupations and other uses accessory to a dwelling unit.
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• Hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments on parcels of property designated Low,
Medium (10), or higher. The maximum number of hotel, motel or similar lodging units
permitted on any parcel designated for residential use is double the maximum numbe r of
dwelling units permitted by the Future Land Use Map designation. This use is further limited
by the City’s Land Development Code.
• Parks, golf courses and other outdoor recreational facilities, and recreational, civic, or other
cultural buildings ancillary to primary outdoor recreational use of the site.
• Community facilities designed to serve the City's residential area such as schools, day care
centers, churches, nursing homes, governmental administration, police and fire protection
facilities, libraries, and civic centers.
• Utilities, excluding the following uses: water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping
stations, power plant substations and transmission facilities, solid waste disposal and
transfer stations, and hazardous waste (medical or other uses) processing, transfer, or
disposal facilities.
• Communication facilities, if deemed appropriate by the local jurisdiction.
• Agriculture.
• Offices and/or retail sales of merchandise or services, subject to the following limitations
and provisions:
(1) No more than five (5%) percent of the area designated for residential use on the Future
Broward County Land Use Map (Series) within the Flexibility Zone may be used for
offices and/or neighborhood retail sales of merchandise, or services.
(2) No added contiguous area used for offices and/or neighborhood retail sales of
merchandise or services may exceed ten (10) acres. For the purpose of this provision,
contiguous is defined as attached; located within 500 feet; or separated only by streets
and highways, canals and rivers or easements.
• On parcels of land designated by the City’s Future Land Use Plan at a residential density of
at least ten (10) dwelling units per gross area, recreational vehicle sites at a maximum
density of the maximum number of dwelling units designated for the parcel by the City’s
Future Land Use Plan if location of recreational vehicles on the parcel of land for more than
six months in any twelve month period is permitted, or double such number of dwelling
units if such location is prohibited for more than six months in any twelve month period;
and
• Special Residential Facilities subject to meeting one of the Category definitions as
contained in the Special Residential Facilities Permitted Uses subsection meeting density
provisions by Category type stated below; the limitations as expressed by the lan d use plan
map; and, if applicable, the provisions regarding the use and allocation of reserve units,
flexibility units, or bonus sleeping rooms.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Density Provisions: the following densities applied to areas designated residential:
• Special Residential Facility Category (1) development shall count as one (1) dwelling unit each.
• Special Residential Facility Category (2) development shall count as two (2) dwelling units each.
• Special Residential Facility Category (3) development shall count as one (1) dwelling unit per
every two (2) sleeping rooms regardless of the number of kitchens or baths.
Other land use categories and land uses are subject to density standards as follows:
• Special Residential Facilities are subject to the density standards contained within
applicable land use categories in the Permitted Uses subsection.
• Recreational vehicle sites are subject to the density standards contained within applicable
land use categories in the Permitted Uses subsection.
• Hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments are subject to the density standards
contained within applicable land use categories in the Permitted Uses subsection.
Density Calculation
All references to density within the Future Land Use Plan mean gross density. Gross density means the
number of dwelling units constructed or proposed within an area, divided by the gross acreage of the
area. Gross acreage means the total number of acres in an area, including acreage used or proposed
for streets, lakes, waterways, and other proposed land uses permitted in residential areas by the
Future Land Use Plan.
Calculations of acreage covered by different land use categories on the Broward County Future Land
Use Map (Series) will necessarily be approximate, due to the scale of the map. Where edges of land
use categories are close to property lines, streets, transmission lines or other existing lines, edges
should be construed to follow those lines. A lake or canal should be construed as having been
assigned the same land use category as that assigned to adjacent unsubmerged land. The Intracoastal
Waterway, and the rivers and canals of the primary drainage system as identified within this plan shall
not, however, be construed as having credit towards residential density.
Arrangement of Dwelling Units
Any arrangement of dwelling units on a parcel of land designated for residential use is compatible
with the Dania Beach Future Land Use if the maximum number of dwelling units permitted within the
parcel is not exceeded. For example, the Dania Beach Future Land Use Plan does not regulate whether
a developer uses 100 acres of land designated for Low (5) Residential density to build 500 single family
a. Residential Density
Density Standards in Residential areas are shown on the Future Land Use Map according to eight (8)
ranges of density:
1. The Estate (1) Residential category permits up to one (1) dwelling unit per gross acre
(reserved).
2. The Low (2) Residential category permits up to two (2) dwelling units per gross acre
(reserved).
3. The Low (3) Residential category permits up to three (3) dwelling units per gross acre.
4. The Low (5) Residential category permits up to five (5) dwelling units per gross acre.
5. The Low-Medium (10) Residential category permits up to ten (10) dwelling units per gross
acre.
6. The Medium (16) Residential category permits up to sixteen (16) dwelling units per gross acre.
7. The Medium-High (25) Residential category permits up to twenty-five (25) dwelling units per
gross acre.
8. Mixed Use
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homes or whether the same 100 acres are used to build a 500-unit high-rise structure, with the balance
of the land maintained as permanent open space. The distribution of units will be determined by local
zoning and land development regulations.
Dashed-Line Areas
Some areas have been marked on the Future Land Use Map by dashed lines circumscribing their
edges. For each of these areas, the maximum overall density in dwelling units per acre is the number
which appears in the circle inside the dashed line. That number can be multiplied by the number of
acres inside the dashed line, including areas not designated for residential use, to ascertain the
maximum number of dwelling units allowable within the dashed line. The dwelling units that are
permitted within areas cir cumscribed by a dashed line may only be applied within the boundaries of
the circumscribed area and may not be transferred.
Flexibility Units
"Flexibility units" means the difference between the number of dwelling units permitted within a
flexibility zone by the Broward County Future Land Use Map (Series) and the number of dwelling units
permitted within the flexibility zone by the City's certified Future Land Use Plan Map.
Since the Dania Beach Future Land Use Plan Map may be more restrictive than the Broward County
Future Land Use Map (Series), available flexibility units may be utilized by the City to rearrange
residential densities. Rearrangement of residential densities utilizing flexibility units shall be
administered within "flexibility zones." The boundaries of and rules governing "flexibility zones" and
rearrangement of residential densities therein will be subject to the provisions of Policy 1.02.01 and
Policy 13.01.10 of the Broward County Land Use Plan and "Administrative Rules Document: Broward
County Land Use Plan."
The maximum number of dwelling units permitted in a flexibility zone by the Dania Beach Future Land
Use Map shall not exceed the number of dwelling units permitted in the flexibility zone by the Broward
County Future Land Use Map (Series).
Reserve Units
"Reserve units" mean additional permitted dwelling units equal to up to two percent (2%) of the total
number of dwelling units permitted within a flexibility zone by the Broward County Future Land Use
Map (Series).
• Allocation of reserve units will be administered within "flexibility zones" and will not require
amendment of the Future Land Use Plan. The boundaries of and rules governing "flexibility
zones" and allocation of reserve units therein will be subject to the provisions of Policy 1.02.02
and Policy 13.01.10 of the Broward County Land Use Plan and the "Administrative Rules
Document: Broward County Land Use Plan."
The number of reserve units in a flexibility zone will be fixed at the adoption of the Broward County
Future Land Use Map (Series). The number of reserve units assigned to a parcel designated for
residential use on the Dania Beach Land Use Plan Map may not exceed 100% of the maximum number
of dwelling units indicated for the parcel by the local Future Land Use Plan Map. Notwithstanding the
Future Land Use Plan, zoning, and the applicable Land Development Regulations, density higher than
fifty (50) dwelling units per gross acre is prohibited.
COMMERCIAL USE
The areas designated for commercial use on the Future Land Use Map provide land area for business,
office, retail, service, and other commercial enterprises which support the resident and tourist
populations of Dania Beach.
Uses permitted in areas designated commercial are as follows:
• Retail uses.
• Office and business uses.
• Wholesale, storage, light fabricating, and warehouse uses, if deemed appropriate by the local
jurisdiction.
• Hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments. Within the Coastal High Hazard Area, the
density for hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments is limited to fifty (50) units per
acre.
• Recreation and open space, cemeteries, and commercial recreation uses.
• Community facilities and utilities (excluding landfills), if deemed appropriate by the local
jurisdiction.
• Special Residential Facility Category (2) development as defined in the Special Residential
Facilities Permitted Uses subsection, subject to the allocation of two (2) reserve or flexibility
units in accordance with the Special Residential Facility provisio ns and policies for the
application of these units.
• Special Residential Facility Category (3) development as defined in the Special Residential
Facilities Permitted Uses subsection, subject to the allocation of reserve units or flexibility units
in accordance with the Special Residential Facility provisions and policies for the application of
these units; each flexibility or reserve unit shall permit two (2) sleeping rooms regardless of the
number of kitchens or baths.
• Non-residential agricultural uses.
• Residential uses are permitted, without the need to amend the local Future Land Use Plan Map,
provided that the local government entity applies flexibility or reserve units to the parcel and:
i. The residential floor area of mixed commercial/residential structures does not
exceed 50% of the total floor area of the building; and/or
ii. The first floor of mixed commercial/residential structures is confined to
commercial uses; and/or
iii. For parcels five (5) acres in size or less, free-standing multi-family residential uses
are permitted. Within areas designated on the County Plan as Urban Infill, Urban
Redevelopment, Downtown Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163
Redevelopment Areas, free-standing multi-family residential uses are permitted
on parcels ten (10) acres in size or less; and/or
iv. For mixed commercial/residential developments greater than five (5) acres in
size or 10 acres within areas designated on the County plan as Urban Infill, Urban
Redevelopment, Downtown Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163
Redevelopment Areas, free-standing multi-family residential uses are permitted
provided that the gross residential acreage does not exceed five (5) acres (10
acres within areas designated on the County Plan as Urban Infill, Urban
Redevelopment, Downtown Revitalization Areas, Chapter 163 Redevelopment
Areas), or 40% of the total gross acreage of the commercially designated parcel,
whichever is greater, and that the entire mixed commercial/residential
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development be governed by specific zoning regulations that establish criteria
to ensure proper integration and compatibility of land uses within and
surrounding the development; and/or
v. Residential units within the same structure as commercial uses for the owner,
manager or caretaker of the commercial uses may be located in areas
designated commercial without the application of flexibility units or reserve
units.
• Transportation and communications facilities utilities.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Downtown Development District (D.D.D.) Commercial Use
The areas designated as D.D.D. commercial on the Future Land Use Plan Map provide for business,
office, retail, and service activities appropriate for development and redevelopment of the Dania
Beach Central Business District. Commercial uses shall be encouraged through flexible development
incentives designed to encourage tax-intensive uses consistent with redevelopment of the Dania
Beach Retail Core.
Uses permitted in areas designated D.D.D. commercial are as follows:
• Retail uses.
• Designer Showroom Facilities.
• Office and business uses.
• Wholesale, storage, light fabricating, and warehouse uses, if deemed appropriate by the local
jurisdiction.
• Hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments. Within the Coastal High Hazard Area, the
density for hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments is limited to fifty (50) units per
acre.
• Recreation, open space, and commercial recreation uses.
• Community facilities and utilities (excluding landfills), if deemed appropriate by the local
jurisdiction.
• Special Residential Facility Category (2) development as defined in the Special Residential
Facilities Permitted Uses subsection subject to the allocation of two (2) reserve or flexibility
units in accordance with the Special Residential Facility provision s and policies for the
application of these units.
• Special Residential Facility Category (3) development as defined in the Special Residential
Facilities Permitted Uses subsection subject to the allocation of reserve units or flexibility units
in accordance with the Special Residential Facility provisions and policies for the application of
these units; each flexibility or reserve unit shall permit two (2) sleeping rooms regardless of the
number of kitchens or baths.
• Transportation and communications facilities utilities.
Residential uses are permitted, without the need to amend the local Future Land Use Plan Map,
provided that the local government entity applies flexibility or reserve units to the parcel and:
a. The residential floor area does not exceed 50 % of the total floor area of the building;
and/or
b. The first floor of mixed commercial/residential structures is confined to commercial use;
and/or
c. For parcels five (5) acres in size or less, free-standing multi-family residential uses are
permitted. Within areas designated on the County Plan Future Land Use Map as Urban
Infill, Urban Redevelopment, Downtown Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163
Redevelopment Areas, free-standing multi-family residential uses are permitted on
parcels ten (10) acres in size or less; and/or
For mixed commercial/residential developments greater than five (5) acres in size (or 10 acres within
areas designated on the County Future Land Use Map as Urban Infill, Urban Redevelopment,
Downtown Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163 Redevelopment Areas), free -standing multi-family
residential uses are permitted provided that the gross residential acreage does not exceed five (5)
acres (10 acres within areas designated on the County Future Land Use Map as Urban Infill, Urban
Redevelopment, Downtown
d. Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163 Redevelopment Areas), or 40% of the total gross
acreage of the commercially designated parcel, whichever is greater, and that the entire
mixed commercial/residential development be governed by specific zoning regulation s
that establish criteria to ensure proper integration and compatibility of land uses within
and surrounding the development; and/or
e. Residential units within the same structure as commercial uses for the owner, manager, or
caretaker of the commercial uses may be located in areas designated commercial without
the application of flexibility units or reserve units.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Office Park
Office Park areas are designated on the Future Land Use Plan Map to encourage the location of
planned office complexes and corporate headquarters in Dania Beach. Office Park areas should
ensure a campus-like atmosphere with substantial buildings and ample open space.
Employee services such as shopping and eating establishments should be allowed, but should be
limited to areas within buildings primarily devoted to office use.
Uses permitted in areas designated office park are as follows:
• Offices for uses such as administrative, professional, and business purposes.
• Banking and financial institutions. Educational, scientific, and industrial research facilities;
research laboratories and medical or dental laboratories.
• Restaurants and personal services which are accessory to the primary office uses.
• Community facilities
• Special Residential Facility Category (2) development, as defined in the Special Residential
Facilities Permitted Uses subsection; subject to the allocation of two (2) reserve or flexibility
units in accordance with the Special Residential Facilities provi sion.
