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EXHIBIT A
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA
2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Goals, Objectives, Policies
Approved: July 1, 2008
Amended: January 6, 2009
Amended: July 6, 2010
Amended: November 2, 2010
Amended: April 17, 2011
Amended: November 6, 2012
Amended: November 19, 2013
Amended: October 2, 2018
Amended: March 5, 2019
Amended: October 5, 2021
Amended: January 17, 2023
Amended: September 11, 2023
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INTRODUCTION
The Comprehensive Plan serves as the guiding policy document that governs land use
development, concurrency, and LOS standards for the Village’s public facilities and
services. The document includes an extensive data, inventory, and analysis of the
Village’s facilities (Roads, parks, drainage, etc.) together with goals, objectives, and
policies to provide or improve upon such facilities to reach, maintain, and/or exceed LOS
standards through 2025.
CHAPTER 1. FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT
FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT GOAL
Miami Shores is an established residential community nearing buildout. Future
development shall Ensure that the character and location of future land uses provides
high economic and quality of life benefits, while preserving and restoring natural
resources, residential, character and providing appropriate levels of public services to
meet the needs of the Village’s present and future population.
Objective 1: Planning for the Village’s Future.
Establish land use categories and a Future Land Use Map (FLUM) that provide for
compatible and coordinated land uses, that ensure protection of natural resources and
the preservation of the residential character of the Village and that coordinate future
land uses with topography and soil conditions and the availability of facilities and
services.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 1.1:
The Village is an established primarily single -family residential community that is
nearing build out. Therefore, the Village’s Future Land Use designations and FLUM
shall describe, assign, and depict land for existing, well -established land uses as
well as aspirational future land uses determined to promote and protect the Village’s
current predominantly residential character.
Policy 1.2:
The FLUM shall contain and identify appropriate locations for the following land use
categories:
Single Family Residential:
This land use designation, intended for permanent detached single -family
dwellings, is reflected primarily in the Village’s existing neighborhoods of detached
single-family homes built on individual platted lots. The residential densities
allowed in this designation shall not exceed a maximum of nine (9) dwelling units
per gross acre. This density range acknowledges the built environment and the
wide variety of lot sizes that has existed historically in Miami Shores, from large
estates to small lots. No platted lot shall be reduced in size from that currently
platted. This shall not limit the right to build on an existing platted lot, nor does it
prevent the combination of smaller lots to make larger ones, or the division of single
family residential lots where each resulting lot is not less than 12,500 square feet
in area and has a minimum of 85 feet of lot frontage.
Multi-family Residential:
This land use designation is intended primarily for apartment and condominium
developments, but may also include other types of attached units such as
duplexes and townhouses. Areas outlined for this land use accommodate
multifamily dwellings at a density up to twenty (20) dwelling units per gross acre
or single family detached units at a density up to six (6 ) per gross acre except
where Florida Department of Environmental Protection regulations related to
septic tanks may require a lower density. Floor area ratios may be incorporated
in the Zoning Code.
Community Residential:
This land use designation is intended to accommodate a coordinated integrated
and balanced range of residential uses. Single-family detached dwelling units are
permitted at a density up to six (6) dwelling units per gross acre. Attached,
townhouse and multifamily dwelling units at a density up to thirteen (13) dwelling
units per gross acre. Residential uses are permitted at a floor area ratio not greater
than 1.0.
Restricted Commercial:
This land use designation is intended to support light retail, office and services that
are compatible with nearby housing. Land uses in the Restricted Commercial
designation typically experience relatively low volumes of clients or visitors and
have low trip-generation rates. The following criteria shall apply in the Restricted
Commercial designation:
1. Maximum intensity: FAR of 1.5.
2. Range of uses: Small-scale business and professional offices, light retail and
service establishments. Auto-related, oriented or dependent uses are
prohibited.
3. Pedestrian and bicycle connectivity is encouraged between Restricted
Commercial and surrounding residential developments.
4. The Zoning Code regulations implementing this category shall require heavy
landscaping and screening for parking areas, trash storage and other site
characteristics that might impact adjacent residential uses. Further, Restricted
Commercial sites shall be developed with adequate parking and vehicular access
that does not rely on existing off-street parking and neighborhood streets.
