881-04 Amend LDC re. Traditional Neighborhood

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EXHIBIT A OR BK 5922 PL 282 4 of 5? PART 6.06.00 TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (TDD) Sec. 6.06.01 Introduction and General Principles Existing patterns of urban development have seriously compromised sustainable growth, the quality of life, and economic viability of cities. The practices of land use segregation and auto dependent design criteria have resulted in wide-spread loss of open space and forest cover; increased traffic congestion and air pollution; environmental degradation with increased water runoff, soil erosion, and water supply contamination; increased housing and infrastructure costs; inadequate provision of schools and public services; and growing areas of declining property values, crime, and poverty. The resultant loss of community identity adds to these problems by discouraging citizen awareness of, and participation in, community affairs. Under this model, a majority of a municipality's time and money is spent replacing and extending infrastructure and mitigating the negative impacts of development. Assessed on a project by project basis the total effects and subsequent costs are hidden by immediate tax base increases and owner profits. However, if assessed at the community level, long term, all additional development of the model described above becomes a burden on a community. Low density development increases the cost of living in order to finance, maintain, and replace infrastructure. Eventually, the increased cost of building and living in such areas prevents growth from continuing. This occurs long before an area reaches full economic potential and physical build out. A development model which addresses these problems must treat a community as a highly complex entity, not merely as a collection of individual market segments or an opportunity for real estate speculation. The most basic viable unit of our complex economic region is the neighborhood. Neighborhoods provide the daily essential needs of all its residents in an area which is easily definable and pedestrian friendly. Neighborhoods interconnect to form town centers. Traditionally, commercial development respected this neighborhood scale, and therefore integrated itself into the fabric of the neighborhood through appropriate building design and its center. The return to traditional and sustainable development practices focuses on physical change of the urban environment through the traditional design elements of city making; public space, infrastructure, buildings, and parks. It combines these elements to construct places beyond the autonomy of the individual project, interest, or property. Traditional Development is guided by the following set of principles, which in turn establish the framework in which this Code has been prepared: THE REGION: METROPOLIS, CITY, AND TOWN 1. Metropolitan regions are finite places with geographic boundaries derived from topography, watersheds, coastlines, farmlands, regional parks, and river basins. The metropolis is made of multiple centers that are cities, towns, and villages, each with its own identifiable center and edges. 2. The metropolitan region is a fundamental economic unit of the contemporary world. Governmental cooperation, public policy, physical planning, and economic strategies must reflect this new reality. Zephyrhills Land Development Code -14- Article VI Development Options