• Special Residential Facility Category (3) development as defined in the Special Residential
Facilities Permitted Uses subsection; subject to the allocation of reserve units or flexibility units
in accordance with the Special Residential Facilities provisions; each flexibility or reserve unit
shall permit two (2) sleeping rooms regardless of the number of kitchens or baths.
• Utilities excluding landfills.
• Communication facilities.
• Non-residential agricultural uses.
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• Recreation and open space uses.
• Hotels, motels, or similar lodging establishments. Within the Coastal High Hazard Area, the
density for hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments is limited to fifty (50) units per
acre.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Commercial Use
Commercial Recreation areas are designated on the Future Land Use Map to accommodate major
public and private commercial recreation facilities which offer recreational opportunities to the
residents and tourists of Broward County. Although some of these fa cilities operate as an adjunct to
or an integral part of other types of development, many of these facilities were conceived as profit -
making enterprises.
Those uses permitted in areas designated commercial recreation are as follows:
• Outdoor and indoor recreation facilities such as active recreation complexes, marinas,
stadiums, jai-alai frontons, bowling alleys, golf courses, dog and horse racing facilities.
• Accessory facilities, including outdoor and indoor recreation facilities that are determined by
the local government entity to be an integral part of and supportive to the primary recreation
facility (excluding residential uses).
• Hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments which are ancillary to the primary
commercial recreation use.
• Other active and passive recreation uses.
Industrial Use
The purpose of reserving land for industrial uses is to provide an opportunity for the retention and
expansion of Dania Beach's economic base activities. Although other uses are permitted in areas
designated industrial, at least eighty (80%) percent of such land area must be devoted to industrial
use, such as manufacturing, warehouse distribution, research and development, or other substantial
employment-based activities.
Uses permitted in areas designated industrial are as follows:
• Light and heavy industrial uses.
• Marine industrial uses.
• Heavy commercial uses, including new and used automobile, truck, motorcycle, boat and
trailer display, sales, and service; newspaper, magazine, and printing plants; bakeries,
carpentry, cabinet shops and other trade shops; motion picture studios; ice houses; propane
gas sales and repair; and salvage yards.
• Educational, scientific, and industrial research facilities, research laboratories, and medical or
dental laboratories.
• Office uses.
• Transportation and communication facilities.
• Recreation and open space, cemeteries, and commercial recreation uses, as long as the
location of these uses does not preclude or adversely affect the future use of surrounding areas
for industry.
• Community facilities and utilities.
• Non-residential agricultural uses.
• Ancillary commercial uses within buildings devoted to primary industrial uses.
• Wholesale uses.
• The following uses may also be permitted subject to the review and approval requirements of
Policy 13.01.10 of the Broward County Land Use Plan as long as the total area of these uses
does not occupy more than twenty (20%) Percent of the industrial land de signated on the
Broward County Future Land Use Map within a flexibility zone, and as long as the location of
these uses does not preclude or adversely affect the future use of surrounding areas for
industrial uses:
i. Commercial and retail business uses.
ii. Hotel, motel, and similar lodging establishments. Within the Coastal High
Hazard Area, the density for hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments
is limited to fifty (50) units per acre.
iii. Communications facilities.
• Residential units within the same structure as industrial uses for the owner, manager, or
caretaker of the industrial uses may be located in areas designated industrial without the
application of flexibility units or reserve units.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Employment Center Use
Employment Center areas are designated on the Dania Beach Future Land Use Map to encourage
non-residential development compatible with residential and other less intensive land uses, and which
would support the tourist-oriented segment of Dania Beach's economy as well as technology and
service-based activities.
Uses permitted in areas designated employment center are as follows:
Principal Uses:
• Light Manufacturing.
• Office.
• Research and Assembly.
• Hotels, Motels, and similar lodging establishments. Within the Coastal High Hazard Area, the
density for hotels, motels, and similar lodging establishments is limited to fifty (50) units per
acre.
• Restaurants and Personal Services.
• Community Facilities.
• Non-residential Agricultural Uses.
• Communication Facilities.
• Residential uses are permitted without the need to amend the local Future Land Use Plan Map,
provided that the local government applies flexibility or reserve units to the parcel in the
following manner:
(a) For parcels five (5) acres in size or less, free-standing multi-family residential uses are
permitted; within areas designated on the County Land Use Plan as Urban Infill, Urban
Redevelopment, Downtown Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163 Redevelopment Are as,
free-standing multi-family residential uses are permitted on parcels 10 acres in size or less.
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(b) For mixed use developments greater than five (5) acres in size (or 10 acres within areas
designated on the County Plan Future Land Use Map as Urban Infill, Urban
Redevelopment, Downtown Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163 Redevelopment Areas),
free-standing multi-family residential uses are permitted provided that the gross
residential acreage does not exceed five (5) acres (10 acres within areas designated on
the County Plan Future Land Use Map as Urban Infill, Urban Redevelopment, Downtown
Revitalization Areas, or Chapter 163 Redevelopment Areas), or 40% of the total gross
acreage of the employment center designated parcel, whichever is greater, and that the
entire mixed use development be governed by specific zoning regulations that establish
criteria to ensure proper integration and compatibility of land uses within and surrounding
the development.
Accessory Uses (limited to less than fifty (50%) percent of the site):
• Transportation and Utilities.
• Storage.
• Retail within building occupied by another principal use.
• Recreation and Open Space.
• Commercial and retail business uses may also be permitted as long as the total area of these
uses does not consume more than twenty (20%) percent of the employment center land
designated on the Broward County Future Land Use Map within a flexibility zone, and as long
as the location of these uses does not preclude or adversely affect the future use of
surrounding areas for employment center use. Said uses are subject to the review and approval
requirements of Policy 13.01.10 of the Land Use Element of the C ounty’s Comprehensive Plan.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Recreation and Open Space Use
The primary intent of the Recreation and Open Space category is to accommodate Recreation and
Open Space uses to serve public recreation needs. In general, land uses within this category are low
intensity in character with a minimum of impervious surface c overage and retaining as much natural
vegetation and landscape as possible.
Areas designated as Recreation and Open Space on the Future Land Use Map include existing public
and private park sites and existing cemetery sites intended to remain as permanent open space.
Those uses permitted in areas designated Recreation and Open Space are as follows:
• Passive recreational uses, including, but not limited to, nature centers and trails, scenic areas,
wildlife sanctuaries and feeding stations, aquatic preserves, and picnic areas.
• Golf courses which are intended to remain as permanent open space.
• Camping ground and facilities.
• Cemeteries.
• Active recreational uses, including, but not limited to tennis courts, playgrounds, swimming
pools, athletic fields and courts, beaches, and bikeways.
• Outdoor cultural, educational, and civic facilities, including, but not limited to animal exhibits,
habitats, band shells, and outdoor classrooms.
• Concessions only when accessory to the above uses.
Community Facilities Use
Community Facilities areas are designated on the Future Land Use Map to provide a full range of
regional and community uses such as educational, medical, governmental, religious, civic, cultural,
judicial, and correctional facilities.
Community facilities may be permitted at the discretion of Dania Beach in areas designated
residential, commercial, office park, agricultural, industrial, and employment center. Civic and cultural
buildings may also be permitted in areas designated for Recreation and Open Space use if they are
ancillary to the primary recreation use of the site.
Uses permitted in areas designated community facilities are as follows:
• Community facilities including schools, churches, hospitals, governmental administration
offices, police and fire stations, civic centers, courts, nursing homes, cemeteries, parks, and
recreation facilities.
• Special Residential Facility Category (2) developments as defined in the "Definitions"
subsection subject to the allocation of two (2) reserve or flexibility units in accordance with the
Special Residential Facilities provisions.
• Special Residential Facility Category (3) developments as defined in the "Definitions”
subsection. Subject to the allocation of reserve units or flexibility units in accordance with the
Special Residential Facilities Provisions, each flexibility or reserve unit shall permit two (2)
sleeping rooms regardless of the number of kitchens or baths.
NOTE: Penal, correctional, and re-entry facilities are prohibited.
Transportation Use
Existing airports, Sea Port, and existing and proposed Expressways are designated for transportation
use on the Future Land Use Plan Map. The following uses are permitted in Transportation areas:
• Port Everglades Transportation Area
Shipping, warehousing, and, with the exception of residential uses, all other uses which may
be permitted by the City of Dania Beach that are consistent with tourism, international trade,
and marine commerce.
• Air Transportation Areas
Airports and related facilities, which are compatible with existing residential areas and Dania
Beach land uses, designed primarily to serve the needs of airport users and airport employees,
airport and aircraft operation, maintenance facilities, cargo dis tribution terminals, transit
warehousing, and other compatible uses, and those land uses—except permanent residences—
permitted in the recreation and open space, commercial recreation, and agricultural land use
categories.
• Expressways
Uses of an impermanent nature such as agriculture, nurseries, grazing, non -required parking,
open storage, and parks are permitted in proposed Expressways. Such provisions are intended
to provide owners of property within proposed Expressways with limited uses that do not
interfere with the long-term public goal of acquiring rights-of-way for expressway purposes.
No principal building may be permitted, nor may any land use which impedes the future
construction of an expressway be allowed.
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Proposed Expressways shall have an underlying Residential Future Land Use designation
unless bordered on both sides by non-residential land use designations. The underlying
density credited to the expressway must be equal to the density of the adjacent residential
land use designation. In cases where the proposed expressway is bordered by residential land
use designations of different densities, the adjacent density shall apply up to the mid -point of
the right-of-way. Residential units may not be constructed within the proposed expressway.
However, the densities accruing to the proposed expressway may be transferred to adjacent
parcels if the owner dedicates the right-of -way to a governmental agency for expressway uses.
If a formal determination has been made by the Broward County Board of County
Commissioners that the proposed expressway will not be constructed, the land uses permitted
within the expressway corridor shall be those permitted by the adjacent Land Use desig nation
as determined by the appropriate local government entity through the Broward Planning
Council (re-) certification process.
Utilities Use
Utilities are designated on the Future Land Use Map to ensure the availability of land necessary to
provide adequate levels of utility services to meet the current and future needs of Dania Beach. Utilities
are permitted in areas designated residential, commercial, office park, industrial, and employment
center.
Uses permitted in areas designated utilities are as follows:
• Utilities, excluding landfills.
• Other uses determined to be ancillary to the primary uses described above.
The following uses may also be permitted in the areas designated Utilities as long as the location of
such uses does not preclude or adversely affect the future use of the surrounding areas for utility
facilities:
• Recreation and Open Space uses.
• Non-residential agricultural uses.
• Communication facilities.
Communication Facilities
Communication facilities such as television and radio stations, relay structures, and telephone facilities
are not specifically designated on the Future Land Use Map as a separate category. Such facilities may
be permitted in areas designated by the following zoning categories:
• Residential, if deemed appropriate by the local jurisdiction
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Office Park
• Employment Center
Special Residential Facilities
In accordance with Broward County Ordinance 85 -92, the Land Use element of the Broward County
Comprehensive Plan defines categories of Special Residential Facilities for the purpose of
determining permitted locations and density standards.
Special Residential Facilities development such as group homes and foster care facilities are defined
by category type below and are subject, when applicable, to the Special Residential Facilities
provisions and allocation of reserve, flexibility, or bonus sleeping rooms Dania Beach may permit a
maximum of one hundred (100) "bonus" sleeping rooms consistent with Broward County Ordinance
85-92, without allocating density, provided such bonus sleeping rooms are permanently dedicated to
Special Residential use.
Broward County does not encourage local governments to locate special residential facilities in
commercial, office park, or community facilities areas. Special residential facilities should be
integrated into residential neighborhoods. However, the Broward County Land Use Plan recognizes
that, in some instances, local governments may have need to allocate special residential facilities in
these areas.
Special residential facilities are not specifically designated on the Future Land Use Plan Map as a
separate land use category. Special residential facilities are permitted within limitations as stated in
the Permitted Uses section of Future Land Use element of the City’s Comprehensive plan in the
following land use categories:
Definitions of Special Residential Facilities Categories:
Category (1) means:
A housing facility which is licensed by the State of Florida for no more than eight (8) individuals who
require treatment, care, rehabilitation, or education. The facility is usually referred to as a group home.
Residents include individuals who are elderl y, dependent children, physically disabled,
developmentally disabled or individuals not overtly capable of harm to themselves or others. The
facility provides a family living environment, including supervision and care necessary to meet the
physical, emotional, and social needs of the individuals. Education or training may or may not be
provided. There may be more than one kitchen within the housing facility. There may be more than
one Special Residential Facility Category (1) development on a parcel.
Category (2) means:
A housing facility which is licensed by the State of Florida for nine (9) to sixteen (16) non -elderly
individuals who require treatment, care, rehabilitation, or education. This includes individuals who are
dependent children, physically disabled, developm entally disabled, or individuals not overtly capable
of harm to themselves or others. The facility provides a family living environment, including
supervision and care necessary to meet the physical, emotional, and social needs of the individuals.
Education or training may or may not be provided. There may be more than one kitchen within the
housing facility. There may be more than one Special Facility Category (2) development on a parcel.
Category (3) means:
• Any housing facility licensed by the State of Florida for more than sixteen (16) non -elderly
individuals who require treatment, care, rehabilitation, or education. This includes individuals
who are dependent children, physically disabled, developmentally disabled or individuals not
overtly capable of harm to themselves or others;
• Any housing facility licensed by the State of Florida for more than eight (8) unrelated elderly
individuals;
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• Governmentally subsidized housing facilities entirely devoted to care of the elderly,
dependent children, the physically handicapped, developmentally disabled or individuals not
overtly capable of harm to themselves or others;
• Any non-for-profit housing facility for unrelated elderly individuals;
• Any housing facility which provides a life-care environment. A life-care environment shall
include, but is not limited to, creation of a life estate in the facility itself and provision of off -site
or on-site medical care.