General Commercial:
This land use designation is intended to support light industrial, commercial, retail,
office and/or services. Land uses in the General Commercial designation are
intended to sustain a broader and intense nature of uses due to the proximity to
major corridors. The following criteria shall apply in the General Commercial
designation:
1. Maximum intensity: FAR of 1.5.
2. Range of uses: Medium to high-scale business, professional offices,
commercial, retail and service establishments. Auto-related, oriented or
dependent uses are permitted.
3. General Commercial areas shall not be allowed adjacent to Single-Family
Residential designation.
4. Pedestrian and bicycle connectivity is encouraged between General
Commercial and surrounding multi-family residential and restricted commercial
developments.
5. The Zoning Code regulations implementing this category shall require heavy
landscaping and screening for parking areas, trash storage and other site
characteristics that might impact adjacent uses. Further, General Commercial
sites shall be developed with adequate parking and vehicular access that does
not rely on existing off-street parking and neighborhood streets.
Government and Institutions:
This land use designation is intended to accommodate a full range of community
support facilities, including governmental buildings and facilities, public utility
installations, parking, public and private educational, medical, religious, civic,
cultural, and similar institutions. The floor area ratio in this land use designation
shall not exceed 2.0.
Parks and Recreation:
This land use designation is intended to accommodate recreation and open space
uses that serve public recreation needs, including Village parks and recreational
facilities, the Miami Shores Country Club and Golf Course and similar compatible
and complimentary uses including food service establishments in conjunction with
the previously listed uses. The floor area ratio in this land use designation shall
not exceed 1.0. The extent of all incidental uses shall not exceed 15% of the land
area of any individual park. In general, any development within this category shall
be low intensity in character with a minimum of impervious surface coverage and
retain as much natural vegetation and landscape as possible.
Water and Conservation Areas:
This land use designation is intended to identify areas which may exhibit unique
or special environmental characteristics. Public conservation areas are intended
solely for preservation and/or recreational use.
Parking areas:
This land use designation is intended to support adjacent businesses.
Policy 1.3:
The maximum densities/intensities described above are not guaranteed for all sites
within each category. The Village’s Zoning Map Zoning Code, and development
approvals may impose more restrictive guidelines f or development based on zoning
district and design criteria.
Policy 1.4:
The Village shall coordinate future land uses and any resulting development or
redevelopment with topography and soil conditions and the availability of adequate
facilities and services.
Policy 1.5:
Sufficient land shall be provided in the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) for various
types of residential development and the community facilities required to adequately
meet the housing needs of the present and projected population.
Policy 1.6:
The Village shall maintain current versions of the Existing and Future Land Use
Maps through zoning changes, permitting activity and fieldwork (if necessary), and
shall set a schedule for map updates and maintaining updated maps online.
Policy 1.7: Future Designation of Areas Annexed from Unincorporated
Miami-Dade
Land that is annexed from Miami-Dade County shall enter the Village with its current
Miami-Dade County future land use and zoning designation. The Miami-Dade
County development regulations shall apply until such time as the Village adopts an
amendment to this Comprehensive Plan to include the annexed area and adopts an
appropriate Village zoning designation for the annexed area.
The future land use and zoning designation for areas annexed fr om Miami-
Dade County shall be amended to an appropriate Village future land use and
zoning designation.
The Village may create new future land use or zoning designations for
annexed areas where the existing development or potential future
development would not be consistent with any existing Village future land use
or zoning designation.
The Village shall consider the existing Miami-Dade County comprehensive
plan and zoning regulations when developing new designations for annexed
areas.
Policy 1.8:
The Village shall regulate all development in accordance with the Future Land Use
Map (Map 1.4), including the land uses and the densities and intensities specified
thereon and in Policy 1.1, all of which are incorporated by reference into this Policy
1.8.
Policy 1.9:
The Village shall maintain and/or improve Zoning Code provisions governing
subdivisions, signs and floodplain protection. Such provisions shall be consistent
with this plan and with the applicable Florida statutory and administrative code
guidelines.
Policy 1.10:
The Village shall maintain and improve as part of the Zoning Code a concurrency
management system. The Village shall ensure that the public facilities necessitated
by a development (in order to meet level of service standards specified in the
Infrastructure Element) will be in place no later than the anticipated date of issuance
of a temporary certificate of occupancy or certificate of occupancy by the Village.
Policy 1.11:
The Village shall maintain and/or improve Zoning Code standards and incentives
to achieve new development, renovated development and/or redevelopment that
meet high standards for drainage and storm-water management, open space and
landscaping, and on-site circulation and parking and other development standards
in keeping with the goals, objectives and policies of this plan.
