PROPOSED EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT LARGE-SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT

Comprehensive Plan Elements

Summary of Changes

Terms and Definitions

Adding a definitions section and adding new acronyms

Future Land Use Element

Updates due to legislative changes, grammar updates, reorganization of sentences for clarity, specifications for clarity, adding Planned Service Areas description, updating landfills section, revising Neighborhood Commercial, putting an emphasis on Agritourism within the Rural Areas, defining rural areas and urban areas, and updates to policies related to current best practices and standards.

Housing Element

Minor revisions related to citations and references to legislation and the Florida Administrative Code, and grammar updates.

Transportation Element

Changes to the adopted Level of Service (LOS) standards and analyses, adding a bicycle and pedestrian LOS Policy, adding references to State Legislation and other agency documents, adding policies to Goal 7, Aviation, to provide objectives and policies for uses around airports, promotion of multimodal alternatives, reorganization of the element for clarity, and grammar updates.

Sanitary Sewer Element

Revisions for best practices and modern standards, referencing State legislation and other agencies with regulations, revisions for clarity, and grammar updates.

Potable Water Element

Revisions for best practices and modern standards, referencing State legislation and other agencies with regulations, revisions for clarity, and grammar updates.

Solid Waste Element

Revision to allow for new Class III landfills and expansion of the Marion County Baseline Landfill, revisions for best practices and current standards, and grammar updates

Stormwater Element

Revisions for best practices and modern standards, referencing State legislation and other agencies, and revisions for clarity and grammar updates

Aquifer Recharge Element

Updated references to State legislation and other agencies, and grammar updates

Conservation Element

Updated references to State legislation and other agencies, revisions for clarity, and grammar updates

Recreation and Open Space Element

Updated references to State legislation and other agencies, revisions for clarity, emphasis on the Florida Wildlife Corridor, acknowledgement of a park fund as a fee-in-lieu-of option, and grammar updates

Intergovernmental Coordination Element

Updating Table 1.1 and the agencies and local governments listed, and grammar updates

Capital Improvements Element

Updating Table 1.2 “Public Facilities Subject to and Exempt from Concurrency”, reference to state law, and grammar updates.

Economic Element

Reorganization for clarity, adding emphasis on the Chamber of Economic Partnership, adding emphasis on agritourism, removing outdated policies, and grammar updates

Property Rights Element

Updating the horizon to 2050 instead of 2035