Conservation Use
Conservation areas are designated on the Future Land Use Map for the purpose of protecting natural
ecosystems. Permitted uses include:
• Structures such as dikes, berms, levees, canals, ditches, locks, gates, pumping stations,
monitoring facilities used for flood control, drainage, water quality preservation/enhancement,
environmental protection, mosquito control, fire control, and the storage and conservation of
water.
• Active outdoor recreation uses such as fishing and boating, pursuant to State and Federal
regulations.
• Boat ramps and docks.
• Camping facilities, if determined to be appropriate by the local jurisdiction.
• Passive outdoor recreational uses such as wildlife sanctuaries and feeding stations, nature
centers, trails, outdoor research stations, and walkways.
Secret Woods Nature Center is a Natural Reservation designated for conservation use on the Future
Land Use Map (Series).
Those uses permitted in Natural Reservation areas designated for conservation are as follows:
• Passive outdoor recreational uses such as wildlife sanctuaries, feeding stations, nature centers,
trails, outdoor research stations, and walkways.
• Uses which do not impair the natural environment or disturb the natural ecosystem of the area
and which are not in conflict with any applicable contractual agreement or management
policies of the federal state, regional, county, municipal, or non-profit agency which manages
the Natural Reservation.
No agricultural uses have been indicated on the Land Use Plan. Also, while there are a significant
number of parks and recreational lands identified on the Plan, no multi -jurisdictional recreation areas
are being considered for conservation designation.
Education, public buildings and grounds, and other public facilities are designated as Community
Facilities on the Land Use Map. While there are designated historical properties within the City of
Dania Beach, it has no designated historical district.
Regional Activity Center Use
The intent of the Regional Activity Center (RAC) land use designation is to encourage attractive and
functional mixed living, working, shopping, education, and recreational activities in the Dania Beach
Community Redevelopment Area. The City of Dania Beach transmitted a proposed Comprehensive
Plan Text Amendment to the Regional Activity Center Permitted Uses to the State on September 11,
2023.
The current and proposed uses for the RAC are presented in the table below.
Regional Activity Center Permitted Uses
Current and Proposed Land Use Dania Beach RAC
Use Current Proposed Net Change
Residental (du's) 7,818 du's consisting of:
2,348 Single-family
2,165 High-rise
2,047 Townhouses
972 Garden Apt
286 Duplexes
11,818 du's consisting of:
2,348 Single-family
2,165 High-rise or Mid-
Rise apartment
2,047 Townhouses
972 Garden Apt
286 Duplexes
317 Single-Family
homes/duplexes
3,683 Multi-family
+4,000 du's:
+317 Single-Family
homes/duplexes
+3,683 Multi-Family
Hotel 640 rooms 640 rooms No change
Commercial 294 acres plus 500 ksf 264 acres plus 500 ksf - 30 acres
Industrial 247.5 acres 247.5 acres No change
Employment Center 74.5 acres 74.5 acres No change
Community Facilities 36.2 acres 36.2 acres No change
Parks & Rec (min.) 40.5 acres 40.5 acres No change
Transportation 6.5 acres 6.5 acres No change
Conservation (min.) 2.6 acres 2.6 acres No change
Utilities 2.5 acres 2.5 acres No change
SECTION 2. IMPLEMENTATION REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
2.1 Development Review Requirements
A local government may grant an application for a development permit consistent with the
Broward County Land Use Plan or a certified local land use plan when it has determined
that the following requirements are met:
a. Traffic circulation, transit, parks and recreation, drainage and flood protection, potable
water, solid waste, sanitary sewer public facilities and services and public schools will
be available to meet established level of service standards, consistent with Chapte r
163.3180, Florida Statutes, and the concurrency management policies of the Broward
County Land Use Plan.
b. Local streets and roads will provide safe, adequate access between buildings within the
proposed development and the trafficways identified on the Broward County
Trafficways Plan prior to occupancy.
c. Fire protection service will be adequate to protect people and property in the proposed
development.
d. Police protection service will be adequate to protect people and property in the
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proposed development.
e. School sites and school buildings will be adequate to serve the proposed development.
f. Development does not include a structure, or alteration thereof, that is subject to the
notice requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), Part 77, Subpart B, unless
the Federal Aviation Administration issues, or has issued within the previous ninety (90)
days, a written acknowledgment that said structure or alteration would not constitute a
hazard to air navigation and does not require increases to minimum instrument flight
altitudes within a terminal area, increases to minimum obstruction clearance altitudes,
or any other operational modifications at any existing airport or heliport or any planned
or proposed airport as described in FAR Part 77.21(c)(2).
2.2 Procedures for Certification of Local Land Use Plans
a. Each local government within Broward County may prepare, in conformance with the
requirements of the Broward County Land Use Plan and the Florida Local Government
Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, a local land use plan for
submittal to the Broward County Planning Council. The local land use plan shall be certified by
the Broward County Planning Council prior to its final adoption by a local government.
b. Pursuant to the Broward County Charter, and consistent with the Broward County Land
Use Plan:
(1) The Broward County Planning Council shall adopt, within its “Administrative Rules
Document,” rules and regulations as may be necessary to provide for the
certification, decertification and re-certification of local land use plans.
(2) The Broward County Planning Council shall adopt, within its “Administrative Rules
Document,” rules and regulations after approval by the Broward County
Commission as may be necessary to provide for:
(a) The certification of density transfers.
(b) The receipt of data pertaining to development permits granted by local
governments and land development regulations adopted by local
governments.
(c) Other matters pertinent to the goals, objectives, policies and requirements of
the Broward County Land Use Plan.
c. Every local land use plan submitted for review and certification by the Broward County
Planning Council shall include the following:
(1) A land use plan map, drawn to scale, with legend reflecting proposed land uses
and residential densities;
(2) Goals, objectives and policies consistent with and furthering those contained
within the Broward County Land Use Plan;
(3) Implementation provisions which establish a land use and density classification
system including a detailed listing of permitted land uses and densities allowed
within each local land use classification.
(a) A land use permitted within a land use category by the Broward County
Land Use Plan may be prohibited or limited by a local land use plan.
(b) A local land use plan may propose other permitted land uses and land use
categories not specifically identified within the Broward County Land Use
Plan, if consistent with the policies and requirements of the Broward
County Land Use Plan;
(4)
(a) A listing of Community level parks acreage counted by the local
government to fulfill the parks requirements and consistent with the
“Regional and Community Parks” subsections of this Plan;
(b) The local land use plan map shall reflect, conceptually or at specific
locations, existing and proposed park and recreational facility sites of
sufficient size and quantity to provide Community level parks acreage
consistent with the requirements of this plan;
(5) Other implementation provisions consistent with the policies and requirements
of the Broward County Land Use Plan which will implement the local land use
plan.
d. The Broward County Planning Council shall certify each local land use plan which is in
substantial conformity with the Broward County Land Use Plan. A local land use plan shall
be certified by the Broward County Planning Council when it finds that:
(1) The maximum number of dwelling units permitted in the municipality by the local land
use plan does not exceed the maximum number of dwelling units permitted by the
Broward County Land Use Plan and that residential densities are distributed in a
manner consistent with the policies of the Broward County Land Use Plan. The local
government shall demonstrate to the Broward County Planning Council that the
distribution of land uses by the local land use plan does not result in an increase in
the number of permitted dwelling units as compared to the number of dwelling units
permitted by the Broward County Land Use Plan;
(2) The arrangement of land uses on the local land use plan map bears a reasonable
relationship to the arrangement of land uses on the Broward County Land Use Plan
Map and permitted uses fall within the parameters for permitted uses established by
the Broward County Land Use Plan;
(3) The goals, objectives and policies of the local land use plan are consistent with and
further those of the Broward County Land Use Plan;
(4) The implementation provisions meet or exceed the requirements of the Broward
County Land Use Plan.
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e. Each local government is encouraged to develop innovative methods to regulate the
development of land through its local land use plan and other land development
regulations which may be proposed within its local land use plan. During the certification
process, the Broward County Planning Council shall review and may approve such
innovative methods which are consistent with the policies of the Broward County Land
Use Plan and are in substantial conformity with the Broward County Land Use Plan.
f. Each local government shall comply with Section 8.05 of the Broward County Charter and
shall make every reasonable effort to prepare a local land use plan which will be in
substantial conformity with the Broward County Land Use Plan. If the Broward County
Planning Council determines that a local land use plan includes proposed land uses
which are not in conformity with the Broward County Land Use Plan, then it shall not
certify the local land use plan unless the Broward County Commission:
(1) Determines, within sixty days after receipt of a written request by a local government,
that the proposed land uses which are not in substantial conformity with the Broward
County Land Use Plan must be permitted in order for the local government to comply
with Section 8.05 of the Broward County Charter, or
(2) Finds that a final judicial decision has been rendered which requires a local
government to permit the proposed land uses. The Broward County Commission
shall make its finding at the request of any party to the litigation after the Broward
County Commission has given at least thirty days notice by certified mail to all other
parties to the litigation, or
(3) Adopts an amendment to the Broward County Land Use Plan which brings the
proposed land uses into substantial conformity to the Broward County Land Use Plan.
2.3 Broward County Land Use Plan Amendment Procedures
a. The Broward County Land Use Plan may be amended by the Broward County Commission
in the manner provided by the Broward County Charter and Florida Local Government
Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act.
b. The Broward County Planning Council shall adopt, within its “Administrative Rules
Document,” rules and regulations as may be necessary to provide for the consideration
of proposals for the amendments to the Broward County Land Use Plan and the submittal
of recommendations and proposals to the Broward County Commission.
2.4 Local Land Development Regulations and Procedures
a. The Broward County Land Use Plan shall be implemented by adoption and enforcement
of appropriate local regulations on the development of lands and waters within the
jurisdiction of the local government.
b. No public or private development may be permitted except in compliance with the
Broward County Land Use Plan or certified local land use plan.
c. A local government which does not have a land use plan certified by the Broward County
Planning Council:
(1) May grant an application for a development permit, provided:
a. The proposed development would be consistent with the Broward County Land Use
Plan, and
b. The proposed development would be in compliance with local land development
regulations, and
c. The development permit is granted in compliance with the “Development Review
Requirements” subsection of this plan or with local land development regulations
which meet or exceed the requirements of said subsection.
(2) May adopt land development regulations, a land development code, or
amendments thereto which are consistent with the Broward County Land Use Plan.
(3) Shall transmit to the Broward County Planning Council for review, no less than forty -
five days prior to adoption, a copy of all proposed land development regulations, a
land development code, or amendments thereto, and notice of all proposed
changes of zoning districts.
d. A local government which does have a land use plan certified by the Broward County
Planning Council and is effective:
(1) May grant an application for a development permit provided:
a. The proposed development would be consistent with the applicable certified
land use plan, and
b. The proposed development would be in compliance with local land
development regulations, and
c. The development permit is granted in compliance with the “Development
Review Requirements” subsection of this plan or with local land development
regulations which meet or exceed the requirements of said subsection.
d. May adopt land development regulations, a land development code or
amendments thereto, and amend zoning districts consistent with its certified
land use plan.
2.5 Procedures For Formal Interpretations of The Broward County Land Use Plan
The Broward County Planning Council shall assist local governments with matters of
interpretation of the Broward County Land Use Plan. Whenever a question of interpretation
has not been resolved on an informal basis, the governing body of a local government may
request in writing that the Broward County Planning Council issue a letter of interpretation
on the matter. Upon receipt of a letter of interpretation from the Broward County Planning
Council, the governing body of a local government may request in writing that the Broward
County Commission review such letter on any subject outside the scope of the Broward
County Planning Council's adopted rules and regulations regarding certification of local
land use plans and Broward County Land Use Plan amendment processing and
recommendation procedures or matters as contained within this plan regarding Section
8.05 of the Broward County Charter.
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The Broward County Commission, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the request, shall
review and either approve or approve with modifications, the Broward County Planning
Council's letter of interpretation which shall then be binding on the Broward Co unty
Commission, on the Broward County Planning Council, on the local government and on
any property owner given written notice and an opportunity to be heard on the matter. A
written request to the Broward County Planning Council or the Broward County Commission
pursuant to this section must contain the following information:
(a) A statement of the question(s).
(b) A statement of the facts necessary to answer the question(s).
(c) A statement of the position of the local government on the matter.
2.6 Monitoring and Enforcement Procedures for the Broward County Land Use Plan
a. Local government shall prepare and transmit to the Broward County Planning
Council the information listed below within the time periods specified. This
information is for the purposes of monitoring compliance with the Broward County
Land Use Plan and for maintaining current, countywide records of land
development activities on which to base future planning. Information shall be
transmitted in a format to be prescribed by the Broward County Planning Council.
(1) A yearly summary regarding allocation of acreage proposed for commercial
or residential uses within lands designated Residential, Activity Center, or
Commerce utilizing the “flexibility” provisions of the Broward County Land
Use Plan, if certified within the local land use plan.
b. Upon determination by the Broward County Commission that a local government
has granted development permits or permitted uses which are inconsistent with the
requirements of the Broward County Land Use Plan, or fails to act in substantial
compliance with the Broward County Land Use Plan, the Broward County
Commission shall take such actions as may be necessary and proper to enforce the
requirements of the Broward County Land Use Plan.
2.7 The City shall not accept a building Criteria and Procedures for
Environmentally Sensitive Lands and Local Areas of Particular Concern
Broward County will conduct a review of all Natural Resources as defined in the text and
depicted on the Natural Resource Map Series of the Broward County Land Use Plan. The
review will determine whether such lands are environmentally sensitive and shall provide
the basis for the regulation of those lands found to be environmentally sensitive as is
required by Section 163.3202, Florida Statutes.
The Broward County Commission shall conduct a review of the following maps and, utilizing
the criteria enumerated herein or utilizing additional alternative criteria review and
approved by the County Commission, make a determination as to whether the designation
and regulation of additional Environmentally Sensitive Lands is appropriate:
a. Existing and Planned Potable Water Wells and Zones of Influence
b. Wetlands
c. Flood Plains, Flood Prone Areas and Coastal Storm Area
d. Mineral Resources
e. Beaches and Shores, including, Rivers, Bays, Harbors, Canals, Major Lakes, Estuarine
System and Dredge Spoil Disposal Sites
f. Soils
g. Local Areas of Particular Concern
Local Areas of Particular Concern (LAPCs) may be designated in six categories
according to the types of resources present. Unless otherwise indicated, LAPCs must
have one or more of the characteristics for the respective category.