Policy 1.12:
The Village shall maintain and/or improve Zoning Code standards to maintain
densities in single family residential districts current as of September 11, 2023.
Policy 1.13:
The Village shall continue to work with transportation and transit agencies and
coordinate the improvement and expansion of the Village’s park system and
pedestrian connections through opportunities such as the FEC Greenway or FEC
corridor greenway improvements. The Village shall work with Miami-Dade County
and other groups to ensure that the greenway and parks and sys tems within the
Village effectively link to proposed regional trails. The Village shall continue to
advocate for funding for these trails identified in the Miami-Dade Planning
Organization 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan.
Policy 1.14:
In addition, any project, building, structure, or use previously approved by the
Village Council, through the adoption of any resolution or ordinance, shall be
vested in its right to be developed at its previously approved density and intensity,
notwithstanding the maximum densities and intensities contained in Policy 1.2.
Policy 1.15:
In the event of destruction and/or redevelopment of any lawfully existing structure
exceeding the maximum density and/or intensity contained in Policy 1.2, the
structure may be restored or reconstructed to its original density and/or intensity
upon a filing of a vested rights determination application, which shall be approved
based on criteria outlined in the Zoning Code.
Objective 2: Protection of single family residential areas.
Direct future growth and development and redevelopment so as to minimize the
intrusion of incompatible developments, buildings or land uses into single family
residential areas.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 2.1:
Maintain FLUM and zoning patterns that keep multi-family, office, commercial and
other incompatible uses out of single family residential areas.
Policy 2.2:
Maintain a future land use map pattern and a traffic circulation pattern that directs
through traffic to Biscayne Boulevard and other arterials and collectors and away
from local residential streets.
Policy 2.3:
Utilize vehicular barricades to block traffic on Biscayne Boulevard and other arterials
and collectors from entering local streets except for local access. Consider other
traffic control strategies which will contribute to the safety and character of
residential streets.
Policy 2.4:
Update the Zoning Code to promote compatibility of scale, h eight, massing, and
overall character through the provision of clear standards, including but not limited
to maximum height, maximum land coverage, maximum floor area ratio, minimum
setbacks, minimum lot size, minimum unit size, minimum green space, parkin g and
landscaping requirements, for the development of single -family and multi-family
residential uses.
Policy 2.5:
Consider consolidating the number of zoning districts and permitted uses in the
Zoning Code.
Policy 2.6:
Create locational and design criteria in the Zoning Code to assure that new and
expanded uses are compatible with existing residential uses.
Objective 3: Redevelopment and renewal.
In general, encourage the redevelopment and renewal of any areas which may be at
risk of becoming blighted. Blighted may be defined as neighborhoods or areas
characterized by a prevalence of older structures with major deficiencies and
deterioration, of high residential vacancies, wide spread abandonment of properties,
litter, poor maintenance creating unsafe, unsanitary or nuisance within the property or
areas. In particular, target incentives and capital investment to leverage private
investment in the revitalization of the following areas consistent with their intended
character:
1. “Main Street,” encompassing the business commercial area along N.E. 2nd Avenue;
2. the general commercial area located along the Biscayne Boulevard corridor between
87th Street and 93rd Street;
3. the Biscayne Boulevard/105th Street residential area; and
4. the area west of Barry University previously occupied by the Biscayne Kennel Club.
Monitoring and Evaluation: The Village Manager, or appropriate designee, shall
identify and monitor the number of sites deemed slum and blighted areas.
Policy 3.1:
Maintain, and improve where appropriate, zoning regulations which permit the
concentration of appropriate business commercial uses and parking in and around
the established business commercial area along N.E. 2nd Avenue.
Policy 3.2:
Maintain, and improve where appropriate, zoning regulations that permit the
concentration of general commercial uses and parking in and around the
established general business area located along Biscayne Boulevard between 87th
Street and 93rd Street.
Policy 3.3:
Maintain, and improve where appropriate, zoning regulations that permit multifamily
residential uses which are compatible with the surrounding single family residential
uses west of the Biscayne Boulevard/105th Street intersection.
Policy 3.4
Maintain and improve, where appropriate, zoning regulations that permit residential
or institutional uses that are compatible with the surrounding residential uses for the
area within the boundaries of NW 115th Street to the north, NW 6th Avenue to the
west, NW 113th Street and NW 112th Terrace to the south, and NW 2nd Avenue to
the east.