1. Marine Resource Category
Coastal areas of unique, scarce, fragile, or vulnerable natural habitat, physical
features and scenic importance, or; coastal areas of high natural productivity or
essential habitat for fish, wildlife, and the various trophic levels in the food web
critical to their well- being, or; coastal areas of substantial recreational value and/or
potential, or; areas needed to protect, maintain, or replenish coastal flood plains,
coral and other reefs, beaches, offshore sand deposits and mangrove stands.
2. Natural Landforms and Features Category
A geological, hydrological, or physiographical feature confined to a small area of
Broward County and considered quite rare locally or regionally, or; a representative
natural ecosystem and/or its units existing in a few isolated locations, but extirpated
from most of the county.
3. Native Vegetative Communities Category
(a) A Local Area of Particular Concern (Native Vegetative Communities Category) is
an area which shows a predominance of native vegetation associated with one
or more of the following ecological communities: Beach and Dune Community;
Coastal Strand Forest Community; Mangrove Community (Saltwater Swamp);
Scrub Community; Pine Flatwoods Community; High Hammock Community; Low
Hammock Community; Cypress Wetland Community (Freshwater Swamp);
Ever- glades Community (Freshwater Marsh).
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(b) In addition, a Local Area of Particular Concern (Native Vegetative Communities
Category) must satisfy at least three of the following criteria:
i. Uniqueness - The site contains a significant sample of rare or endangered
species, or, the site is among a small number of sites in Broward County
representing a particular ecological community.
ii. Diversity - A significant sample of two or more ecological communities are
contained within the site.
iii. Low Level of Exotic Invasion - The degree and nature of exotic invasion on the
site is such that it can be easily managed or mitigated.
iv. Potential for Protection -Ownership patterns, development status and other
factors make the resources of a site likely to be successfully protected.
v. Geography - The site has proximity to other resources which would heighten
its value as a LAPC (e.g., other ESLs, public parks, waterfront).
4. Wildlife Category
Existing wildlife refuges, reserves, and sanctuaries, or; known habitats of rare,
threatened, or endangered species or species of special concern, or; major wildlife
intensive use areas such as well-developed hammock communities, highly
productive coastal tidelands, and mangroves, or; areas used for scientific study and
research on wildlife.
5. Economic Resource Category
Existing ports, marinas, piers, energy resources, and artificial reefs, or; areas noted
for specific study and research concerning economic development.
6. Cultural Resource Category
Sites designated on the National Register of Historic Places or on the Florida Master
Site File, or; sites related to the general development of the local area, region, or
State, or; buildings which are significant examples of the architectural design of their
period, or; sites associated with the life/lives of important person(s), or social,
political, cultural, or economic movements or with historical events, or;
archaeological sites which have yielded useful information on the area's past.
2.8 The City shall not accept a building Legal Actions Involving the Broward County Land Use
Plan
a. In any legal action challenging the Broward County Land Use Plan or any legal action
challenging any decision of any governmental agency made pursuant to provisions of
the Broward County Land Use Plan, Broward County shall be served with a copy of the
Complaint and be entitled to be heard.
(1) In any legal action challenging any certified land use plan or any legal action
challenging any decision of any governmental agency made pursuant to provisions
of any certified land use plan, Broward County shall be served with a copy of the
Complaint and be entitled to be heard.
b. In any legal action, challenging or affecting land development regulations, the unit of
local government shall notice Broward County and provide copies of any papers served
in connection therewith.
2.9 Criteria for Designating Adaptation Action Areas of Regional Significance
As consistent with the Broward County Land Use Plan, Adaptation Action Areas may be
designated by a local government in order to identify areas vulnerable to sea level rise,
enhance the funding potential of infrastructure adaptation projects and implement policies
for adaptation.
To be eligible for Adaptation Action Area of Regional Significance designation, the
applicant must clearly detail how vulnerabilities identified in the proposed Adaptation
Action Area will be exacerbated by climate change or sea level rise within a 50 -year
planning horizon. In addition, the proposed Adaptation Action Area must meet at least one
(1) of the following criteria:
a. Areas which experience tidal or coastal flooding;
b. Areas which have a hydrologic connection to coastal waters;
c. Locations which are within areas designated as evacuation zones for storm surge;
d. Areas vulnerable to flash floods and severe storm water runoff or coastal erosion; or
e. Areas vulnerable to other predicted impacts of climate change and sea level rise
where management strategies, infrastructure investments and planning decisions
can help to mitigate the magnitude or severity of future climate impacts.
Local governments may apply for county designation of an Adaptation Action Area of
Regional Significance within the Broward County Land Use Plan if the identified problem(s)
conform(s) with one or more of the criteria identified above, or additional demons tration
of climate vulnerability is provided. In addition, proposed adaptation strategies for the
designated area should demonstrate investments and benefits of regional significance. The
Unified Sea Level Rise Projection for Southeast Florida and the Broward County Priority
Planning Area Map may serve as reference materials in review of the request. Notice
submitted to the Planning Council should include:
a. The geographical area under consideration;
b. Documentation of the issue(s) or vulnerability of the area;
c. A description of strategies, policy and/or infrastructure improvements proposed; and
d. Explanation of how these solutions will reduce risk and increase the area’s
resilience to climate impacts.
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County staff will review and issue a joint recommendation pertaining to the requested
Adaptation Action Area of Regional Significance designation. No fee will be charged for
review of the proposed Adaptation Action Area designations. The Broward County
Commission or the Broward County Planning Council may also initiate an application for
Adaptation Action Area designation. If the Broward County Commission or the Broward
County Planning Council will be the applicant for an Adaptation Action Area (AAA)
designation, the County or Planning Council staff, as applicable, shall notify, in writing, any
municipality in which the proposed AAA is located. Such written notification shall be sent
at least 35 days before the first County Commission or Planning Council meeting to consider
the AAA designation, and will solicit comment from the municipality. Municipal comments
received will be included as part of the AAA report reviewed by the County Commission
and Planning Council. Applications may also be submitted for de -designation by the
original applicant, the Broward County Planning Council or the Broward County
Commission, based on adaptation investments, reduction of vulnerability, changes in
community priorities, cost- benefit considerations, changes in land use, or other
environmental, economic or social considerations which support de-designation.
Areas designated by the County as Adaptation Action Areas of Regional Significance will
be added to the Broward County Priority Planning Areas for Sea Level Rise Map as part of
the Broward County Land Use Plan.
Ref No.
on SLR
Map
AAA Name Applicant Qualifying
Criteria Met
Strategies
Proposed
Expected
Benefits
1 Port
Everglades
Sand
Bypass
Project
Area
Broward
County
c) Storm
Surge
d) Coastal
Erosion
e) Sea
Level Rise
-Sand bypass at
Port Everglades
-Beach
renourishment
-Shoreline
management
-Protection of
critical
infrastructure
-Protection of
public and
private property
-Preservation of
habitat for
threatened and
endangered
species
-Reduced
shoaling in the
navigation
channel
-Maintenance of
recreational
opportunities at John
U. Lloyd Beach State
Park
-increased potential of
federal permitting and
funding support
SECTION 3. IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
The monitoring and evaluation of the progress of the Future Land Use Element of the
Comprehensive Plan is coordinated by the City’s Planning and Development Services
Department, working through the City’s existing Development Review Committee (DRC). The
DRC is composed of the Department Heads (or their designees) of: Public Works and
Environmental Services, Building Services Division, Fire, Police, and Planning and
Development Services. This is an ongoing, day-to-day, process.
SECTION 4. CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT
Implementation of the Future Land Use Plan of the City of Dania Beach is achieved through the
Land Development Code, which addresses zoning, landscaping, tree preservation ordinance,
development review regulations and procedures and through the cooperation and
coordination with Broward County in plat approval and Development of Regional Impact (DRI)
processes.
The City’s Land Development Code specifies that the City shall approve no plat, site plan, or
building permit until it has made a positive determination of consistency with the Future Land
Use Plan and concurrency in the following:
1) local transportation network,
2) regional road network,
3) stormwater management,
4) potable water,
5) wastewater,
6) solid waste,
7) local parks and recreation facilities,
8) fire protection, and
9) police protection.
This Concurrency Management System establishes the administrative procedures necessary to
ensure that the necessary infrastructure facilities are available concurrent with the impacts of
development.
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SECTION 5. COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PARKS
City of Dania Beach Current Recertified Parks
PARK NAME FACILITY TYPE ACREAGE FACILITY TYPE ACRES
CURRENT RECERTIFIED PARKS
IT Parker Center (Houston Park) Community 7.8
Tigertail Lake Center/Dog Park Community 39.3
Secret Woods Community 5.7 (57 ac)*
Pond Apple Slough Community 4.6 (46 ac)*
Dania Beach (incl. Tootie & Whiskey Creek) Community 26.5
West Lake Marsh Community 10 (136 ac)*
Dania Elementary Neighborhood 2.6
Olsen Neighborhood 9.9
PJ Meli Park Neighborhood 9.7
Collins Neighborhood 4.9
CW Thomas Neighborhood 9.7
Frost Neighborhood 10.1
Dania Cove Park Neighborhood 4.65
Northside/Malaleuca Park Neighborhood 0.7
Mullikan Neighborhood 1
Chester Byrd Neighborhood 2.5
Subtotal 149.65
City of Dania Beach Park Inventory
PARK NAME FACILITY TYPE ACREAGE FACILITY TYPE ACRES
CURRENT RECERTIFIED PARKS
IT Parker Center (Houston Park) Community 7.8
Tigertail Lake Center/Dog Park Community 39.3
Secret Woods Community 5.7 (57 ac)*
Pond Apple Slough Community 4.6 (46 ac)*
Dania Beach (incl. Tootie & Whiskey Creek) Community 26.5
West Lake Marsh Community 10 (136 ac)*
Dania Elementary Neighborhood 2.6
Olsen Neighborhood 9.9
PJ Meli Park Neighborhood 9.7
Collins Neighborhood 4.9
CW Thomas Neighborhood 9.7
Frost Neighborhood 10.1
Dania Cove Park Neighborhood 4.65
Northside/Malaleuca Park Neighborhood 0.7
Mullikan Neighborhood 1
Chester Byrd Neighborhood 2.5
Subtotal 149.65
NEW EXISTING PARKS
Griffin Marine Neighborhood 2.6
Mildred Jones Neighborhood 0.86
Star Centennial Neighborhood 0.35
SW Community Center Neighborhood 1.42
SE 5th Avenue Linear park Neighborhood 5.53
PJ Meli Park (add. Acreage) Neighborhood 2.6
Subtotal 13.36
FUTURE PARKS
City Hall Neighborhood 1.65
BSO Substation Neighborhood 0.21
Boise Waiters Neighborhood 5.43
Nyberg Swanson Neighborhood 1.07
FDOT Annex (Beach) Neighborhood 1.29
Mullikan ROW Neighborhood 0.22
The Wave Neighborhood 0.52
Subtotal 10.39
TOTAL 173.4
SECTION 6. PLATTING REQUIREMENTS
The City shall not grant an application for a building permit for the construction of a principal
building on a parcel of land unless a plat including the parcel or parcels of land has been
approved by the County Commission and recorded in the official records of Broward County
subsequent to June 4, 1953. The exemptions from this requirement are specified in Article 4
of the Broward County Land Use Plan, as amended, and administered through the Broward
County Administrative Rules Document. The City acknowledges these rules as those in effect
within the municipal boundaries.
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SECTION 7. HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY
(From Housing Element Table 3-10)
HOUSING AND
NEIGHBORHOODS ELEMENT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
POLICY DOCUMENT
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CITY OF DANIA BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
2. HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS ELEMENT
GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES
III. REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING GOALS,
OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
The goal of the housing element of the City of Dania Beach is to ensure that
an adequate and affordable amount of housing is
provided to existing residents and the anticipated
population through a coordinated effort of private
sector and governmental involvement. Housing will be
available to a full range of residents and will contain a
variety of types and will continue the City's policy of
moving more residents towards home ownership.
GOAL 2.1: Achieve a supply of housing that offers a variety of
residential unit types and prices for current and
future homeowners and renters at all household
income levels by the creation and/or preservation of
a full range of quality housing units.
Objective 2.1.1: Upgrade the quality of existing housing and assure
that new construction is of the highest possible
quality, and resilient, while supporting the position
that the City’s housing supply will be principally
provided by the private sector.
Policy 2.1.1.1: Strict enforcement of the Florida Building Code,
Standard Housing Code, and other applicable codes
shall continue.
Policy 2.1.1.2: Conservation and rehabilitation of housing stock shall
be guided by recommendations contained in planning
and housing studies prepared for redevelopment areas,
historic surveys, and other appropriate documentation.
Policy 2.1.1.3: The City shall support the location of housing assistance
for very low-, low-, and moderate-income households,
consistent with applicable zoning and land
development regulations.
Policy: 2.1.1.4: The City shall take strict enforcement measures to
eliminate overcrowded housing conditions.
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Objective I 2.1.2: Assist Support the private sector with the provision
of 450 additional housing units between 1995 and
2005 and 1,073 total units by between 2005 and
2010. The housing will be of diverse types of
housing and affordability levels to for the existing
and anticipated population growth.
Policy 1.1 2.1.2.1: Utilize the following to streamline the permitting process
for all housing in the City, especially affordable housing:
a. Implement Article 10.14 of the City of Dania Beach
Zoning Code that allows for a shortened variance
approval process for those qualified developments in
the designated community development block grant
areas.
b. The City of Dania Beach shall Continue to streamline
the development review process for qualified
affordable housing developments by allowing
building plans and site plans for said developments
to be reviewed concurrently.
Objective II2.1.3: Continue enforcing regulations and procedures to
ensure safe housing units Provide a minimum of 3
rehabilitation and 2 new housing units through the
Year 2010. In the event of a hurricane or natural
disaster, the City will identify and demolish any
unsafe structures within twelve (12) months.
Policy 2.1 2.1.3.1 Provide assistance through the CDBG to property
owners for upgrading all housing in a substandard
condition.
Policy 2.2 2.1.3.1 Continue to identify and demolish structures which pose
a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the
community through the CDBG Program.
Objective III 2.1.4: Continue to record code enforcement actions related
to structural and community appearance
improvements to existing housing.
Policy 3.1 2.1.4.1: In order to preserve good housing conditions
throughout the community, develop incentive programs
for the rehabilitation and enhancement of existing
housing stock.
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Policy 3.2 2.1.4.2: Within the CDBG Target area, provide a minimum of one
rehabilitation and one new housing unit on an annual
basis.
Objective IV 2.1.5: The City shall reduce the deficit in the supply of
affordable housing units by at least 5 units by the
year 2000, by at least 25 units by the year 2005, and
by at least 50 units by the year 2010. Continue to
support strategies for reducing the deficit of
affordable housing.
Policy 4.1 2.1.5.1: The City shall provide, Strive to provide low-, very low-,
moderate-income, and workforce housing based on
Shimberg Center Housing Data, affordable housing to
reduce any deficit. of low, very low- and moderate-
income housing projected for years 2000, 2005, and
2010.
Policy 4.2 2.1.5.2: Assist Support the private sector by providing
demographic information and other assistance which
will aid in the development of housing to meet the
existing and anticipated needs.
Policy 4.3 2.1.5.3: Encourage and support programs designed to increase
the income levels of low-income households.
Policy 4.4 2.1.5.4: Continue to apply for CDBG funds for construction of
affordable housing units and rehabilitation of existing
units.
Policy 4.5 2.1.5.5: Continue to support Habitat for Humanity’s efforts to
create affordable housing in the City of Dania Beach.
Policy 4.6 2.1.5.6: Continue to improve the community appearance
qualities of the new development and redevelopment
which will to enhance and help to preserve existing
neighborhoods.
Policy 4.7 2.1.5.7: Establish incentives for the stabilization of
neighborhoods and identification of programs which
would encourage redevelopment of aging
neighborhoods and home ownership.
Policy 4.8 2.1.5.8: Rental Housing: The City of Dania Beach will meet the
above objective in part by providing Section 8 Rental
Vouchers and Rental Certificates to address alleviate the
severe cost burden experienced by "very low income"
renter households. in the City of Dania Beach.
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Policy 4.9 2.1.5.9: Rehabilitation: The City of Dania Beach will meet the
above objective in part by providing low interest CDBG,
HOME, and SHIP funds to conserve, upgrade, and
expand the existing affordable housing stock of single-
family homes, especially those available to low-income
residents.
Policy 4.10 Mortgage Loans: The City of Dania Beach will meet the
above objective in part by providing no-interest,
deferred second mortgage HOME and SHIP loans of up
to $10,000 for down payment and closing cost to
income-eligible buyers to finance the purchase of
homes in the City of Dania Beach.
Policy 4.10 2.1.5.10: Policies 10.2-10.3 2.1.5.8 and 2.1.5.9 are subject to the
continued existence of CDBG, SHIP and HOME
programs. If one or more of these programs is
discontinued for reasons beyond the control of the City
of Dania Beach, the City will use its best efforts to pursue
alternative funding to meet or exceed the above
objective.
Objective V 2.1.6: Group homes or foster care facilities licensed by
Florida HRS shall be permitted in specified
residential categories of the Dania Beach
Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.1 2.1.6.1: The Dania Beach Comprehensive Plan and
Amendments thereto will be reviewed to ensure that
group homes and foster care facilities are permitted in
specific residential categories consistent with Chapter
419, Florida Statutes.
Policy 5.2 2.1.6.2: Coordinate with Broward County to identify sites for
group homes and foster care facilities on a regional
basis.
Policy 5.3 2.1.6.3: Group homes, foster care facilities, and housing of
special needs population shall be permitted in all
specific residential categories consistent with Chapter
419, Florida Statutes.
Policy 2.1.6.4 Amendments to the zoning ordinance and other
development regulations shall retain principles and
criteria for guiding the location of adult congregate
living facilities, group homes, housing for low- and
moderate-income households, mobile homes, and
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foster homes in a manner consistent with State laws and
more explicitly in conformity with Florida Statutes.
Objective VI 2.1.7: Continue the conservation, rehabilitation, and
demolition of housing, and the identification of
historically significant housing.
Policy 6.1 2.1.7.1: Housing should be rehabilitated in lieu of demolition
where permissible under CDBG guidelines.
Policy 6.2 2.1.7.2: Continue to implement housing conservation measures
through code enforcement.
Objective VII 2.1.8: Maintain and continually Continue reviewing and
maintaining the list of historically significant
housing.
Policy 7.1 2.1.8.1: Utilize the resources of the Dania Historical Society for to
maintainenance a list of historically significant housing
list.
Policy 7.2 2.1.8.2: Maintain the list of historically significant housing with
the Dania Historical Society and the Broward County
Historical Commission.
Objective VIII 2.1.9: Provide relocation housing for residents displaced as
a result of Community Development Block Grant
activities.
Policy 8.1 2.1.9.1: As part of Community Development Block Grant
Program, provide temporary relocation housing for
displaced residents until replacement housing is
available.
Objective IX 2.1.10: Continue to implement a Housing Development
program.
Policy 9.1 2.1.10.1: Continue to apply for federal and state funding to
implement programs for the development of future
housing to meet identified needs.
Policy 9.2 2.1.10.2: Continue to apply for federal and state funding to
implement programs which will help enhance and
rehabilitate deteriorated housing conditions.
Policy 9.3 2.1.10.3: Continue to apply for federal and state funding to
implement programs which will aid in the
redevelopment of declining neighborhoods.
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Policy 9.4 2.1.10.4: Continue to compile implement and monitor the
programs defined in the Housing Element.
Objective X 2.1.11: Continue to support job training, job creation, and,
other economic solutions that target low-income
households.
Policy 10.1 2.1.11.1: Implement the City job training program “Institute for
Community Empowerment.”.
Policy 10.2 2.1.11.2: Continue to implement and encourage mixed-use
developments as permitted in the Land Use Plan
Element.
Policy 10.3 2.1.11.3: Continue to support and implement streamlined
procedures to reduce costs and processing times for
affordable housing.
Policy 10.4 2.1.11.4: Continue to implement density bonuses for affordable
housing developments through the allocation of
Affordable Housing Units (AFU's) consistent with the
Land Use Element and the Broward County Planning
Council Administrative Rules.
Policy 10.5 By January 2001 the City will provide to residents and
individuals employed in the City of Dania Beach access
to information pertaining to countywide programs to aid
in job training, day-care facilities, English language
courses, and high school equivalency (GED) which are
currently provided by the following agencies:
• Broward Community College
• Broward County Public Schools
• Broward County Department of Children and
Families
• Broward County Department of Human Services
• Broward County Child and Family Services (not the
same as DCF)
• Family Central (child-care)
• Broward Workforce Development Board (formerly
Broward Employment and Training Administration or
BETA)
• Florida Atlantic University Center for Urban
Redevelopment and Empowerment (the CURE)
• Hispanic Unity (English classes and childcare)
• Haitian American Community Foundation
• Women investing in New Goals and Services (WINGS)
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Objective XI 2.1.12: The City has long recognized the lack of home
ownership opportunities for all income levels and
has embarked in initiated on-going planning
activities to correct inequities in the deliverance
availability of housing, including These activities
include, among others, the establishment of the
Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Areas, the
maintenance of a Housing Authority, and the City
continues to continuing support of fee simple mobile
home parks.
Policy 11.1 2.1.12.1: Develop, expand, and continue programs that provide
ownership opportunities, such as the First-time Home
Buyers Program, Primary Mortgage Assistance Program,
Minor Home Repair Program, Paint Program, National
Flood Insurance Program, and rental -to-owner
conversion incentives.
Policy 11.2 2.1.12.2: Increase transit level-of-service to enhance mobility and
access to employment centers.
Policy 11.3 2.1.12.3: Enhance programs to support small businesses, in such
areas as education, training, and revolving loan
programs.
Policy 11.4 2.1.12.4: Recruit additional new employers and retain existing
employers.
Policy 11.5 2.1.12.5: Enhance vocational and educational opportunities for
residents.
Policy 11.6 2.1.12.6: Promote mixed-use development that provides an array
a variety of housing types along transit corridors.,
including the establishment of a Local Activity Center
(LAC) future land use designation, the development of
mixed-use zoning districts, and the allocation of flex
units to mixed-use projects.
ObjectiveXII2.1.13: Implement neighborhood improvement projects
identified in the Community Redevelopment Area
Plan.
Policy 12.1 2.1.13.1: It is recommended that the various Comprehensive Plan
elements be updated, as appropriate, to assist with the
provision of ownership opportunities at higher income
levels, as follows:
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a. Continue to expedite permitting, prioritize the
allocation of flex units, and sponsor Future Land Use
Plan amendments for luxury housing projects.
b. Continue promoting mixed-use development that
provides an array of housing types along transit
corridors, including the support of the establishment
of a Local Regional Activity Center (LRAC) future land
use designation, the development of mixed-use
zoning districts, and the allocation of flex units to
mixed-use projects.
c. Implement neighborhood improvement projects
identified in the Community Redevelopment Area.
Objective 2.1.14: Encourage financial programs that expand
opportunities for new housing construction and
rehabilitation of existing housing for very low-, low-
, and moderate-income households in a manner
consistent with the scale and character of the
community.
Policy 2.1.14.1: Implement activities for improving coordination
among participants in the delivery of housing within the
Cit y. Appropriate area s for City involvement should
include partner ships with private firms, non-profit
agencies, or other government agencies.
Policy 2.1.14.2 Optimize the use of Federal, State, and County housing
programs to en sure a full range of housing
opportunities is available for City residents.
Objective 2.1.15: Encourage construction of workforce housing units
and market-rate housing to contribute to the Goal of
providing a full range of quality residential unit types
and prices for current and anticipated homeowners
and renters in all household income levels.
Policy 2.1.15.1: Explore the establishment of an effective housing
program to alleviate the excessive concentration of
affordable units in the City types and prices. Increase
coordination with the Dania Beach Housing Authority.
Policy 2.1.15.2: Promote the construction of market-rate housing in
redevelopment areas and mixed-use corridors to
achieve a full range of housing supply.
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GOAL 2.2: To assure that all citizens have decent, safe, resilient
and sanitary housing in neighborhood environments
that are attractive, secure, and free from urban
blight.
Objective 2.2.1: To maintain the integrity of existing residential
neighborhoods and to promote their preservation
and rehabilitation.
Policy 2.2.1.1: Residential areas shall be adequately buffered from
incompatible nonresidential uses that would adversely
affect the living environment of residents.
Policy 2.2.1.2: The City’s definitions for standard and substandard
housing, and guidelines for determining the quality of
housing and stabilizing residential neighborhoods will
be enforced.
Policy 2.2.1.3: Code enforcement efforts will be maintained in order to
prevent overcrowding and unsafe or unsanitary housing
conditions.
Objective 2.2.2: To promote the conservation, preservation, and
rehabilitation of existing housing as a means of
maintaining and improving residential conditions,
providing a variety of opportunities for housing to all
current and anticipated future residents of the City,
and creating affordable housing opportunities.
Policy 2.2.2.1: Preservation of affordable housing will be
accomplished through code enforcement, a variety of
programs, including participation in rehabilitation loan
programs funded by CDBG and SHIP, administration of
historic housing and redevelopment programs, and
enhanced i ntergovernmental coordination in the
provision of housing such as the local Community
Development Corporation, housing rehabilitation, and
public housing.
Policy 2.2.2.2: The Cit y shall ensure compatibility of new housing
developments with existing neighborhood
characteristics by proactively seeking projects that
integrate adaptive re-use, mixed-use, and offer market-
rate and workforce housing solutions through site plan
review and design guidelines.
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Policy 2.2.2.3: Affordable (low, very low, and moderate) housing, as
well as special needs housing, may be developed in any
residential district.
Objective 2.2.3: To promote the elimination of blighting influences in
residential areas and improvement of substandard
housing conditions.
Policy 2.2.3.1: Dwelling units that are dilapidated and thus do not
provide a decent, safe, and sanitary environment shall
be removed.
Policy 2.2.3.2: The Cit y will regularly maintain and rehabilitate public
improvements that have been accepted for
maintenance, such as street paving, sidewalks, and
other physica l improvements.
Policy 2.2.3.3: In conjunction with the City’s Certificate of Use program,
housing stock will be regularly inspected.
Policy 2.2.3.4: Group homes and foster care facilities licensed or
funded by the Florida Department of Children and
Families shall be located so as to encourage the
development of community residential alternatives to
institutionalization. The City encourages the location of
these facilities nea r supporting institutional and other
uses, appropriate for the clientele served by the facilities
Such facilities shall be supported with public facilities
and services in a nondiscriminatory manner .
Policy 2.2.3.5: Housing demolition program activities will be guided
by Cit y’s land development regulations, consistent with
Cit y policies on neighborhood improvement and the
removal of dilapidated structures.
Objective 2.2.4: To encourage architectural design that
complements the City’s appearance and resiliency
and considers the objectives of all facilities and
services provided by the City.
Policy 2.2.4.1: Housing locat ed in areas subject to the hazards of
flooding and storm surge shall be constructed
according to acceptable standards in order to minimize
the impacts of these hazards.
Policy 2.2.4.2: Housing located in Commercial and Industrial zoning
districts within the RAC boundary shall comply with the
design standards.
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GOAL 2.3: Develop and implement strategies that reinforce
Dania Beach as a “community of neighborhoods.”