Policy 3.5:
The Village shall support innovative, sustainable and resilient planned development
in order to achieve consistency with the goals and objectives of this Comprehensive
Plan, promote a livable, walkable community with a high quality of life standard, and
compatibility with the surrounding neighborhoods:
1. The Village shall support public and private efforts to revitalize
becoming blighted areas and/or prevent areas from becoming
blighted.
2. The Village shall maintain and improve where appropriate, zoning
regulations for mixed land use patterns that permit and regulate
general commercial uses, residential uses, institutional uses, or, a
planned development type mix of commercial, institutional and
residential uses as designated on the Future Land Use Map to create
a healthy mix of land uses in proximity to one another.
3. The Village shall evaluate all proposed development for compatibility
with existing and proposed uses on neighboring properties.
4. The Village shall implement appropriate land use regulations to
achieve compatibility of development.
5. The Village shall implement appropriate zoning regulations including,
but not limited to requirements for massing, building height,
setbacks, natural vegetation and other appropriate buffers that
screen residential and other land uses when new or expanded
development is proposed and shall implement other measures as
necessary to protect the neighboring residential properties.
6. The Village shall implement zoning regulations that protect
residential neighborhoods from potential noise, light, and visual
effects of new development.
7. The Village will work with the private sector to expand the housing
mix including the provision of neighborhoods and accommodation for
affordable, workforce, and age-friendly housing.
Policy 3.6:
Promote well designed neighborhoods with walkable concepts and a variety of uses.
Policy 3.7:
Maintain, and improve where appropriate, zoning regulations that require landscape
treatments to improve the appearance of at grade parking areas.
Policy 3.8:
Maintain, and improve where appropriate, zoning regulations that require the quality
of streetscapes in the business areas.
Objective 4: Elimination or reduction of uses which are inconsistent with
community character.
In general, encourage the elimination or reduction of uses which are inconsistent with
the community’s character and future land uses.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 4.1:
Inconsistent uses as referred to in Objective 4 above are hereby defined as any
uses which are located on a site where they would not be permitted by this
comprehensive plan.
Policy 4.2:
The Village shall maintain and improve land development regulations that protect
the rights of property owners to continue non-conforming uses and structures, but
which, at a minimum, provide for the termination of such rights upon the
abandonment of a non-conforming use or structure for a period of time defined in
the Zoning Code. Land development regulations which require the elimination of
non-conforming uses and structures after a period of amortization, other than off -
premise signs protected by Section 70.20, Florida Statutes. shall be consistent with
this policy and this comprehensive plan in general.
Objective 5: Ensure protection of natural resources.
In general, the Village shall ensure protection of natural resources. In particular,
ensure that stormwater systems which discharge into surface water bodies do not
further degrade the ambient water quality. Furthermore, the Village shall maintain and
upgrade on-site drainage standards to ensure that private properties retain at least the
first one inch of stormwater on site and permit no more runoff after development than
before development, if no other mitigation measures or improvements are added .
Monitoring and Evaluation: The Village shall continue the on -going monitoring of the
drainage systems and coordinate upgrades, as necessary, with appropriate entities.
Policy 5.1:
The Village shall upgrade its drainage system so that stormwater outfalls into
Biscayne Bay (and adjacent canals) fully meet National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) standards that may now or in the future be applicable
to the Village under relevant inter-local agreements with Miami-Dade County based
on NPDES rules or otherwise, to the extent financially feasible, meet the standards
of Sections 62-302.500 and 62-600.520, FAC.
Policy 5.2:
Following completion of any improvements pursuant to Policy 5.1 above, the Village
shall monitor its stormwater drainage system to determine what additional actions
may be necessary to improve the storm drainage system.
Policy 5.3:
The Village shall maintain and enforce stormwater management standards which
require that future development provide for on -site stormwater retention of at least
the first one inch (1”) of stormwater on site and permit no more runoff after
development than before development of a site .
Policy 5.4:
The Village shall prohibit the deposit of solid waste or industrial waste including
spent oils, gasoline by-products or greases accumulated at garages, filling stations
and similar establishments that create a health or environmental hazard upon any
vacant, occupied or unoccupied premises, parkway or park, and in any canal or
waterway within the Village.