Promote neighborhood preservation, revitalization,
and stabilization to enhance the quality of life
throughout the City.
Objective 2.3.1: The City of Dania Beach may establish a
Neighborhood Planning Program which
incorporates neighborhood plans as a part of the
City’s strategies for fostering diverse, distinct, and
well-structured neighborhoods that meet the
community’s needs for complete, sustainable, and
high-quality living environments with a strong sense
of place and identity.
Policy 2.3.1.1: In conjunction with development of a Neighborhood
Planning Program, the City may review and create
guidelines and rules for preparation of neighborhood
plans, creation of neighborhood groups with adequate
representation, and designation of neighborhood
contacts. The requirements and procedures may include
the following:
a. Neighborhood plans may be prepared by the City’s
Department of Community Development and
neighborhood residents. These plans are for the
benefit of current and future residents of the
neighborhood.
b. Priority may be given to neighborhoods that are not
in a historic district and are presenting signs of
deterioration or the intrusion of incompatible uses.
c. The Department of Community Development will
ensure that neighborhood plans are consistent with
the Goals, Objectives, and Policies of the City’s
Comprehensive Plan and shall submit the
neighborhood plans to the City Commission for
approval.
d. Provisions may be made to ensure that each
neighborhood plan reflects the desires of a sufficient
proportion and number of neighborhood residents.
e. Provisions for neighborhood planning may include a
process for selecting neighborhood planning groups,
with ample participation of neighborhood residents,
who will designate representatives to work with the
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City in the preparation and implementation of each
neighborhood plan.
Policy 2.3.1.2: The City may consider, on a neighborhood-by-
neighborhood basis, the need, desirability, and level of
support for enacting specific neighborhood
conservation, preservation, revitalization, and
stabilization strategies and plans that would involve the
enactment of specific regulations for that
neighborhood. Such strategies may include an overlay
district, historic district, or other special purpose district
that would only affect properties within that specific
neighborhood.
Policy 2.3.1.3: Preparation of a Neighborhood Plan may include input
from area residents, business, and
community/neighborhood leaders. The primary
purpose of these programs will be to address the
principles expressed in this GOAL and to incorporate
those principles into existing and planned
neighborhoods. However, in addition to these
principles, Neighborhood Planning shall address, where
applicable:
a. A balanced mix of land uses, including open space;
b. A balanced and compatible mix of single-family and
multi-family market rate housing, affordable housing,
and housing for the elderly;
c. Employment opportunities;
d. Facilities and services; and
e. Sustainable concepts such as energy-efficient land
use patterns, energy conservation, and greenhouse
gas reductions.
Policy 2.3.1.4: The City should engage neighborhood residents and
organizations in collaborative efforts to share
information, solve problems, and plan for the future.
Such efforts include developing and implementing a
communications plan that outlines the role and
responsibilities of City agencies, neighborhood
organizations, residents, community institutions, and
businesses potentially affected by proposed actions.
The plan should:
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a. Require timely communication among City agencies
and between the City and other parties;
b. Provide guidelines for discussions and interactions
among interested parties;
c. Require communications processes to be inclusive
(e.g., multilingual);
d. Identify City resources (services, programs, and
funding) for the project; and
e. Evaluate the qualitative and quantitative outcomes of
the process.
Policy 2.3.1.5: The City shall take a leadership role in developing a
mutually responsive communications network among
City agencies, neighborhood groups, citizens,
community institutions, and businesses to identify
neighborhood concerns and to address those concerns
openly, thoughtfully, and fairly.
Policy 2.3.1.6: Participation by neighborhood groups, homeowners,
and civic and business associations in planning activities
and decisions shall be encouraged through
informational mailouts, direct notification to
neighborhood association officers of workshops,
meetings, and public hearings that address issues of
concern or interest to any or all neighborhoods, and
through presentations to neighborhood groups.
Policy 2.3.1.7: Strengthen the positive attributes and distinctive
character of each neighborhood to enhance Dania
Beach strong sense of community.
a. Strengthen the sense of place in each neighborhood
with adequate and well-designed public facilities
such as libraries, schools, recreation centers, fire
stations, and streetscapes.
b. Continue to support public art and historic
preservation as a focus for neighborhood identity and
pride.
c. Recognize that every neighborhood has assets, such
as trees, large yards, schools, people, independent
businesses, etc., that contribute to neighborhood
identity and the well-being of the people who live
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there. Identify those assets, look for opportunities to
enhance them, and leverage them for neighborhood
improvement.
d. The physical layout of a neighborhood should
encourage walking, bicycling, and transit use and
encourage interaction between people; be safe,
family friendly, and usable by people of all ages; and
create a sense of pride.
e. Recognize that there are different development
patterns with different sustainability standards. The
patterns have been defined generally as urban,
traditional, suburban, contemporary, and rural.
f. Accommodate the City’s existing and future housing
needs through maintenance of existing residential
neighborhoods and the creation of new residential
neighborhoods.
g. Relate new buildings to the context of the
neighborhood and community.
h. Where a fine-grained development pattern exists,
build within the existing street-, block-, and lot-
configurations of the neighborhood.
Policy 2.3.1.8: Neighbored Plans shall be presented to the City
Commission for approval by Resolution. Following
approval, the conclusions and recommendations of the
Neighborhood Plans shall be:
a. Incorporated into the strategy for achieving city goals.
b. Incorporated into the City’s land development
regulations.
c. Enacted as specific regulations.
Policy 2.3.1.9: The conclusions and recommendations of
Neighborhood Plans shall be considered by the City
Commission and applicable agencies prior to, and as
part of, the approval process for the extension of utilities
or services, land use amendments, and issuance of
development orders for rezoning, conditional use, or
Development Review Committee approval.
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Policy 2.3.1.10: Neighborhood Plans should be incorporated into the
Housing and Neighborhoods Support Document, to be
used as guidelines for identifying community needs and
unique neighborhood characteristics, and to support
any decisions affecting such neighborhood or planning
area. Recognize that Supporting Documents are an
integral part of the Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 2.3.1.11: The City shall use the conclusions and
recommendations of Neighborhood Plans, as approved
by the City Commission, as guidelines for maintaining
and enhancing neighborhood vitality.
Policy 2.3.1.12: The City shall ensure that Neighborhood Plans and their
conclusions and recommendations, as approved by the
City Commission, are implemented through the
development review process.
Objective 2.3.2: The City of Dania Beach shall identify and address
the needs of neighborhoods and other specific areas
of the City that are deteriorated, blighted,
underutilized, threatened, or generally inconsistent
with the community's character. In addition to
enacting Neighborhood Plans, the city shall establish
other programs to preserve and reinforce the
stability and diversity of the City’s neighborhoods.
These programs and actions may include, but shall
not be limited to, the following:
a. Specific area plans
b. Infill and Redevelopment programs
c. Use of historic district provisions
d. Stabilization programs and projects
e. Residential and commercial revitalization
programs
Policy 2.3.2.1: Use the conclusions and recommendations of other
plans in the same manner as those of Neighborhood
Plans to inform decisions during the development
review process and to guide other related City actions.
Policy 2.3.2.2: Studies and programs to identify and address the needs
of specific areas of the City of Dania Beach shall be
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conducted on an ongoing basis. The City shall track
neighborhood conditions by:
a. issuing periodic reports that describe the status of the
following indicators for neighborhoods citywide: calls
for police service, total crime, home ownership,
property value, vacant buildings, and code violations;
and,
b. periodically conducting resident surveys (citywide
and neighborhood-specific surveys) regarding
quality-of -life issues.
Policy 2.3.2.3: Strive to maintain and enhance the vitality of
neighborhoods through programs and projects
developed and implemented in partnership with
neighborhood associations.
Policy 2.3.2.4: Continue to protect and enhance single-family
neighborhoods by providing sensitive transitions
between these neighborhoods and adjoining areas.
Require new development, both private and public, to
respect and respond to existing physical characteristics
— buildings, streetscapes, open spaces, city form, etc. —
that contribute to the overall character and livability of
the neighborhood.
Policy 2.3.2.5: Continue to promote the design of complete and well -
structured neighborhoods whose physical layout and
land-use-mix promote walking, biking, and transit;
reduce vehicle trips; foster community pride; enhance
neighborhood identity; ensure public safety and
resiliency; are family friendly; and address the needs of
residents of all ages and abilities.
Policy 2.3.2.6: In conjunction with the recognized neighborhood
contact organization, property owners, residents, and
businesses, the City shall promote the stabilization and
enhancement of the neighborhood through the
following actions consistent with the constraints on the
City’s financial and staff resources:
a. Provide Law Enforcement agency support for a
Neighborhood Watch Program and increased
community policing in the neighborhood in response
to the needs of residents and businesses.
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b. Support neighborhood efforts to improve traffic and
pedestrian safety through the City’s traffic calming
program.
c. Work to identify, prioritize, and budget needed
neighborhood public infrastructure improvements
with input from the recognized neighborhood
association and other stakeholders as part of the
City’s Five-Year Capital Improvement Program, such
as additional street and alley lighting, dra inage
facilities, sidewalks, roadway improvements, fire
services, and other public improvements.
d. Identify appropriate federal and state grant programs
to secure financial assistance for construction of the
infrastructure improvements identified in the City’s
Five-Year Capital Improvement Program.
e. Support efforts to stabilize and improve the overall
appearance of neighborhoods through
comprehensive code enforcement of zoning,
housing, and property maintenance regulations and
through the active participation of property owners
and residents with City code enforcement and solid
waste personnel in comprehensive cleanup
programs.
f. If requested by a neighborhood association, the City’s
professional staff shall provide outreach support to
property owners, residents, and businesses to
address planning, historic preservation, code
enforcement, police, and public service issues that
affect the neighborhood.
Policy 2.3.2.7: Consider existing neighborhood and business
associations’ efforts to address stability and protection
issues, in order to attract and retain long-term residents
and businesses and ensure the City’s residential quality
and economic vitality.
Policy 2.3.2.8: Establish priorities for small-area planning, focusing first
on neighborhoods characterized by one or more of the
following conditions:
a. Evidence of deteriorating housing, high vacancy,
unemployment, and poverty rates.
b. Significant change is occurring or anticipated.
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c. There is a need for public facilities and/or physical
improvements.
d. Opportunities for infill or redevelopment.
e. Opportunities to influence site selection,
development, or major expansion of a single large-
activity generator.
f. Opportunities for development in conjunction with a
transit station in designated Transit Oriented
Development areas.
GOAL 2.4: Provide awareness of, and preserve the City’s
historic, archeological, and cultural resources.
Objective 2.4.1: To provide for the protection, preservation, or
sensitive reuse of historic, archeological, and cultural
resources.
Policy 2.4.1.1: The Cit y will refine and maintain a good relationship with
the Broward County Historical Commission to provide
for the protection, preservation, or sensitive reuse of,
historic sites and structures in designated historic
districts listed on the National Register, Local
Desi gnation, and/or Florida Site File.
Policy 2.4.1.2: The Cit y will follow the Broward County Historical
Commission Regulations for providing, as far as
possible, for preser vation intact, mitigation, or
excavation of archaeological resources discovered
during ground-disturbing activities under taken by
private or public entities.
Policy 2.4.1.3: In order to accommodate the preservation of historic or
archaeological sites within proposed developments, the
Cit y will consider historic or archaeological site
designation as a key factor when consider ing the
required findings for variances and waivers for non-
safet y related site development regulations. Such
feat ures or sites should i ncorporate required setbacks,
buffers, or open spaces to the maximum extent
possible.
Policy 2.4.1.4: The Cit y shall consider accepting donations to historic
or archaeological sites.
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Policy 2.4.1.5: The Cit y shall continue to enforce historic preservation
Ordinances.
Policy 2.4.1.6: The Cit y shall work with the Broward County Historical
Commission to provide a guideline publication that will
assist owner s of historic property to under stand the
advantages of owning historic property, the
requirements for preser vation of historic properties,
and t he responsibilities of owning property in the city.
Policy 2.4.1.7: The Cit y shall increase public awareness about
various historic districts in the City by mea ns of posting
identifica tion signs for different historic buildings and
sites, by developing promotional materials such as tour
guidebooks, pamphlets, etc., and conducting public
education seminars about various historic districts.
Policy 2.4.1.8: If new archeologi cal sites are discovered within the City
limits, the Cit y shall take the steps necessary to protect
the sites’ resources and coordinate with the County as
needed.
Objective 2.4.2 The City of Dania Beach shall consider historic
preservation as a means of improving the quality of
life in its neighborhoods. Revitalization efforts, infill,
and redevelopment programs, or new development
shall be sensitive to the value of historic
neighborhoods and structures.
Policy 2.4.2.1: The City shall encourage and promote the preservation
of the historic character of older neighborhoods and the
preservation of individual historic structures as follows:
a. City staff and County historic preservation
professionals shall provide assistance to property
owners interested in pursuing designation on the
National Register of Historic Places.
b. City staff shall apprise the City Commission of any
historic or overlay districts and the specific
regulations applying to such districts.
Policy 2.4.2.2: Continue to support public art and historic preservation
as a focus for neighborhood identity and pride.
Policy 2.4.2.3: Redevelopment and infill strategies to be implemented
in the City’s historic residential neighborhoods shall take
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into consideration measures for protecting and
enhancing historic structures in those neighborhoods.
Policy 2.4.2.4: The City shall preserve the historic grid pattern and
connectivity of existing streets and alleyways in the City’s
historic residential neighborhoods by limiting property-
owner-initiated petitions for abandonment of public
rights-of-way.
Objective 2.4.3: The City of Dania Beach shall utilize infill and
redevelopment programs to improve the quality of
life within its neighborhoods and to promote
neighborhood preservation and stabilization.
Policy 2.4.3.1: Consider the recommendations of the Community
Redevelopment Area Plans as guidance for
accommodating the City’s future residential growth.
Policy 2.4.3.2: Assess the need for redevelopment based on, but not
limited to, the following factors:
a. building conditions,
b. socio/economic characteristics,
c. land-to-improvement-value ratios,
d. non-conforming uses, and
e. risk exposure and vulnerability,
f. potential for private investment.
Policy 2.4.3.3: Incentives or regulations for infill and redevelopment in
the City’s multi-family residential or mixed residential
districts shall provide for a variety of housing types
consistent in scale, architectural styles, and specific site
and building design guidelines with the character of the
existing community by allowing development of small
lots, clustering of dwelling units, accessory housing,
apartments, townhouses, and bungalow courts. Such
incentives should be structured to bring benefits t o the
neighborhood and the community as a whole, not only
to builders and newcomers.
TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
POLICY DOCUMENT
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CITY OF DANIA BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
3. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
GOAL 1 3.1: The goal of the Transportation Element is to pProtect,
maintain, and where financially feasible, improve
the multi-modal transportation system in a manner
that provides sustainable, safe, convenient,
resilient, and efficient solutions enhances safety,
convenience, and efficiency, providing for the needs
of present and future populations while supporting
the City’s orderly growth, development,
redevelopment, and sustainability of the
environment.
Objective 1 3.1.1 On an annual basis, through planning and land use
regulation, the City shall continue to protect,
maintain and improve the functional relationship
between the multi-modal transportation system and
the future land use map to ensure that the
transportation system is convenient and meets the
needs of existing and future residents and land use
patterns. 9J-5.019(4)(b)2; BC 12.00.00. To adopt
and maintain appropriate level of service (LOS)
standards for the multi-modal transportation system
within the City consistent with the Future Land Use
map, population, densities, and employment
patterns.
Policy 1.1 3.1.1.1 Continue to require that all properties being platted
have direct roadway access and that they provide for the
dedication of necessary right of way pursuant to the
Broward County Trafficways Plan.
Policy 1.2 3.1.1.2 Continue to provide for a functional hierarchy of
roadways.
Policy 1.3 3.1.1.3 The City of Dania Beach, in conjunction with other local,
State and County agencies will continue to implement
transportation system management strategies designed
to make the existing transportation system operate more
efficiently such as improving road conditions,
intersection improvements and access management.
9J-5.019(4) (c) 7.
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Policy 1.4 3.1.1.4 Pursue coordination and improvement of transit services
to better provide for convenient travel within, through
and from the City, by working with the MPO, Technical
Coordinating Committee to the MPO, the Broward
County Transportation Planning Division, and the
Broward County Division of Mass Transit.
Policy 1.5 3.1.1.5 Work directly with Broward County Transit in developing
local supplemental transit systems that are coordinated
with the County’s public transit system by connecting
un-served or under-served areas to the existing system.
Policy 1.6 3.1.1.6 Continue to support County strategies making transit a
convenient alternative to the Strategic Intermodal
System (SIS)/Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS) in
order to protect its interregional and intrastate
functions. 9J-5.019(4) (c) 13.
Policy 1.7 3.1.1.7 Continue to support County strategies relating to public
transit service that help maintain the LOS identified in
policy 1.21.
Policy 1.8 3.1.1.8 Support Broward County efforts to provide door-to-
door public transit service to the transportation
disadvantaged.
Policy 1.9 3.1.1.9 Assist Broward County Transit in the provision of bus
shelters, benches and stops at appropriate locations, as
new development occurs.
Policy 1.10 3.1.1.10 Support Broward County Transit’s efforts to provide
increased bus service connecting the Tri -Rail Station
with the rest of the City, the Port and the Airport.
Policy 1.11 3.1.1.11 Support Broward County Transit’s efforts to encourage
improved access to public transit through the provision
of bicycle facilities, such as storage lockers, at
appropriate locations, as new development occurs.
Policy 1.12 3.1.1.12 Continue to maintain and, where feasible, improve the
functional area coverage of the bicycle facility network
through inclusion of bikeways and or greenways in road
construction projects and as new development occurs.
Policy 1.13 3.1.1.13 Working with the Florida Department of Transportation,
the Broward County Metropolitan Planning
Organization, the Broward County Transportation
Planning Division, and the City will address missing path
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links and/or other facility deficiencies within the City’s
current and proposed bicycle networks, including
potential funding sources and coordination with
Broward County plans for such facilities.
Policy 1.14 3.1.1.14 Working with the Florida Department of Transportation,
the Broward County Metropolitan Planning
Organization, the Broward County Transportation
Planning Division, and the City will encourage and
support the development of a bikeway network serving
significant commercial, employment and recreational
centers.
Policy 1.15 3.1.1.15 Working with the Florida Department of Transportation,
the Broward County Metropolitan Planning
Organization, the Broward County Transportation
Planning Division, and adjacent cities, the City will
address deficiencies within the City’s existing and
proposed bicycle network, including potential funding
sources and coordination with Broward County MPO
plans for such facilities.
Policy 1.16 3.1.1.16 The City’s bicycle network priorities shall include the
following:
1) By 2008, dDetermine the feasibility (in terms of
both design and funding) of constructing a
functional, safe, and usable bicycle path along
Dania Beach Boulevard. In the alternative,
identify funding sources or assistance to
reconstruct the existing non-functional bicycle
lane to meet minimum FDOT requirements with
respect to size (width), location, construction
materials, and quality of pavement surface.
Continue to pursue FDOT support and financing
to reconstruct existing bike paths in this area
pursuant to FDOT and city standards.
2) Identify constrained rights-of-way where bicycle
lanes are the most feasible alternative (in terms
of both design and availability of funds) to bicycle
paths.
3) Require participation by new development.
Policy 1.17 3.1.1.17 At a minimum, maintain the current access to water
related recreational facilities by maintaining adequate
access roads, parking facilities and boat ramps.
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Policy 1.18 3.1.1.18 Through the City’s LDR, encourage and support the
location of water dependent uses at appropriate
locations.
Policy 1.19 3.1.1.19 Through the City’s LDR, encourage and support private
sector initiatives in developing water related facilities
and services for the use and enjoyment of the
community such as marinas, boat ramps, restaurants,
water taxi stops, and marine retail.
Policy 1.20 3.1.1.20 The City of Dania Beach shall adopt the following LOS
standards for Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) roadway
facilities located within or adjacent to the City:
a) I-95, Level of Service E
b) I-595, Level of Service D
c) Griffin Road – level of service D
d) Ravenswood Road, level of service D
e) Gulf Stream Way, level of service D
f) Eller Drive, level of service D
g) Non-SIS/FIHS Roadways and Roadways
Functionally Classified as Collector Roads or
Higher: “D”.
Policy 1.21 3.1.1.21 The City incorporates the Transit Oriented Concurrency
(TOC) Program as per the Broward County
Transportation Element. Development and
redevelopment within the TOC (includes the entire City
of Dania Beach) shall comply with the concurrency
regulations as defined in Policy 13.21 and the City’s
Zoning and Land Development Regulations.
Policy 1.21.1 3.1.1.21.1 The City’s Plan shall establish the following
transportation level of service (LOS) standards:
1. Within transit oriented concurrency districts, the
transportation LOS standards, for the purpose of issuing
development orders and permits, are to achieve and
maintain the following by FY 2010:
a. Southeast District (includes area larger than
Dania Beach) – Achieve headways of 30 minutes
or less on 80% of routes. Establish at least one
neighborhood transit center. Establish at least
one additional community bus routes.
b. Overall - Increase number of bus stop shelters
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by 30 percent. Review the number of bus stop
shelters and increase if needed.
c. Maintain the maximum service volumes on arterial
roadways within each District, as displayed
below:
Peak Hour, Two Way Maximum Service Volumes
All Other Districts
Two-lane arterials 2555
Four-lane arterials 5442
Six-lane arterials 8190
Eight-lane arterials 10605
2. The Maximum Service Volumes are calculated from
“Generalized Peak Hour Two-Way Volumes for
Florida’s Urbanized Areas”, published by the
Florida Department of Transportation, as 75% above
the volumes for Class IV State Two-Way Arterials, for
Level of Service E, for the Eastern Core District; and
as 75% above the volumes for Class II State Two-Way
Arterials, for Level of Service D, for all other Districts.
Policy 1.21.2 3.1.1.21.2 Prior to application for a building permit, the
applicant shall obtain a Transportation Concurrency
Satisfaction Certificate from Broward County. No
building permit will be issued unless the corresponding
Transportation Concurrency Satisfaction Certificate has
been presented. The City Commission may adopt land
development regulations which exempt from this
requirement categories of building permits that clearly
do not create additional transportation impacts.
Policy 1.21.3 3.1.1.21.3 The City and Broward County shall issue a
Transportation Concurrency Satisfaction Certificate,
relative to a building permit application, under any of
the following circumstances:
1. If the building permit application is on property
within a recorded plat that was approved by the
County Commission on or after March 20, 1979,
and the building permit application is consistent
with the level of development under which the
plat is currently approved by the County
Commission; and the County Commission=s
finding of satisfaction of transportation
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concurrency for the plat has not expired; and the
plat is not in violation of an agreement with
Broward County with respect to transportation
concurrency.
2. If the building permit application is on property
for which Broward County has made a finding of
vested rights with respect to transportation
concurrency; and the building permit application
is consistent with the level of development under
which the plat was approved by the County
Commission; and the plat is not in violation of an
agreement with Broward County with respect to
transportation concurrency.
3. If the building permit application is for property
within, and for development in accordance with
and as authorized by, an approved Development
of Regional Impact (DRI) or a Florida Quality
Development (FQD) development order which
development order was either issued prior to the
adoption of the 1989 Broward County
Comprehensive Plan or was issued after being
reviewed for, and satisfying, Broward County=s
transportation concurrency requirements.
4. If the building permit application is for property
within a transit oriented concurrency district; and
the applicant has paid to Broward County a
Transit Concurrency Assessment for the
development proposed in the building permit
application.
5. If the building permit application is for property
within a transit oriented concurrency district; and
the application is for an addition to, replacement
of, or renovation to a residential building, and
does not increase the number of dwelling units
within that building nor change the type of units.
6. If the building permit application is for property
within a transit oriented concurrency district; and
the application is for an addition to, replacement
of, or renovation to a non-residential building, and
does not increase the number of peak-hour trips
generated by the building.
7. If the building permit application is for
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development that promotes public
transportation, which means development that
directly affects the provision of public transit,
including transit terminals, transit lines and
routes, separate lanes for the exclusive use of
public transit services, transit stops (shelters and
stations), and office buildings or projects that
include fixed-rail or transit terminals as part of the
building.
Policy 1.21.4 3.1.1.21.4 The Transit Concurrency Assessment shall be
calculated as the total peak-hour trip generation of the
proposed development, multiplied by a constant (for
each year) dollar figure for each District, that represents
the cost per trip of all the TDP enhancements in that
District. The City and County Commission may adopt
land development regulations which enable exemption
from the assessment calculation of high-cost transit
projects, such as fixed-guideway facilities.
Policy 1.21.5 3.1.1.21.5 The City and Broward County Commission shall
adopt land development regulations which provide for
credits against the Transit Concurrency Assessment for
approved site plans which contain features intended to
significantly encourage transit usage.
Policy 1.21.6 3.1.1.21.6 The City and Broward County Commission may
adopt land development regulations which provide for
a waiver of the Transit Concurrency Assessment for
affordable housing projects, and for applications by a
government agency for the construction of public
buildings which will directly serve the health and/or safety
needs of the public, provided that all such waived
Assessments are paid from a designated source.
Policy 1.21.7 3.1.1.21.7 The City may adopt land development regulations
which provide for a waiver of the Transit Concurrency
Assessment for a class of development on property within
that municipality, provided that all such waived
Assessments are paid to Broward County by the
municipality, or by a source designated by the
municipality.
Policy 1.21.8 3.1.1.21.8 The revenues from the Transit Concurrency
Assessments shall be used solely to fund the
enhancements within the County Transit Program (CTP)
which are in the District corresponding to the location of
the proposed development. However, the Broward
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County Commission may adopt land development
regulations, which set aside up to five percent of such
revenues for the following purposes:
1. to serve as the designated funding source for
waivers granted; and/or
2. to fund costs of administering the concurrency
management system and developing the CTP
Policy 1.21.9 3.1.1.21.9 Prior to the approval of any application for a plat, an
amendment to the restrictive note on the plat, or the
placement of a restrictive note on the plat, for property
within a Transit Oriented Concurrency District, the City
and County Commission shall make a finding that the
appropriate District satisfies at least one of the following
standards:
1. The District does not contain two parallel and
adjacent arterial roadways, both of which have a
volume/capacity ratio in excess of 1.30, which
ratio is derived by comparing existing p.m. peak
hour traffic volumes to LOS D peak hour
capacities (LOS E for the Eastern Core District).
2. The ridership within the District on fixed route
transit services has increased at least 2.5 percent
over the previous year.
Policy 1.21.10 3.1.1.21.10 A building permit application that is subject to a
Transit Concurrency Assessment by Broward County shall
not be subject to impact fees for regional transportation
facilities by Broward County or by a municipality.
Policy 1.22 3.1.1.22 The City of Dania Beach shall adopt a transit level of
service per Policy 1.21 for the purpose of issuing
development permits. Said levels of service shall
include County and local transit service.
Policy 1.23 3.1.1.23 The City of Dania Beach will participate with Broward
County Planning Council, Broward County MPO, FDOT
and other municipalities within designated public
transportation corridors to develop land development
guidelines that promote transit accessibility in the
designated corridors service 9J-5.019(4) (c)(9).
Policy 1.24 3.1.1.24 The City shall participate with the Florida East Coast
Railroad, Tri-Rail, Broward County Transit, and the MPO
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to support the establishment of multi-modal
transportation facility (commuter rail, county bus, and
community bus) in the Local Activity Center within a five
minute walk of U.S. 1 (Federal Highway), City Hall, Public
Safety Headquarters, Chamber of Commerce, and U.S.
Post Office 9J-5.019(4) (c) (9).