Policy 5.5:
The Village shall monitor Bayfront properties to ensure that there is no stormwater
drainage into Biscayne Bay.
Policy 5.6:
The Village shall not establish new point source discharge of stormwater into coastal
waters, except in pursuit of a comprehensive upgrading of the stormwater system
which has or will have the effect of substantially improving surface water quality in
accordance with the standards set forth above.
Policy 5.7:
New development shall comply with the sanitary sewer requirements contained
within the Infrastructure Element, Objective 3.
Policy 5.8:
The Village shall utilize drought tolerant and native to South Florida plant materials
to the extent feasible on the natural area portions of the Miami Shores Country Club
and Golf Course and water-efficient landscaping in all Village parks and public
spaces.
Policy 5.9:
The Village shall support and incentivize development designed to help ensure
protection for the limited natural vegetative communities which may be found in the
Village.
Policy 5.10:
The Village shall implement regulations, through the Zoning Code, that facilitate the
management and storage of surface water on residential and non-residential areas.
Objective 6: Protection of historic resources.
In general, ensure the protection of historic resources. In particular, conserve local
structures and sites which are of historic significance.
Monitoring and Evaluation: The Village shall periodically inventory the loss of historic
resources.
Policy 6.1:
The Village’s Historic Preservation Board shall continue to review all building or
demolition permit applications for those properties designated “historic landmarks”.
Policy 6.2:
The Planning, Zoning and Resiliency Director shall monitor development activities
that could impact the preservation of local historic resources, referring all demolition
and rehabilitation applications pertaining to Landmark properties to the Historic
Preservation Board to avoid, if possible, loss of any historic resources.
Policy 6.3:
Historic resources shall continue to be protected through designation by the Village
or the State.
Policy 6.4:
Adaptive reuse of historic structures shall be given priority over activities that would
harm or destroy the historic value of such resources in conformance with the Z oning
Code and the policies of this Comprehensive Plan.
Objective 7: Coordination of population with hurricane evacuation plans.
Coordinate population densities with the applicable local or regional coastal evacuation
plan and coordinate future land uses by encouraging the elimination or reduction of
land uses which are inconsistent with applicable interagency hazard mitigation report
recommendations.
Monitoring and Evaluation: This objective shall be measured by implementation of its
supporting policies.
Policy 7.1:
The Village shall coordinate with the South Florida Regional Planning Council to
utilize the regional hurricane evacuation model. The Village shall also coordinate
local evacuation plans with Miami-Dade County and adjacent municipalities as
needed.
Policy 7.2:
The Village Manager or designee shall annually assess the Village’s existing and
permitted population densities to determine if changes are significant enough to
transmit such data to the Miami-Dade Office of Emergency Management to assist
in their hurricane evacuation planning.
Policy 7.3:
The Village shall regulate all future development within its jurisdiction in accordance
with a Future Land Use Map which is consistent with the Florida Enhanced State
Hazard Mitigation Plan 2018 or subsequent approved updates thereof, and shall
periodically review and revise the FLUM to reduce or eliminate uses which are
inconsistent therewith.
Policy 7.4:
Enhance the efforts of the Miami-Dade Office of Emergency Management by
providing it with relevant information.
Objective 8: Discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl.
Discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 8.1:
Development according to the Future Land Use Map shall be used to discourage
urban sprawl by continuing to provide and enhance residential and employment
opportunities in the Village, which is inside th e Miami-Dade County Urban Infill
Boundary.
Objective 9: Drainage and sewer system land needs.
Ensure the availability of suitable land for drainage and sanitary sewer system facilities
needed to support planned infrastructure improvements.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 9.1:
The Village shall not vacate any road rights-of-ways without either a) determining
that the vacated right-of-way is not necessary to accommodate future storm and/or
sanitary sewer facilities; or b) reserving appropriate utility easements.
Policy 9.2:
The Village shall continue its ongoing efforts to assist Miami-Dade County in
identifying and making available land appropriate for sewer and drainage facilities.
Policy 9.3:
The Village shall continue to coordinate with Miami-Dade County to connect
remaining areas of the Village to central sanitary sewer.
Policy 9.4:
The Village shall assist and support Miami-Dade County in planning for and
pursuing all available federal, state and private funding sources necessary to
implement the policies of this Comprehensive Plan, including, as appropriate, the
preparation of studies and master plans.