Policy 1.25 3.1.1.25 Through intergovernmental planning efforts, Dania
Beach shall address overcapacity roadways segments
and roadway segments approaching capacity through
the following actions:
1. Utilize the results of the County Traffic Circulation
Analysis, including level of service
determinations, to support County and State
road improvements for road segments operating
below, or projected to operate below, the
adopted peak-hour LOS “D” standard.
2. Support necessary amendments to the MPO’s
adopted Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP) to include the programming of available
federal aid and matching funds for
improvements to state roads in Dania Beach
shown in the adopted Long Range
Transportation Plan network where the LOS is
projected to remain below the LOS “D” standard.
Policy 1.26 3.1.1.26 Dania Beach The City of Dania Beach shall coordinate
land uses with the transportation system through
implementation of the following:
1. Assess the cumulative and individual traffic
circulation impacts of land use plan amendments
that propose to increase traffic on the existing
roadway network, the projected 5-year roadway
network, and the long range roadway network.
BC 12.01.04.
2. Residential densities in the Low (1 du/ac) to Low-
Medium (10 du/ac) density should be located
with access to collector streets.
3. Residential densities of Medium (10 - 16 du/ac)
density or greater should be located with
adequate access to major and minor arterial
roadways, expressways, and public transit routes.
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4. Industrial uses shall be located with access to
major transportation facilities.
5. Participate in the area wide coordination
necessary to implement the provisions of this
Element through participation in, or membership
on the South Florida Regional Planning Council,
the Broward County Planning Council, the
League of Cities Technical Advisory Committee,
and the Metropolitan Planning Organization. 9J-
5.019(4) (c) 11.
Policy 1.27 3.1.1.27 The City’s Land Development Regulations shall require
adequate on-site parking for all land uses 9J-5.019(4) (c)
3.
Policy 1.28 3.1.1.28 The City of Dania Beach will participate with Broward
County, the MPO, the FDOT and other appropriate
municipalities in implementing strategies to facilitate
traffic to use alternatives to the Strategic Intermodal
System (SIS)/Florida Interstate Highway System (FIHS) as
a means of protecting its interregional and intrastate
functions including the following:
1. Identify appropriate public transportation
corridors for the purpose of implementing an
overlay zoning district to promote public transit
along designated corridors and amend the City’s
Comprehensive Plan and land development
regulations accordingly.
2. Support efforts to improve and enhance Tri-Rail
service including double tracking and station
enhancements.
3. Support efforts to introduce commuter rail
service on the Florida East Coast Railway
4. Request Broward County Transit and the MPO
fund transit service improvements along
constrained roadways where transit service is
operating at capacity, including increasing transit
capacity, increasing hours of operation, and
decreasing headways during peak periods.
5. Support the widening of Florida’s Turnpike to an
eight-lane facility.
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6. Support interchange improvements, where
appropriate, on I-95, I-595, I-75 and Florida’s
Turnpike.
7. Support the Central Transit Corridor to alleviate
traffic pressure on I-595.
8. Support Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
programs on SIS/FIHS facilities, including
Electronic Toll Collection (SunPass) and
Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS).
9. Support improvements to the HOV system on I-
95.
10. Maintain and, where feasible, improve the level
of service on City and County roads that are
parallel to SIS/FIHS roads.
11. Implement the Congestion Management Plan
recommendations, with an emphasis on those
City and County roads that are parallel to
SIS/FIHS roads.
12. Coordinate and synchronize the signalization
system along City and County roads that are
parallel to SIS/FIHS roads.
13. Support coordination of intelligent
transportation systems (ITS) efforts between the
City, FDOT and Broward County.
14. Program public transit route headways and span
of service enhancements and the provision of
information kiosks along County roads. that are
parallel to FIHS roads.
15. Enhance regular route service to Tri-Rail stations.
16. Enhance community bus systems to expand
transit coverage in areas parallel to SIS/FIHS
facilities.
17. Improve pedestrian access to transit by ensuring
that all phases of road planning, design, and
construction include the necessary walkways on
all arterial and collectors under the responsibility
of the State and County.
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18. Provide public education through marketing
strategies about public transit desirability and
availability.
19. Promote transit oriented design along City and
County roads that are parallel to SIS/FIHS roads.
20. On a tri-annual basis, monitor SIS/FIHS level of
service and work with the FDOT and the MPO to
identify additional strategies.
21. Implement early coordination of land uses and
developments with FDOT to assist the City with
strategies to eliminate, reduce or mitigate
impacts from development on SIS facilities.
Policy 1.29 3.1.1.29 By 2010, the City shall amend the Land Development
Code to reflect the Concurrency Management System
outlined in the Transportation Element. The City shall
review all proposed development for accommodation
of bicycle and pedestrian traffic needs. Bicycle routes
shall be marked and designated bicycle parking areas
shall be provided where appropriate.
Policy 1.30 3.1.1.30 Newly constructed walkways and sidewalks shall include
ramps for handicapped users, as required by the City’s
LDRs.
Policy 1.31 3.1.1.31 At the time of improvements within rights of way,
undertaken by the City or through the contribution of
private development, the extension of sidewalks shall be
considered as appropriate and applicable.
Policy 1.32 3.1.1.32 The City shall consider develop a Pedestrian/Bicycle
Master Plan to identify needed improvements for
pedestrian and bicycle travel, as well as to identify
bicycle corridors within the City. The Master Plan will
provide recommendations to protect pedestrian and
bicycle safety.
Policy 1.33 3.1.1.33 The City shall consider to develop or adopt guidelines
to ensure safe and efficient mobility of all users,
including pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists when
developing Neighborhood Plans and Strategies.
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Objective 2 3.1.2 Enhance the safety, convenience, sustainability and
efficiency of the multi-modal transportation system
serving the City of Dania Beach by participating
through the MPO with the Florida Department of
Transportation, the Broward County Metropolitan
Planning Organization, Broward County Transit, and
the Broward County Transportation Planning
Division towards:
1. Reducing the annual rate or ratio of traffic
related crash indicators,
2. Improving the functional coverage or access
to transportation facilities, and
3. Improving energy efficiency through an
increase in mode split and vehicle occupancy
rates.
Policy 2.1 3.1.2.1 Continue to support the County’s efforts in the
installation and maintenance of a fully computerized
signal system throughout the County.
Policy 2.2 3.1.2.2 Continue to support the Florida Department of
Transportation (“FDOT”) and Broward County efforts in
the development of the Intelligent Transportation
System to maximize the use of existing capacity in all
modes of travel by completing a freeway operations
center for I-95 by 2001 and a variable message center
for I-595 by 2005.
Policy 2.3 3.1.2.3 Continue to evaluate roadway and intersection safety
and efficiency conditions by requesting FDOT funding
for to improvements to roadway segments and
intersections that are operating below or projected to
operate below the adopted peak-hour Level of Service
“D” standard.
Policy 2.4 3.1.2.4 Encourage joint use of driveways and parking areas, and
encourage the use of cross access easements among
adjoining property owners to allow circulation between
sites and reduce the number of vehicular access points
along roadways. 9J-5.019(4) (c)7.
Policy 2.5 3.1.2.5 Traffic-calming applications shall be submitted to the
Police, Fire-Rescue, and Public Services Departments for
recommendation prior to City Commission review.
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Policy 2.6 3.1.2.6 The City of Dania Beach shall continue to participate in
cooperative intergovernmental plans and programs to
identify appropriate TDM strategies to reduce the peak
hour demand and reduce the total number of miles
traveled in the region. 9J-5.019(4) (c) 6.
Policy 2.7 3.1.2.7 By 2007 the City shall continue to evaluate and
implement appropriate TDM strategies as identified in
the data and analysis through the City’s LDR.9J-
5.019(4)(c)6.
Objective III 3 3.1.3 On an annual basis, through participation with the
MPO, FDOT, Broward County, and other entities,
support and encourage multi-jurisdictional efforts
that help ensure that the multi-modal transportation
system is properly designed to support the
development and redevelopment of the City while it
experiences orderly growth and sustains the
environment.
Policy 3.1 3.1.3.1 The City shall continue to work with the State and the
County to insure that the Florida Department of
Transportation Five-Year work programs and long-
range transportation plans meet the needs of Dania
Beach.
Policy 3.2 3.1.3.2 Continue to construct local roadways and local roadway
improvements that meet or exceed safe design
standards and encourage and support the construction
of State and County roads that meet or exceed safe
design standards.
Policy 3.3 3.1.3.3 Future industrial development shall be located with
access to major transportation facilities including
highways, airports, railroads and seaports.
Policy 3.4 3.1.3.4 The City shall support and encourage Broward County’s
access management efforts during the platting process
to protect the regional roadway network as identified in
the Broward County Trafficways Plan. 9J-5.019(4) (c) 7.
Policy 3.5 3.1.3.5 The City shall consider and analyze the individual and
cumulative impacts of land use plan amendments that
add traffic on existing and planned transportation
facilities.
Policy 3.6 3.1.3.6 The City shall coordinate transportation and land use-
planning activities with Broward County to ensure
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compliance with the regional roadway network levels of
service standards established by the Broward County
Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 3.7 3.1.3.7 The City shall participate with the Florida Department of
Transportation, the Broward County MPO, Broward
County, and the City of Hollywood to ensure that
Sheridan Street is improved from U.S. 1 to Dixie Highway
from four lanes to six lanes to enhance the level of
service.
Policy 3.8 3.1.3.8 Review all land use amendments in designated public
transportation corridors and encourage proposed uses
that are compatible with and support public
transportation. 9J-5.019(4) (c) 12.
Policy 3.9 3.1.3.9 Adjacent to the Tri-Rail Station and to principal arterials
providing BCt service within the Community
Redevelopment Area (“CRA”), encourage mixed-use
and low-medium to medium-high density home-
ownership residential (10 – 25 units per acre) when
designed and located to be compatible with existing
residential development.
Policy 3.10 3.1.3.10 Adjacent to principal arterials providing BCt service
within the Local Regional Activity Center (“LRAC”),
encourage mixed-use and high density home-
ownership residential (as per LRAC intensity/density
criteria) when designed and located to be compatible
with existing residential development.
Objective IV4 3.1.4 On an annual basis, continue to coordinate the plans,
protections and provisions for transportation
systems within the Transportation Element with the
plans and programs of other entities. i.e. the MPO,
FDOT, and Broward County.
Policy 4.1 3.1.4.1 Support the Broward County Transportation Planning
Division (who in coordination with FDOT and the
municipalities) in its efforts to conduct a study on
constrained roadway facilities. It is the intent of this
policy to help assure that the study, which shall:
a. Identify constrained facilities,
b. Propose adequate LOS standards for those
identified constrained facilities, and
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c. Recommend that appropriate actions to improve
mobility on the constrained roadways be
completed by December 2007.
Policy 4.2 3.1.4.2 Coordinate with the efforts of the MPO in preparing the
Year 2035 Cost Feasible Plan and amendments thereto
as well as the Transportation Improvement Program and
amendments thereto.
Policy 4.3 3.1.4.3 Coordinate, monitor and comment on the preparation
and amendment of the Florida Department of
Transportation’s Adopted Work Program.
Policy 4.4 3.1.4.4 Monitor and coordinate with the County regarding
preparation of the Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale
International Airport Master Plan including
recommending amendments that reflect the needs and
concerns of the City.
Policy 4.5 3.1.4.5 Maintain communications with airport officials regarding
airport development activities.
Policy 4.6 3.1.4.6 All applications for development submitted to the City
within the boundaries of Port Everglades shall be
provided to the Port for their review and comment.
Policy 4.7 3.1.4.7 Throughout the City work with FDOT, the Broward
County MPO, and the Broward County Transportation
Planning Division to obtain funding to create a
pedestrian-friendly streetscape through the use of
landscaping, decorative street paving, lighting, street
furnishings as well as by extending walking paths and
bicycle routes/greenways.
Policy 4.9 3.1.4.9 Work with the Florida Department of Transportation, the
Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization,
the Army Corp of Engineers, the South Florida Water
Management District, and other related county, state
and federal agencies towards improving and expanding
the boat carrying capacity (height, width, and safety) of
the Dania Cut-off Canal though the F.E.C. and
U.S.1/Federal Highway Bridges.
Policy 4.10 3.1.4.10 Dania Beach shall coordinate the Transportation
Element with the plans and programs of the Broward
County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the
Florida Department of Transportation, District IV, the
port, the airport and Tri-Rail. 9J-5.019(4)(c) 8.
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Policy 4.11 3.1.4.11 Through the Broward League of Cities Technical
Coordinating Committee of the MPO, participate in the
development review process for applicable
transportation plans, in order to ensure compatibility
regarding the establishment of locally desired level of
service standards.
Objective V 5 3.1.5 The City shall assure, through planning, land use
regulation, intergovernmental coordination, or land
acquisition, that transportation improvements are
located so as to not disrupt or adversely impact the
City’s residential communities or adjacent
environmentally sensitive lands. 9J-5.019(4) (b) 3.
Policy 5.1 3.1.5.1 The City shall maintain SE 5th Avenue as a local street,
utilizing abutting vacant properties to meet the
recreation and drainage needs of adjoining residential
communities, including the acquisition of excess right -
of-way as a passive linear park and storm water retention
area. The City shall investigate the availability of grant
funds (to acquire properties) or the use of zoning and
land use regulations to implement this policy.
Policy 5.2 3.1.5.2 The City shall work with the South Florida Water
Management District, the Broward County Department
of Planning and Environmental Protection, and the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection to
preserve and protect vacant lands located between SE
5th Avenue and the adjacent West Lake Park Ecosystem.
Policy 5.3 3.1.5.3 The City shall coordinate transportation planning with
the Future Land Use Plan by planning and locating
transportation facilities in a manner which minimizes the
potential impacts on adjacent land uses and protects
established low (5 du/acre) and low-medium (10
du/acre) density residential communities.
Objective VI6 3.1.6 The City of Dania Beach shall ensure that any
projected port, airport, and aviation development
and facilities are compatible with existing and future
land uses surrounding the airport in the City of Dania
Beach.
Policy 6.1 3.1.6.1 The City of Dania Beach shall review and evaluate all
port and airport related development activities to