Objective 10: Innovative development regulations.
Encourage innovative land development regulations which may include provisions for
development patterns, including but not limited to planned unit, age-friendly, energy
efficient and other development, while promoting the use of sustainable and resilient
construction practices.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 10.1:
The Village shall periodically review and consider the recent published literature on
innovative and best new practices for zoning regulations in relation to its own land
development regulations and the local and regional development environment, and
determine which, if any, may be suited to the Village and may offer reasonable
promise for accomplishing substantive (rather than process) goals and objectives of
the Village.
Policy 10.2:
The Village shall continue to promote an age friendly community initiative. An age
friendly initiative will allow the Village to become a community where people of all
ages are able to live active and healthy lives for as long as possible with dignity and
enjoyment through age-supportive development patterns, building design,
accessibility to services, and opportunities to stay engaged and to contribute.
Policy 10.3:
The Village shall encourage development measures that include climate adaptation
and mitigation designs through the Zoning Code.
Policy 10.4:
The Village shall encourage attractive parking design and efficient use of parking.
For the commercial areas, complete a comprehensive parking study and, if
appropriate, revise parking standards in the Zoning Code, including consideration of
maximum on-site parking requirements, shared and on-street parking incentives and
approvals, fee-in-lieu of construction options, parking lot design and connectivity,
neighborhood compatibility and new technologies to reduce stormwater and other
environmental impacts.
Objective 11: Criteria for school siting and collocation of schools, libraries, parks
and community centers.
The Village shall allow public and private schools to be located on sites designated
“Government and Institutions” and “Community Residential” on the Future Land Use
Map. In addition, the Village shall encourage the collocation of schools, libraries, parks
and community centers.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 11.1:
Proposed schools sites shall be consistent with the Village Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use Map, shall be compatible with adjacent land uses, and shall be
located away from heavy industry, railroads, and similar land uses to avoid noise,
odor, dust, and traffic hazards. Similarly, site planning for schools shall incorporate
appropriate landscaping and buffers in order to minimize adverse impacts on
adjacent neighborhoods.
Objective 12: Future Land Use Map Designations.
In determining the boundaries of any future land use map designation the following
rules shall apply:
A. Boundaries indicated as approximately the centerline of streets, highways, or alleys
shall be construed to follow such centerlines;
B. Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted plot lines shall be
construed as following such plot lines;
C. Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the
Village Council, the future land use designation adjoining each side of such street,
alley, or public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacation
and all area included in the vacation shall then and henceforth be subject to all
regulations of the extended designation;
D. Where the streets or alleys on the ground differ from the streets or alleys as shown
on the future land use map, the streets or alleys on the ground shall control;
E. Boundaries indicated as approximately following Village limits shall be construed
as following Village limits;
F. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway
between the right-of-way lines;
G. Boundaries indicated as following the centerline of all canals, streams or drainage
ways shall be construed to follow such centerline and boundaries indicated as
following shore lines shall be construed to follow such shore lines, and in the event
of a change in the shore line shall be constructed to move with the actual shore
line; and
H. Distances not specifically indicated on the future land use map shall be determined
by the scale of the map.
Objective 13: Flood Risk Reduction.
The Village shall continue to promote the use of development and redevelopment
principles, strategies and engineering solutions contained in the Florida Building Code.
The Village shall ensure consistency and coordination with objectives and policies of the
Coastal Management Element and with the Zoning Code and the Flood Damage
Prevention Ordinance in order to reduce the overall flood risk resulting from or associated
with high-tide events, storm surge, flash floods, storm water runoff and the impacts related
to sea-level rise.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Policy 13.1:
The Village shall comply with the requirements of Sec. 163.3178, FS in pre-disaster
planning and post-disaster redevelopment activities in order to:
A. reduce the flood risk in coastal areas resulting from high tide events, storm
surge, flash floods, storm water runoff, and related impacts of sea level rise;
B. reduce potential damage for properties located in FEMA flood zone
designations;
C. be consistent with the flood resistant construction requirements of the Florida
Building Code and federal flood plain management regulations;
D. if so designated, require construction seaward of the coastal construction line
to be consistent with Chapter 161, F.S.;
E. the Village participates in and supports the National Flood Insurance Program
Rating System to reduce the chance of damage from flooding and to achieve
flood insurance premium discounts for property owners in the Village, and the
Village encourages other municipalities to join for the same benefits.
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